M&T Bank Corporation 10-Q
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

[x] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2007

or

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number 1-9861

M&T BANK CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
New York   16-0968385
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
     
One M & T Plaza    
Buffalo, New York   14203
(Address of principal   (Zip Code)
executive offices)    

(716) 842-5445
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [x] No [ ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): Large accelerated filer [x] Accelerated filer [ ] Non-accelerated filer [ ]

Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Yes [ ] No [x]

Number of shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.50 par value, outstanding as of the close of business on April 25, 2007: 108,239,890 shares.

 


 

M&T BANK CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q

For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2007

         
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

M&T BANK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (Unaudited)

                 
    March 31,   December 31,
Dollars in thousands, except per share
  2007
  2006
Assets
               
Cash and due from banks
  $ 1,437,859       1,605,506  
Interest-bearing deposits at banks
    7,908       6,639  
Federal funds sold
    29,895       19,458  
Agreements to resell securities
    400,000       100,000  
Trading account
    153,511       136,752  
Investment securities
               
Available for sale (cost: $6,618,021 at March 31, 2007; $6,878,332 at December 31, 2006)
    6,596,289       6,829,848  
Held to maturity (market value: $67,273 at March 31, 2007; $66,729 at December 31, 2006)
    65,523       64,899  
Other (market value: $365,897 at March 31, 2007; $356,851 at December 31, 2006)
    365,897       356,851  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total investment securities
    7,027,709       7,251,598  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Loans and leases
    43,785,246       43,206,954  
Unearned discount
    (278,070 )     (259,657 )
Allowance for credit losses
    (659,757 )     (649,948 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
Loans and leases, net
    42,847,419       42,297,349  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Premises and equipment
    331,426       335,008  
Goodwill
    2,908,849       2,908,849  
Core deposit and other intangible assets
    231,877       250,233  
Accrued interest and other assets
    2,466,018       2,153,513  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total assets
  $ 57,842,471       57,064,905  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Liabilities
               
Noninterest-bearing deposits
  $ 7,614,624       7,879,977  
NOW accounts
    941,300       940,439  
Savings deposits
    14,460,581       14,169,790  
Time deposits
    11,159,826       11,490,629  
Deposits at foreign office
    4,761,575       5,429,668  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total deposits
    38,937,906       39,910,503  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Federal funds purchased and agreements to repurchase securities
    3,548,495       2,531,684  
Other short-term borrowings
    500,287       562,530  
Accrued interest and other liabilities
    938,290       888,352  
Long-term borrowings
    7,664,309       6,890,741  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total liabilities
    51,589,287       50,783,810  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Stockholders’ equity
               
Preferred stock, $1 par, 1,000,000 shares authorized, none outstanding
           
Common stock, $.50 par, 250,000,000 shares authorized, 120,396,611 shares issued at March 31, 2007 and at December 31, 2006
    60,198       60,198  
Common stock issuable, 83,676 shares at March 31, 2007; 90,949 shares at December 31, 2006
    4,739       5,060  
Additional paid-in capital
    2,887,623       2,889,449  
Retained earnings
    4,553,630       4,443,441  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net
    (36,167 )     (53,574 )
Treasury stock — common, at cost — 11,389,808 shares at March 31, 2007; 10,179,802 shares at December 31, 2006
    (1,216,839 )     (1,063,479 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total stockholders’ equity
    6,253,184       6,281,095  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 57,842,471       57,064,905  
 
   
 
     
 
 

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M&T BANK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME (Unaudited)

                 
    Three months ended March 31
In thousands, except per share
  2007
  2006
Interest income
               
Loans and leases, including fees
  $ 768,121       680,717  
Deposits at banks
    66       72  
Federal funds sold
    260       378  
Agreements to resell securities
    4,541        
Trading account
    111       671  
Investment securities
               
Fully taxable
    84,674       91,688  
Exempt from federal taxes
    3,276       3,746  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total interest income
    861,049       777,272  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Interest expense
               
NOW accounts
    1,167       659  
Savings deposits
    60,842       43,557  
Time deposits
    136,682       118,058  
Deposits at foreign office
    47,649       36,803  
Short-term borrowings
    63,564       50,567  
Long-term borrowings
    100,718       80,602  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total interest expense
    410,622       330,246  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net interest income
    450,427       447,026  
Provision for credit losses
    27,000       18,000  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net interest income after provision for credit losses
    423,427       429,026  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Other income
               
Mortgage banking revenues
    13,873       34,511  
Service charges on deposit accounts
    94,587       88,876  
Trust income
    36,973       33,796  
Brokerage services income
    15,212       14,724  
Trading account and foreign exchange gains
    6,223       6,506  
Gain on bank investment securities
    1,063       58  
Other revenues from operations
    68,552       74,460  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total other income
    236,483       252,931  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Other expense
               
Salaries and employee benefits
    236,754       224,082  
Equipment and net occupancy
    42,846       43,402  
Printing, postage and supplies
    8,906       8,567  
Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets
    18,356       13,028  
Other costs of operations
    92,175       92,924  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total other expense
    399,037       382,003  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Income before taxes
    260,873       299,954  
Income taxes
    84,900       97,037  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net income
  $ 175,973       202,917  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net income per common share
               
Basic
  $ 1.60       1.82  
Diluted
    1.57       1.77  
Cash dividends per common share
  $ .60       .45  
Average common shares outstanding
               
Basic
    109,694       111,693  
Diluted
    112,187       114,347  

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M&T BANK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)

                 
    Three months ended March 31
In thousands
  2007
  2006
Cash flows from operating activities
               
Net income
  $ 175,973       202,917  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
               
Provision for credit losses
    27,000       18,000  
Depreciation and amortization of premises and equipment
    12,579       14,089  
Amortization of capitalized servicing rights
    15,591       15,137  
Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets
    18,356       13,028  
Provision for deferred income taxes
    (19,402 )     (34,973 )
Asset write-downs
    12,777       47  
Net gain on sales of assets
    (4,808 )     (6,720 )
Net change in accrued interest receivable, payable
    15,445       28,957  
Net change in other accrued income and expense
    43,023       64,711  
Net change in loans originated for sale
    136,065       (202,464 )
Net change in trading account assets and liabilities
    (20,674 )     (4,764 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    411,925       107,965  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities
               
Proceeds from sales of investment securities
               
Available for sale
    32,362       1,392  
Other
    1,365       15,800  
Proceeds from maturities of investment securities
               
Available for sale
    486,151       400,731  
Held to maturity
    8,388       12,743  
Purchases of investment securities
               
Available for sale
    (257,403 )     (332,345 )
Held to maturity
    (9,013 )     (14,082 )
Other
    (10,412 )     (23,642 )
Net increase in loans and leases
    (736,635 )     (345,528 )
Net increase in agreements to resell securities
    (300,000 )      
Other investments, net
    (302,366 )     (5,147 )
Additions to capitalized servicing rights
    (14,031 )     (17,358 )
Capital expenditures, net
    (8,915 )     (5,865 )
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired
          (12,172 )
Other, net
    27,113       (5,957 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net cash used by investing activities
    (1,083,396 )     (331,430 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities
               
Net increase (decrease) in deposits
    (973,278 )     1,074,770  
Net increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings
    954,568       (801,525 )
Proceeds from long-term borrowings
    800,000       500,000  
Payments on long-term borrowings
    (27,669 )     (600,896 )
Purchases of treasury stock
    (207,875 )     (137,701 )
Dividends paid — common
    (65,734 )     (50,075 )
Other, net
    34,249       34,912  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net cash provided by financing activities
    514,261       19,485  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    (157,210 )     (203,980 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    1,624,964       1,490,459  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 1,467,754       1,286,479  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
               
Interest received during the period
  $ 870,337       781,058  
Interest paid during the period
    400,530       300,557  
Income taxes paid during the period
    1,403       12,123  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Supplemental schedule of noncash investing and financing activities
               
Loans held for sale transferred to loans held for investment
  $ 870,759        
Real estate acquired in settlement of loans
    6,995       3,121  
Acquisitions :
               
Fair value of :
               
Assets acquired (noncash)
          26,052  
Liabilities assumed
          16,029  

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M&T BANK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Unaudited)

                                                                 
                                            Accumulated        
                                            other        
                    Common   Additional           comprehensive        
    Preferred   Common   stock   paid-in   Retained   income (loss),   Treasury    
In thousands, except per share
  stock
  stock
  issuable
  capital
  earnings
  net
  stock
  Total
2006
                                                               
Balance — January 1, 2006
  $       60,198       5,363       2,886,153       3,854,275       (97,930 )     (831,673 )     5,876,386  
Comprehensive income:
                                                               
Net income
                            202,917                   202,917  
Other comprehensive income, net of tax and reclassification adjustments:
                                                               
Unrealized losses on investment securities
                                  (24,957 )           (24,957 )
 
                                                           
 
 
 
                                                            177,960  
Purchases of treasury stock
                                        (137,701 )     (137,701 )
Repayment of management stock ownership program receivable
                      225                         225  
Stock-based compensation plans:
                                                               
Stock option and purchase plans:
                                                               
Compensation expense
                      17,682                         17,682  
Exercises
                      (20,649 )                 55,385       34,736  
Directors’ stock plan
                      22                   231       253  
Deferred compensation plans, net, including dividend equivalents
                (267 )     (365 )     (42 )           677       3  
Common stock cash dividends - $0.45 per share
                            (50,075 )                 (50,075 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Balance — March 31, 2006
  $       60,198       5,096       2,883,068       4,007,075       (122,887 )     (913,081 )     5,919,469  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
2007
                                                               
Balance — January 1, 2007
  $       60,198       5,060       2,889,449       4,443,441       (53,574 )     (1,063,479 )     6,281,095  
Comprehensive income:
                                                               
Net income
                            175,973                   175,973  
Other comprehensive income, net of tax and reclassification adjustments:
                                                               
Unrealized gains on investment securities
                                  17,407             17,407  
 
                                                           
 
 
 
                                                            193,380  
Purchases of treasury stock
                                        (207,875 )     (207,875 )
Stock-based compensation plans:
                                                               
Stock option and purchase plans:
                                                               
Compensation expense
                      18,811                         18,811  
Exercises
                      (20,264 )                 53,497       33,233  
Directors’ stock plan
                      47                   280       327  
Deferred compensation plans, net, including dividend equivalents
                (321 )     (420 )     (50 )           738       (53 )
Common stock cash dividends - $0.60 per share
                            (65,734 )                 (65,734 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Balance — March 31, 2007
  $       60,198       4,739       2,887,623       4,553,630       (36,167 )     (1,216,839 )     6,253,184  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES (Unaudited)

                 
    Three months ended March 31
In thousands
  2007
  2006
Beginning balance
  $ 649,948       637,663  
Provision for credit losses
    27,000       18,000  
Net charge-offs
               
Charge-offs
    (24,507 )     (25,797 )
Recoveries
    7,316       8,965  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total net charge-offs
    (17,191 )     (16,832 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
Ending balance
  $ 659,757       638,831  
 
   
 
     
 
 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Significant accounting policies

The consolidated financial statements of M&T Bank Corporation (“M&T”) and subsidiaries (“the Company”) were compiled in accordance with the accounting policies set forth in note 1 of Notes to Financial Statements included in the Company’s 2006 Annual Report, except as described below. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation have been made and were all of a normal recurring nature.

2. Earnings per share

The computations of basic earnings per share follow:

                 
    Three months ended
    March 31
    2007
  2006
    (in thousands, except per share)
Income available to common stockholders
               
Net income
  $ 175,973       202,917  
                 
Weighted-average shares outstanding (including common stock issuable)
    109,694       111,693  
                 
Basic earnings per share
  $ 1.60       1.82  

The computations of diluted earnings per share follow:

                 
    Three months ended
    March 31
    2007
  2006
    (in thousands, except per share)
Income available to common stockholders
  $ 175,973       202,917  
                 
Weighted-average shares outstanding
    109,694       111,693  
Plus: incremental shares from assumed conversion of stock-based compensation awards
    2,493       2,654  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Adjusted weighted-average shares outstanding
    112,187       114,347  
                 
Diluted earnings per share
  $ 1.57       1.77  

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED

3. Comprehensive income

The following table displays the components of other comprehensive income:

                         
    Three months ended March 31, 2007
    Before-tax   Income    
    amount
  taxes
  Net
    (in thousands)
Unrealized gains on investment securities:
                       
Unrealized holding gains during period
  $ 27,815       (9,751 )     18,064  
Less: reclassification adjustment for gains realized in net income
    1,063       (406 )     657  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net unrealized gains
  $ 26,752       (9,345 )     17,407  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
    Three months ended March 31, 2006
    Before-tax   Income    
    amount
  taxes
  Net
    (in thousands)
                         
Unrealized losses on investment securities:
                       
Unrealized holding losses during period
  $ (45,508 )     20,586       (24,922 )
Less: reclassification adjustment for gains realized in net income
    58       (23 )     35  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net unrealized losses
  $ (45,566 )     20,609       (24,957 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net consisted of unrealized gains (losses) as follows:

                         
            Defined    
    Investment   benefit    
    securities
  plans
  Total
    (in thousands)
Balance — January 1, 2007
  $ (25,311 )     (28,263 )     (53,574 )
Net gain during period
    17,407             17,407  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
Balance — March 31, 2007
  $ (7,904 )     (28,263 )     (36,167 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
Balance — January 1, 2006
  $ (48,576 )     (49,354 )     (97,930 )
Net loss during period
    (24,957 )           (24,957 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
Balance — March 31, 2006
  $ (73,533 )     (49,354 )     (122,887 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED

4. Borrowings

M&T Capital Trust I (“Trust I”), M&T Capital Trust II (“Trust II”), and M&T Capital Trust III (“Trust III”) have issued fixed rate preferred capital securities aggregating $310 million. First Maryland Capital I (“Trust IV”) and First Maryland Capital II (“Trust V”) have issued floating rate preferred capital securities aggregating $300 million. The distribution rates on the preferred capital securities of Trust IV and Trust V adjust quarterly based on changes in the three-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and were 6.36% and 6.21%, respectively, at March 31, 2007 and 6.37% and 6.22%, respectively, at December 31, 2006. Trust I, Trust II, Trust III, Trust IV and Trust V are referred to herein collectively as the “Trusts.”

Other than the following payment terms (and the redemption terms described below), the preferred capital securities issued by the Trusts (“Capital Securities”) are substantially identical in all material respects:

         
    Distribution   Distribution
Trust
  rate
  dates
Trust I   8.234%   February 1 and August 1
       
Trust II   8.277%   June 1 and December 1
       
Trust III   9.25%   February 1 and August 1
         
Trust IV   LIBOR plus 1.00%   January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15
         
Trust V   LIBOR plus .85%   February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1

The common securities of each Trust (“Common Securities”) are wholly owned by M&T and are the only class of each Trust’s securities possessing general voting powers. The Capital Securities represent preferred undivided interests in the assets of the corresponding Trust. Under the Federal Reserve Board’s current risk-based capital guidelines, the Capital Securities are includable in M&T’s Tier 1 (core) capital.

The proceeds from the issuances of the Capital Securities and Common Securities were used by the Trusts to purchase junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures (“Junior Subordinated Debentures”) of M&T as follows:

             
    Capital   Common   Junior Subordinated
Trust
  Securities
  Securities
  Debentures
Trust I
  $150 million   $4.64 million   $154.64 million aggregate liquidation amount of 8.234% Junior Subordinated Debentures due February 1, 2027.
 
           
Trust II
  $100 million   $3.09 million   $103.09 million aggregate liquidation amount of 8.277% Junior Subordinated Debentures due June 1, 2027.
 
           
Trust III
  $60 million   $1.856 million   $61.856 million aggregate liquidation amount of 9.25% Junior Subordinated Debentures due February 1, 2027.

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    Capital   Common   Junior Subordinated
Trust
  Securities
  Securities
  Debentures
Trust IV
  $150 million   $4.64 million   $154.64 million aggregate liquidation amount of Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debentures due January 15, 2027.
 
           
Trust V
  $150 million   $4.64 million   $154.64 million aggregate liquidation amount of Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debentures due February 1, 2027.

The Junior Subordinated Debentures represent the sole assets of each Trust and payments under the Junior Subordinated Debentures are the sole source of cash flow for each Trust. The financial statement carrying values of junior subordinated debentures associated with preferred capital securities of Trust III, Trust IV and Trust V at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 include the unamortized portions of purchase accounting adjustments to reflect estimated fair value as of the date of M&T’s acquisition of the common securities of each respective trust. The interest rates payable on the Junior Subordinated Debentures of Trust IV and Trust V were 6.36% and 6.21%, respectively, at March 31, 2007 and 6.37% and 6.22%, respectively, at December 31, 2006.

Holders of the Capital Securities receive preferential cumulative cash distributions on each distribution date at the stated distribution rate unless M&T exercises its right to extend the payment of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures for up to ten semi-annual periods (in the case of Trust I, Trust II and Trust III) or twenty quarterly periods (in the case of Trust IV and Trust V), in which case payment of distributions on the respective Capital Securities will be deferred for comparable periods. During an extended interest period, M&T may not pay dividends or distributions on, or repurchase, redeem or acquire any shares of its capital stock. The agreements governing the Capital Securities, in the aggregate, provide a full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee by M&T of the payment of distributions on, the redemption of, and any liquidation distribution with respect to the Capital Securities. The obligations under such guarantee and the Capital Securities are subordinate and junior in right of payment to all senior indebtedness of M&T.

The Capital Securities will remain outstanding until the Junior Subordinated Debentures are repaid at maturity, are redeemed prior to maturity or are distributed in liquidation to the Trusts. The Capital Securities are mandatorily redeemable in whole, but not in part, upon repayment at the stated maturity dates of the Junior Subordinated Debentures or the earlier redemption of the Junior Subordinated Debentures in whole upon the occurrence of one or more events (“Events”) set forth in the indentures relating to the Capital Securities, and in whole or in part at any time after the stated optional redemption dates (January 15, 2007 in the case of Trust IV, February 1, 2007 in the case of Trust I, Trust III and Trust V, and June 1, 2007 in the case of Trust II) contemporaneously with the optional redemption of the related Junior Subordinated Debentures in whole or in part. The Junior Subordinated Debentures are redeemable prior to their stated maturity dates at M&T’s option (i) on or after the stated optional redemption dates, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, or (ii) in whole, but not in part, at any time within 90 days following the occurrence and during the continuation of one or more of the Events, in each case subject to possible regulatory approval. The redemption price of the Capital Securities and the

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related Junior Subordinated Debentures upon early redemption will be expressed as a percentage of the liquidation amount plus accumulated but unpaid distributions. In the case of Trust I, such percentage adjusts annually and ranges from 104.117% at February 1, 2007 to 100.412% for the annual period ending January 31, 2017, after which the percentage is 100%. In the case of Trust II, such percentage adjusts annually and ranges from 104.139% at June 1, 2007 to 100.414% for the annual period ending May 31, 2017, after which the percentage is 100%, subject to a make-whole amount if the early redemption occurs prior to June 1, 2007. In the case of Trust III, such percentage adjusts annually and ranges from 104.625% at February 1, 2007 to 100.463% for the annual period ending January 31, 2017, after which the percentage is 100%. In the case of Trust IV and Trust V, the redemption price upon early redemption will be equal to 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed plus any accrued but unpaid distributions to the redemption date.

Allfirst Preferred Capital Trust (“Allfirst Capital Trust”) has issued $100 million of Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Subordinated Trust Enhanced Securities (“SKATES”). Allfirst Capital Trust is a Delaware business trust that was formed for the exclusive purposes of (i) issuing the SKATES and common securities, (ii) purchasing Asset Preferred Securities issued by Allfirst Preferred Asset Trust (“Allfirst Asset Trust”) and (iii) engaging in only those other activities necessary or incidental thereto. M&T holds 100% of the common securities of Allfirst Capital Trust. Allfirst Asset Trust is a Delaware business trust that was formed for the exclusive purposes of (i) issuing Asset Preferred Securities and common securities, (ii) investing the gross proceeds of the Asset Preferred Securities in junior subordinated debentures of M&T and other permitted investments and (iii) engaging in only those other activities necessary or incidental thereto. M&T holds 100% of the common securities of Allfirst Asset Trust and Allfirst Capital Trust holds 100% of the Asset Preferred Securities of Allfirst Asset Trust. M&T currently has outstanding $105.3 million aggregate liquidation amount Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debentures due July 15, 2029 that are payable to Allfirst Asset Trust. The interest rates payable on such debentures were 6.79% at March 31, 2007 and 6.80% at December 31, 2006.

Distributions on the SKATES are non-cumulative. The distribution rate on the SKATES and on the Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debentures is a rate per annum of three-month LIBOR plus 1.50% and three-month LIBOR plus 1.43%, respectively, reset quarterly two business days prior to the distribution dates of January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15 in each year. Distributions on the SKATES will be paid if, as and when Allfirst Capital Trust has funds available for payment. The SKATES are subject to mandatory redemption if the Asset Preferred Securities of Allfirst Asset Trust are redeemed. Allfirst Asset Trust will redeem the Asset Preferred Securities if the junior subordinated debentures of M&T held by Allfirst Asset Trust are redeemed. M&T may redeem such junior subordinated debentures, in whole or in part, at any time on or after July 15, 2009, subject to regulatory approval. Allfirst Asset Trust will redeem the Asset Preferred Securities at par plus accrued and unpaid distributions from the last distribution payment date. M&T has guaranteed, on a subordinated basis, the payment in full of all distributions and other payments on the SKATES and on the Asset Preferred Securities to the extent that Allfirst Capital Trust and Allfirst Asset Trust, respectively, have funds legally available. Under the Federal Reserve Board’s current risk-based capital guidelines, the SKATES are includable in M&T’s Tier 1 Capital.

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Including the unamortized portions of purchase accounting adjustments to reflect estimated fair value at the acquisition dates of the common securities of Trust III, Trust IV, Trust V and Allfirst Asset Trust, the junior subordinated debentures associated with preferred capital securities had financial statement carrying values as follows:

                 
    March 31,   December 31,
    2007
  2006

    (in thousands)
Trust I
  $ 154,640       154,640  
Trust II
    103,093       103,093  
Trust III
    68,303       68,384  
Trust IV
    143,789       143,652  
Trust V
    141,488       141,322  
Allfirst Asset Trust
    101,835       101,796  
 
   
 
     
 
 
 
  $ 713,148       712,887  
 
   
 
     
 
 

5. Segment information

Reportable segments have been determined based upon the Company’s internal profitability reporting system, which is organized by strategic business units. Certain strategic business units have been combined for segment information reporting purposes where the nature of the products and services, the type of customer and the distribution of those products and services are similar. The reportable segments are Commercial Banking, Commercial Real Estate, Discretionary Portfolio, Residential Mortgage Banking and Retail Banking.

The financial information of the Company’s segments was compiled utilizing the accounting policies described in note 21 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006. The management accounting policies and processes utilized in compiling segment financial information are highly subjective and, unlike financial accounting, are not based on authoritative guidance similar to generally accepted accounting principles. As a result, the financial information of the reported segments is not necessarily comparable with similar information reported by other financial institutions. As also described in note 21 to the Company’s 2006 consolidated financial statements, neither goodwill nor core deposit and other intangible assets (and the amortization charges associated with such assets) resulting from acquisitions of financial institutions have been allocated to the Company’s reportable segments, but are included in the “All Other” category. The Company has, however, assigned such intangible assets to business units for purposes of

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5. Segment information, continued

testing for impairment. Information about the Company’s segments is presented in the following table:

                                                 
    Three months ended March 31
    2007
  2006
            Inter-   Net           Inter-   Net
    Total   segment   income   Total   segment   income
    revenues(a)
  revenues
  (loss)
  revenues(a)
  revenues
  (loss)
    (in thousands)
Commercial Banking
  $ 141,880       125       57,029       134,321       148       56,094  
Commercial Real Estate
    65,144       151       31,737       68,489       232       33,867  
Discretionary Portfolio
    29,276       (2,346 )     18,938       37,355       930       22,295  
Residential Mortgage Banking
    45,668       10,891       (2,523 )     69,089       15,166       15,391  
Retail Banking
    373,829       3,028       107,382       345,899       2,853       92,554  
All Other
    31,113       (11,849 )     (36,590 )     44,804       (19,329 )     (17,284 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 686,910             175,973       699,957             202,917  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
                         
    Average total assets
    Three months ended   Year ended
    March 31
  December 31
    2007
  2006
  2006
    (in millions)
Commercial Banking
  $ 13,236       12,222       12,688  
Commercial Real Estate
    8,608       8,374       8,448  
Discretionary Portfolio
    11,997       12,112       12,136  
Residential Mortgage Banking
    3,592       3,240       3,462  
Retail Banking
    14,243       14,207       14,107  
All Other
    5,531       4,951       4,998  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 57,207       55,106       55,839  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 

(a)   Total revenues are comprised of net interest income and other income. Net interest income is the difference between taxable-equivalent interest earned on assets and interest paid on liabilities owed by a segment and a funding charge (credit) based on the Company’s internal funds transfer methodology. Segments are charged a cost to fund any assets (e.g. loans) and are paid a funding credit for any funds provided (e.g. deposits). The taxable-equivalent adjustment aggregated $5,123,000 and $4,731,000 for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and

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    is eliminated in “All Other” total revenues. Intersegment revenues are included in total revenues of the reportable segments. The elimination of intersegment revenues is included in the determination of “All Other” total revenues.

6. Commitments and contingencies

In the normal course of business, various commitments and contingent liabilities are outstanding. The following table presents the Company’s significant commitments. Certain of these commitments are not included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

                 
    March 31,   December 31,
    2007
  2006
    (in thousands)
Commitments to extend credit
               
Home equity lines of credit
  $ 5,532,886       5,450,382  
Commercial real estate loans to be sold
    26,646       65,784  
Other commercial real estate and construction
    2,737,171       3,008,353  
Residential real estate loans to be sold
    495,491       679,591  
Other residential real estate
    534,027       493,122  
Commercial and other
    7,010,324       7,344,263  
 
Standby letters of credit
    3,573,660       3,622,860  
 
Commercial letters of credit
    26,416       30,209  
 
Financial guarantees and indemnification contracts
    1,186,171       1,036,117  
 
Commitments to sell real estate loans
    1,038,302       1,932,306  

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to customers, generally having fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses that may require payment of a fee. Standby and commercial letters of credit are conditional commitments issued to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Standby letters of credit generally are contingent upon the failure of the customer to perform according to the terms of the underlying contract with the third party, whereas commercial letters of credit are issued to facilitate commerce and typically result in the commitment being funded when the underlying transaction is consummated between the customer and a third party. The credit risk associated with commitments to extend credit and standby and commercial letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved with extending loans to customers and is subject to normal credit policies. Collateral may be obtained based on management’s assessment of the customer’s creditworthiness.

Financial guarantees and indemnification contracts are oftentimes similar to standby letters of credit and include mandatory purchase agreements issued to ensure that customer obligations are fulfilled, recourse obligations associated with sold loans, and other guarantees of customer performance or compliance with designated rules and regulations. Included in financial guarantees and indemnification contracts are loan principal amounts sold with recourse in conjunction with the Company’s involvement in the Federal National

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Mortgage Association Delegated Underwriting and Servicing program. The Company’s maximum credit risk for recourse associated with loans sold under this program totaled $986 million and $939 million at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.

Since many loan commitments, standby letters of credit, and guarantees and indemnification contracts expire without being funded in whole or in part, the contract amounts are not necessarily indicative of future cash flows.

The Company utilizes commitments to sell real estate loans to hedge exposure to changes in the fair value of real estate loans held for sale. Such commitments are considered derivatives in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” as amended, and along with commitments to originate real estate loans to be held for sale are generally recorded in the consolidated balance sheet at estimated fair market value. However, in estimating that fair value for commitments to originate loans for sale, value ascribable to cash flows that will be realized in connection with loan servicing activities has not been included. Value ascribable to that portion of cash flows is recognized at the time the underlying mortgage loans are sold.

The Company has an agreement with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League whereby the Company obtained the naming rights to a football stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Under the agreement, the Company is obligated to pay $5 million per year from 2007 through 2013 and $6 million per year from 2014 through 2017.

The Company also has commitments under long-term operating leases.

M&T and its subsidiaries are subject in the normal course of business to various pending and threatened legal proceedings in which claims for monetary damages are asserted. Management, after consultation with legal counsel, does not anticipate that the aggregate ultimate liability arising out of litigation pending against M&T or its subsidiaries will be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position, but at the present time is not in a position to determine whether such litigation will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated results of operations in any future reporting period.

7. Pension plans and other postretirement benefits

The Company provides defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefits (including health care and life insurance benefits) to qualified retired employees. Net periodic benefit cost consisted of the following:

                                 
                    Other
    Pension   postretirement
    benefits
  benefits
    Three months ended March 31
    2007
  2006
  2007
  2006
    (in thousands)
Service cost
  $ 5,475       5,575       150       150  
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation
    9,375       9,175       925       850  
Expected return on plan assets
    (10,025 )     (9,625 )            
Amortization of prior service cost
    (1,650 )     (1,775 )     50       50  
Amortization of net actuarial loss
    1,200       2,250       50       25  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 4,375       5,600       1,175       1,075  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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7. Pension plans and other postretirement benefits, continued

Expense incurred in connection with the Company’s defined contribution pension and retirement savings plans totaled $9,169,000 and $7,831,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

8. Income taxes

Effective January 1, 2007, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation (“FIN”) No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” FIN No. 48 prescribes the accounting method to be applied to measure uncertainty in income taxes recognized under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” FIN No. 48 established a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of an uncertain tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return.

The Company’s federal, state and local income tax returns are routinely subject to examinations from various governmental taxing authorities. Such examinations may result in challenges to the tax return treatment applied by the Company to specific transactions. Management believes that the assumptions and judgment used to record tax-related assets or liabilities have been appropriate. Should determinations rendered by tax authorities ultimately indicate that management’s assumptions were inappropriate, the result and adjustments required could have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations. The Company’s federal income tax returns for 2004 through 2006 are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. The Company also files income tax returns in over thirty state and local jurisdictions. Substantially all material state and local tax matters have been concluded for years through 1998. Some tax returns for years after 1998 are presently under examination. As of January 1, 2007, the Company had accrued approximately $67 million, net of available benefits of approximately $36 million, for various unrecognized tax benefits in various federal, state and local tax jurisdictions within which the Company operates. If recognized, those benefits would affect the Company’s effective tax rate. If any tax return examination by federal, state or local tax authorities is concluded during the next twelve months, it is possible that the amount of the accrued liability for uncertain tax positions could change. It is not possible to estimate the amount of any such changes. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income taxes in the Consolidated Statement of Income. Included in the accrual noted herein was $9 million for such item. The adoption of FIN No. 48 did not result in any change to the Company’s liability for uncertain tax positions as of January 1, 2007.

9. Acquisition of deposits and banking offices

On June 30, 2006, M&T Bank, M&T’s principal banking subsidiary, acquired 21 banking offices in Buffalo and Rochester, New York from Citibank, N.A. in a cash transaction. The offices had approximately $269 million in loans, mostly to consumers, small businesses and middle market customers, and approximately $1.0 billion of deposits. The transaction did not have a significant effect on the Company’s results of operations during 2006 or in the first quarter of 2007. There were no significant acquisition-related expenses associated with the transaction in the first quarter of either 2007 or 2006.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Overview

Net income for M&T Bank Corporation (“M&T”) in the first quarter of 2007 was $176 million or $1.57 of diluted earnings per common share, representing decreases of 13% and 11%, respectively, from $203 million or $1.77 of diluted earnings per common share in the year-earlier quarter. During the fourth quarter of 2006, net income was $213 million or $1.88 of diluted earnings per common share. Basic earnings per common share were $1.60 in the initial quarter of 2007, compared with $1.82 and $1.93 in the first and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively.

     The annualized rate of return on average total assets for M&T and its consolidated subsidiaries (“the Company”) in the recent quarter was 1.25%, compared with 1.49% in the first quarter of 2006 and 1.50% in 2006’s final quarter. The annualized rate of return on average common stockholders’ equity was 11.38% in the initial quarter of 2007, compared with 13.97% and 13.55% in the first and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively.

     The Company’s financial results for the first quarter of 2007 were adversely impacted by changing market conditions in the residential mortgage lending sector. Well-publicized problems in the subprime residential mortgage lending market had a negative effect on the rest of the residential mortgage marketplace, specifically with regard to alternative (“Alt-A”) residential mortgage loans that the Company actively originates for sale in the secondary market. Alt-A loans originated by the Company typically include some form of limited documentation requirements, as compared with more traditional residential mortgage loans. Unfavorable market conditions and lack of market liquidity impacted the Company’s willingness to sell Alt-A loans in the first quarter. During March 2007, an auction of such loans received fewer bids than normal and the pricing of those bids was lower than expected. As a result, $883 million of Alt-A loans previously held for sale (including $808 million of first mortgage loans and $75 million of second mortgage loans) were transferred in March to the Company’s held-for-investment residential mortgage loan portfolio. In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), loans held for sale must be recorded at the lower of cost or market value. Accordingly, prior to reclassifying the Alt-A mortgage loans to held for investment, the carrying value of such loans was reduced by $12 million in the first quarter of 2007, which resulted in an after-tax reduction of net income of $7 million, or $.07 per diluted share. The loans were reclassified to the held-for-investment portfolio because management of the Company believes that the value of the Alt-A residential mortgage loans it holds is greater than the amount implied by the few bidders presently active in the market.

     In addition, the Company is contractually obligated to repurchase previously sold Alt-A loans that do not ultimately meet investor sale criteria, including instances when mortgagors fail to make timely payments during the first 90 days subsequent to the sale date. As a result, during the first quarter of 2007, the Company accrued $6 million to provide for declines in market value of previously sold Alt-A mortgage loans that the Company may be required to repurchase. That loss reduced the Company’s net income by $4 million or $.03 per diluted share.

     The Company has initiated changes in its origination and sales practices as they relate to Alt-A lending that will likely result in lower originations of Alt-A mortgage loans in future quarters.

     On February 5, 2007, M&T invested $300 million to acquire a minority interest in Bayview Lending Group LLC (“BLG”), a Florida-based privately-held commercial mortgage lender that specializes in originating, securitizing and servicing small balance commercial real estate loans in the United States, and to a lesser extent, in Canada and the United Kingdom. The investment

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will be accounted for using the equity method of accounting. BLG was a going-concern when M&T made its investment, but started out with a minimal amount of loans in its portfolio. As a result, BLG is expected to incur modest operating losses until a sufficiently significant volume of loans are originated and securitized. M&T’s pro-rata portion of BLG’s operating results did not have a significant impact on M&T’s results of operations in the first quarter of 2007.

Supplemental Reporting of Non-GAAP Results of Operations

As a result of business combinations and other acquisitions, the Company had intangible assets consisting of goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets totaling $3.1 billion at March 31, 2007, $3.0 billion at March 31, 2006 and $3.2 billion at December 31, 2006. Included in such intangible assets at each of those dates was goodwill of $2.9 billion. Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets, after tax effect, was $11 million ($.10 per diluted share) during each of the first quarter of 2007 and the fourth quarter of 2006, and $8 million ($.07 per diluted share) in the first quarter of 2006.

     Since 1998, M&T has consistently provided supplemental reporting of its results on a “net operating” or “tangible” basis, in which M&T excludes the after-tax effect of amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets (and the related goodwill, core deposit intangible and other intangible asset balances, net of applicable deferred tax amounts, when calculating certain performance ratios) and expenses associated with integrating acquired operations into the Company, since such expenses are considered by management to be “nonoperating” in nature. Although “net operating income” as defined by M&T is not a GAAP measure, M&T’s management believes that this information helps investors understand the effect of acquisition activity in reported results.

     Net operating income declined 11% to $187 million in the initial quarter of 2007 from $211 million in the year-earlier quarter. Diluted net operating earnings per share for the first quarter of 2007 were $1.67, down 9% from $1.84 in the similar 2006 quarter. Net operating income and diluted net operating earnings per share were $225 million and $1.98, respectively, in the fourth quarter of 2006.

     Net operating income in the recent quarter represented an annualized rate of return on average tangible assets of 1.40%, compared with 1.64% and 1.67% in the first and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively. Net operating income expressed as an annualized return on average tangible common equity was 24.11% in the first quarter of 2007, compared with 29.31% in the year-earlier quarter and 28.71% in the final quarter of 2006.

     Reconciliations of GAAP results with non-GAAP results are provided in table 2.

Taxable-equivalent Net Interest Income

Taxable-equivalent net interest income increased to $456 million in the first quarter of 2007 from $452 million in the corresponding 2006 quarter, but was down from $472 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. The improvement in the recent quarter as compared with the first quarter of 2006 reflects a $1.6 billion, or 3%, increase in average earning assets that was largely offset by a nine basis point (hundredths of one percent) narrowing of the Company’s net interest margin, or taxable-equivalent net interest income expressed as an annualized percentage of average earning assets. The recent quarter’s decline in taxable-equivalent net interest income as compared with 2006’s final quarter resulted from a similar nine basis point narrowing of the net interest margin that was only partially offset by an increase in the average balance of earning assets.

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     Average loans and leases rose $2.6 billion, or 6%, to $43.1 billion in the recently completed quarter from $40.5 billion in the first quarter of 2006, and were up $639 million from the $42.5 billion average in the fourth quarter of 2006. Contributing to the growth in average loans in the recent quarter as compared with the first quarter of 2006 were higher average outstanding balances of commercial loans, commercial real estate loans and residential real estate loans. Average commercial loans and leases rose $718 million or 7% to $11.8 billion in the initial 2007 quarter from $11.0 billion in the year-earlier quarter. Commercial real estate loans averaged $15.5 billion in the recent quarter, up $796 million or 5% from $14.7 billion in the first quarter of 2006, due largely to a rise in construction loans to developers of residential real estate properties. The Company’s residential real estate loan portfolio averaged $5.9 billion in 2007’s first quarter, up $1.3 billion or 29% from $4.6 billion in the corresponding quarter of 2006. Included in that portfolio were loans held for sale, which averaged $1.8 billion in the recently completed quarter, compared with $1.3 billion in the first quarter of 2006. Excluding such loans, average residential real estate loans rose $897 million from 2006’s initial quarter to the first quarter of 2007. That increase was largely the result of the Company’s decision to retain higher levels of residential real estate loans in light of modest loan growth in other loan types and the lack of availability of investment securities to acquire that met the Company’s desired characteristics and provided suitable returns. As already noted, during March 2007 the Company transferred $883 million of Alt-A loans previously held for sale to its held-for–investment portfolio. That transfer increased the recent quarter’s average balances of residential real estate loans held for investment by approximately $90 million. Partially offsetting the loan growth described above was a decline in average consumer loans and leases of $283 million, or 3%, in the recent quarter as compared with the year-earlier period due to lower average automobile loan and lease balances outstanding, reflecting the Company’s decision to allow such balances to decline rather than matching interest rates offered by competitors. However, during late 2006 the interest rate environment relating to the Company’s automobile lending business improved and outstanding balances of such loans have increased slightly since September 30, 2006.

     The Company experienced growth of 2% in average commercial loan balances in the recent quarter as compared with the fourth quarter of 2006, while average commercial real estate loans were relatively unchanged. In dollar amount, average commercial loans increased $230 million. Average residential real estate loans in the recent quarter rose $401 million, or 7%, from 2006’s fourth quarter, while average consumer loans outstanding were up slightly from the final 2006 quarter, as higher automobile loans were largely offset by lower average outstanding balances of home equity lines of credit. The accompanying table summarizes quarterly changes in the major components of the loan and lease portfolio.

AVERAGE LOANS AND LEASES
(net of unearned discount)
Dollars in millions

                         
            Percent increase
            (decrease) from
    1st Qtr.   1st Qtr.   4th Qtr.
    2007
  2006
  2006
Commercial, financial, etc.
  $ 11,753       7 %     2 %
Real estate – commercial
    15,474       5        
Real estate – consumer
    5,939       29       7  
Consumer
                       
Automobile
    2,781       (12 )     3  
Home equity lines
    4,191       2       (2 )
Home equity loans
    1,165       (3 )     (3 )
Other
    1,811       3       3  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total consumer
    9,948       (3 )      
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 43,114       6 %     2 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 

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     Average balances of investment securities aggregated $7.2 billion during the first quarter of 2007, compared with $8.4 billion in the year-earlier quarter and $7.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2006. The declines in such securities from both the first and fourth quarters of 2006 reflect net paydowns of mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations. The Company has allowed the investment securities portfolio to decline as the opportunity to purchase securities at favorable spreads, that is, the difference between the yield earned on a security and the rate paid on funds used to purchase it, has been limited. The investment securities portfolio is largely comprised of residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations, debt securities issued by municipalities, debt and preferred equity securities issued by government-sponsored agencies and certain financial institutions, and shorter-term U.S. Treasury notes. When purchasing investment securities, the Company considers its overall interest-rate risk profile as well as the adequacy of expected returns relative to risks assumed, including prepayments. In managing its investment securities portfolio, the Company occasionally sells investment securities as a result of changes in interest rates and spreads, actual or anticipated prepayments, or credit risk associated with a particular security, or as a result of restructuring its investment securities portfolio following completion of a business combination. The Company regularly reviews its investment securities for declines in value below amortized cost that might be other than temporary. As of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the Company concluded that such declines were temporary in nature.

     Other earning assets include deposits at banks, trading account assets, federal funds sold and agreements to resell securities. Those other earning assets in the aggregate averaged $365 million in the recently completed quarter, compared with $139 million and $205 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively. The increase in such assets in the recent quarter resulted from purchases of investment securities under agreements to resell. The weighted-average term to maturity of such agreements, which averaged $281 million during 2007’s initial quarter and aggregated $400 million at March 31, 2007, was approximately 4 years. Those resell agreements are accounted for similar to collateralized loans, with changes in the market value of the collateral monitored by the Company to ensure sufficient coverage. Similar agreements averaged $100 million during the fourth quarter of 2006, while there were no such agreements outstanding during the initial quarter of 2006. The amounts of investment securities and other earning assets held by the Company are influenced by such factors as demand for loans, which generally yield more than investment securities and other earning assets, ongoing repayments, the level of deposits, and management of balance sheet size and resulting capital ratios.

     As a result of the changes described herein, average earning assets increased 3% to $50.7 billion in the first quarter of 2007 from $49.1 billion in the similar 2006 quarter. Average earning assets aggregated $50.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2006.

     The most significant source of funding for the Company is core deposits which are comprised of noninterest-bearing deposits, interest-bearing transaction accounts, nonbrokered savings deposits and nonbrokered domestic time deposits under $100,000. The Company’s branch network is its principal source of core deposits, which generally carry lower interest rates than wholesale funds of comparable maturities. Certificates of deposit under $100,000 generated on a nationwide basis by M&T Bank, National Association (“M&T Bank, N.A.”), a wholly owned bank subsidiary of M&T, are also included in core deposits. Core deposits averaged $28.6 billion in the first quarter of 2007, compared with $27.8 billion in the corresponding quarter of 2006 and $28.7 billion in 2006’s final quarter. A June 30, 2006 acquisition of branch offices in upstate New York added approximately $900 million of core deposits on that date. The increase in average balances of time deposits less than $100,000 in the current quarter as compared with the similar 2006 period largely reflects customer response to higher interest rates being offered on those products, resulting in a shift of funds from savings and noninterest-bearing

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deposit accounts to time deposits. The following table provides an analysis of quarterly changes in the components of average core deposits.

AVERAGE CORE DEPOSITS
Dollars in millions

                         
            Percent increase
            (decrease) from
    1st Qtr.   1st Qtr.   4th Qtr.
    2007
  2006
  2006
NOW accounts
  $ 437       7       (5 )%
Savings deposits
    14,649       3       1  
Time deposits less than $100,000
    6,047       9       (1 )
Noninterest-bearing deposits
    7,422       (2 )     (3 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 28,555       3 %     (1 )%
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 

     Additional sources of funding for the Company include domestic time deposits of $100,000 or more, deposits originated through the Company’s offshore branch office, and brokered deposits. Domestic time deposits over $100,000, excluding brokered certificates of deposit, averaged $2.9 billion during the quarter ended March 31, 2007, compared with $2.6 billion in the first quarter of 2006 and $3.0 billion in 2006’s fourth quarter. Offshore branch deposits, primarily comprised of accounts with balances of $100,000 or more, averaged $3.7 billion, $3.4 billion and $3.8 billion for the quarters ended March 31, 2007, March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2006, respectively. Brokered time deposits averaged $2.8 billion during the recently completed quarter, compared with $3.7 billion and $3.0 billion in the first and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively. In connection with the Company’s management of interest rate risk, interest rate swap agreements have been entered into under which the Company receives a fixed rate of interest and pays a variable rate and that have notional amounts and terms substantially similar to the amounts and terms of $325 million of brokered time deposits. The Company also had brokered money-market deposit accounts which averaged $84 million during the first quarter of 2007, compared with $66 million in the year-earlier quarter and $75 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. Offshore branch deposits and brokered deposits have been used by the Company as alternatives to short-term borrowings. Additional amounts of offshore branch deposits or brokered deposits may be solicited in the future depending on market conditions, including demand by customers and other investors for such deposits, and the cost of funds available from alternative sources at the time.

     The Company also uses borrowings from banks, securities dealers, various Federal Home Loan Banks (“FHLBs”), and others as sources of funding. Short-term borrowings averaged $4.9 billion in the initial 2007 quarter, compared with $4.6 billion in the year-earlier quarter and $4.8 billion in the final 2006 quarter. Included in short-term borrowings were unsecured federal funds borrowings which generally mature daily and averaged $4.1 billion in the recent quarter, compared with $3.8 billion and $4.0 billion in the first and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively. Overnight federal funds borrowings represent the largest component of short-term borrowings and are obtained daily from a wide variety of banks and other financial institutions. Also included in short-term borrowings is a $500 million revolving asset-backed structured borrowing secured by automobile loans that were transferred to M&T Auto Receivables I, LLC, a special purpose subsidiary of M&T Bank, the principal bank subsidiary of M&T. The special purpose subsidiary, the loans and the borrowings are included in the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

     Long-term borrowings averaged $7.3 billion in the first quarter of 2007, compared with $6.3 billion in the similar 2006 quarter and $6.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2006. Included in average long-term borrowings were amounts borrowed from the FHLBs of $3.5 billion in the initial quarter of 2007 and $4.1 billion and $3.4 billion in the first and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively, and subordinated capital notes of $1.7 billion in the most recent quarter, $1.2 billion in the first quarter of 2006 and $1.4 billion in 2006’s final quarter. M&T Bank issued $500 million of subordinated notes in December 2006, in part to maintain appropriate regulatory capital ratios. Junior subordinated debentures associated with trust preferred securities that were included in average long-term

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borrowings were $713 million in each of the first quarter of 2007 and the fourth quarter of 2006, and $712 million in 2006’s first quarter. Information regarding trust preferred securities and the related junior subordinated debentures is provided in note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements. Also included in long-term borrowings were agreements to repurchase securities, which averaged $1.4 billion during the first quarter of 2007, $284 million in the corresponding 2006 quarter and $612 million in the fourth quarter of 2006.

     Changes in the composition of the Company’s earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities as described herein, as well as changes in interest rates and spreads, can impact net interest income. Net interest spread, or the difference between the taxable-equivalent yield on earning assets and the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities, was 3.03% in the first quarter of 2007 and 3.18% in the year-earlier quarter. The yield on earning assets during the recent quarter was 6.93%, up 47 basis points from 6.46% in the first quarter of 2006, while the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities increased 62 basis points to 3.90% from 3.28%. In the fourth quarter of 2006, the net interest spread was 3.09%, the yield on earning assets was 6.92% and the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities was 3.83%. During the first half of 2006, the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark overnight federal funds target rate four times, each increase representing a 25 basis point increment over the previously effective target rate. Those interest rate increases resulted in a more rapid rise in rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities, most notably short-term borrowings, than in the yields on earning assets and contributed to a general flattening of the yield curve. The decline in the Company’s net interest spread during the recent quarter as compared with the first quarter of 2006 resulted from several factors, including lower fees from customer prepayments of commercial real estate loans, higher rates paid on consumer deposits and the impact of funding the Company’s investment in BLG. The decline in net interest spread from the final quarter of 2006 to the recent quarter was due, in part, to lower commercial real estate loan prepayment fees, higher rates paid on deposits, the impact of two less days in the recent quarter and the funding of the BLG investment.

     Net interest-free funds consist largely of noninterest-bearing demand deposits and stockholders’ equity, partially offset by bank owned life insurance and non-earning assets, including goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets. Net interest-free funds averaged $8.0 billion in 2007’s initial quarter, compared with $8.2 billion and $8.4 billion in the first and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively. Goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets averaged $3.1 billion during the quarter ended March 31, 2007, $3.0 billion in the first quarter of 2006 and $3.2 billion in 2006’s final quarter. The cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance averaged $1.1 billion in each of the first quarter of 2007 and the fourth quarter of 2006, and $1.0 billion in the first quarter of 2006. Increases in the cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance and benefits received are not included in interest income, but rather are recorded in “other revenues from operations.”

     The contribution of net interest-free funds to net interest margin was .61% in the recent quarter, compared with .55% in the year-earlier quarter and .64% in 2006’s fourth quarter. The increase in the contribution to net interest margin ascribed to net interest-free funds in the recent quarter and 2006’s fourth quarter as compared with the first quarter of 2006 resulted largely from the impact of higher interest rates on interest-bearing liabilities used to value such contribution.

     Reflecting the changes to the net interest spread and the contribution of interest-free funds as described herein, the Company’s net interest margin was 3.64% in the first quarter of 2007, down from 3.73% in each of the first and fourth quarters of 2006. Future changes in market interest rates or spreads, as well as changes in the composition of the Company’s portfolios of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities that result in reductions in spreads, could adversely impact the Company’s net interest income and net interest margin.

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     Management assesses the potential impact of future changes in interest rates and spreads by projecting net interest income under several interest rate scenarios. In managing interest rate risk, the Company utilizes interest rate swap agreements to modify the repricing characteristics of certain portions of its portfolios of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. Periodic settlement amounts arising from these agreements are generally reflected in either the yields earned on assets or the rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities. The notional amount of interest rate swap agreements entered into for interest rate risk management purposes was approximately $1.0 billion as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, and $717 million as of March 31, 2006. Under the terms of these swap agreements, the Company receives payments based on the outstanding notional amount of the swap agreements at fixed rates of interest and makes payments at variable rates.

     As of March 31, 2007, all of the Company’s interest rate swap agreements entered into for risk management purposes had been designated as fair value hedges. In a fair value hedge, the fair value of the derivative (the interest rate swap agreement) and changes in the fair value of the hedged item are recorded in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet with the corresponding gain or loss recognized in current earnings. The difference between changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap agreements and the hedged items represents hedge ineffectiveness and is recorded in “other revenues from operations” in the Company’s consolidated statement of income. In a cash flow hedge, unlike in a fair value hedge, the effective portion of the derivative’s gain or loss is initially reported as a component of other comprehensive income and subsequently reclassified into earnings when the forecasted transaction affects earnings. The ineffective portion of the gain or loss is reported in “other revenues from operations” immediately. The amounts of hedge ineffectiveness recognized during the quarters ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 and the quarter ended December 31, 2006 were not material to the Company’s results of operations. The estimated aggregate fair value of interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges represented losses of approximately $12 million and $13 million at March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $15 million at December 31, 2006. The fair values of such swap agreements were substantially offset by changes in the fair values of the hedged items. The changes in the fair values of the interest rate swap agreements and the hedged items result from the effects of changing interest rates.

     The weighted-average rates to be received and paid under interest rate swap agreements currently in effect were 5.63% and 6.20%, respectively, at March 31, 2007. The average notional amounts of interest rate swap agreements entered into for interest rate risk management purposes, the related effect on net interest income and margin, and the weighted-average rates paid or received on those swap agreements are presented in the accompanying table.

INTEREST RATE SWAP AGREEMENTS
Dollars in thousands

                                 
    Three months ended March 31
    2007
  2006
    Amount
  Rate*
  Amount
  Rate*
Increase (decrease) in:
                               
Interest income
  $       %   $       %
Interest expense
    1,355       .01       156        
 
   
 
             
 
         
 
Net interest income/margin
  $ (1,355 )     (.01 )%   $ (156 )     %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Average notional amount
  $ 996,297             $ 688,630          
 
   
 
             
 
         
Rate received **
            5.71 %             5.13 %
Rate paid **
            6.26 %             5.22 %
 
           
 
             
 
 

*   Computed as an annualized percentage of average earning assets or interest-bearing liabilities.
 
**   Weighted-average rate paid or received on interest rate swap agreements in effect during the period.

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     As a financial intermediary, the Company is exposed to various risks, including liquidity and market risk. Liquidity refers to the Company’s ability to ensure that sufficient cash flow and liquid assets are available to satisfy current and future obligations, including demands for loans and deposit withdrawals, funding operating costs, and for other corporate purposes. Liquidity risk arises whenever the maturities of financial instruments included in assets and liabilities differ. M&T’s banking subsidiaries have access to additional funding sources through borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, lines of credit with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and other available borrowing facilities. The Company has, from time to time, issued subordinated capital notes to provide liquidity and enhance regulatory capital ratios. Such notes qualify for inclusion in the Company’s total capital as defined by federal regulators. In December 2006, M&T Bank issued $500 million of subordinated notes. The notes bear a fixed rate of interest of 5.629% for ten years and a floating rate thereafter, at a rate equal to the three-month London Interbank Offered Rate plus .64%. The notes are redeemable at the Company’s option after the fixed-rate period ends, subject to prior regulatory approval. As an additional source of funding, the Company maintains a $500 million revolving asset-backed structured borrowing which is collateralized by automobile loans and related assets that have been transferred to a special purpose subsidiary of M&T Bank. That subsidiary, the loans and the borrowing are included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. As existing loans of the subsidiary pay down, monthly proceeds, after payment of certain fees and debt service costs, are used to obtain additional automobile loans from M&T Bank or other subsidiaries to replenish the collateral and maintain the existing borrowing base.

     The Company has informal and sometimes reciprocal sources of funding available through various arrangements for unsecured short-term borrowings from a wide group of banks and other financial institutions. Short-term federal funds borrowings aggregated $3.3 billion at March 31, 2007, $2.3 billion at December 31, 2006 and $3.6 billion at March 31, 2006. In general, those borrowings were unsecured and matured on the following business day. As already noted, offshore branch deposits and brokered certificates of deposit have been used by the Company as an alternative to short-term borrowings. Offshore branch deposits also generally mature on the next business day and totaled $4.8 billion, $3.2 billion and $5.4 billion at March 31, 2007, March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2006, respectively. Brokered certificates of deposit have longer maturity terms. At March 31, 2007, brokered time deposits totaled $2.3 billion and the weighted-average remaining term to maturity of such deposits was 11 months. Certain of these brokered time deposits have provisions that allow for early redemption.

     The Company’s ability to obtain funding from these or other sources could be negatively impacted should the Company experience a substantial deterioration in its financial condition or its debt ratings, or should the availability of short-term funding become restricted due to a disruption in the financial markets. The Company attempts to quantify such credit-event risk by modeling scenarios that estimate the liquidity impact resulting from a short-term ratings downgrade over various grading levels. Such impact is estimated by attempting to measure the effect on available unsecured lines of credit, available capacity from secured borrowing sources and securitizable assets. In addition to deposits and borrowings, other sources of liquidity include maturities of investment securities and other earning assets, repayments of loans and investment securities, and cash generated from operations, such as fees collected for services.

     Certain customers of the Company obtain financing through the issuance of variable rate demand bonds (“VRDBs”). The VRDBs are generally enhanced by direct-pay letters of credit provided by M&T Bank. M&T Bank oftentimes acts as remarketing agent for the VRDBs and, at its discretion, may from time-to-time own some of the VRDBs while such instruments are remarketed. When this occurs, the VRDBs are classified as trading assets in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. Nevertheless, M&T Bank is not contractually obligated to purchase the VRDBs. The value of VRDBs in the Company’s trading account totaled $26 million

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at March 31, 2007, $61 million at March 31, 2006 and $6 million at December 31, 2006. The total amount of VRDBs outstanding backed by M&T Bank letters of credit was $1.7 billion at March 31, 2007, March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2006. M&T Bank also serves as remarketing agent for most of those bonds.

     In the normal course of business, the Company enters into contractual obligations which require future cash payments. Such obligations include, among others, payments related to deposits, borrowings, leases, and other contractual commitments. Off-balance sheet commitments to customers may impact liquidity, including commitments to extend credit, standby letters of credit, commercial letters of credit, financial guarantees and indemnification contracts, and commitments to sell real estate loans. Because many of these commitments or contracts expire without being funded in whole or in part, the contract amounts are not necessarily indicative of future cash flows. Further information about these commitments is provided in note 6 of Notes to Financial Statements.

     M&T’s primary source of funds to pay for operating expenses, shareholder dividends and common stock repurchases has historically been the receipt of dividends from its banking subsidiaries, which are subject to various regulatory limitations. Dividends from any banking subsidiary to M&T are limited by the amount of earnings of the banking subsidiary in the current year and the two preceding years. For purposes of the test, at March 31, 2007 approximately $147 million was available for payment of dividends to M&T from banking subsidiaries without prior regulatory approval. These historic sources of cash flow have been augmented in the past by the issuance of trust preferred securities. Information regarding trust preferred securities and the related junior subordinated debentures is included in note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements. M&T also maintains a $30 million line of credit with an unaffiliated commercial bank, of which there were no borrowings outstanding at March 31, 2007 or at December 31, 2006.

     Management closely monitors the Company’s liquidity position for compliance with internal policies and believes that available sources of liquidity are adequate to meet funding needs in the normal course of business. Management does not anticipate engaging in any activities, either currently or in the long-term, for which adequate funding would not be available and would therefore result in a significant strain on liquidity at either M&T or its subsidiary banks.

     Market risk is the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices and/or interest rates of the Company’s financial instruments. The primary market risk the Company is exposed to is interest rate risk. Interest rate risk arises from the Company’s core banking activities of lending and deposit-taking, because assets and liabilities reprice at different times and by different amounts as interest rates change. As a result, net interest income earned by the Company is subject to the effects of changing interest rates. The Company measures interest rate risk by calculating the variability of net interest income in future periods under various interest rate scenarios using projected balances for earning assets, interest-bearing liabilities and derivatives used to hedge interest rate risk. Management’s philosophy toward interest rate risk management is to limit the variability of net interest income. The balances of financial instruments used in the projections are based on expected growth from forecasted business opportunities, anticipated prepayments of loans and investment securities, and expected maturities of investment securities, loans and deposits. Management uses a “value of equity” model to supplement the modeling technique described above. Those supplemental analyses are based on discounted cash flows associated with on- and off-balance sheet financial instruments. Such analyses are modeled to reflect changes in interest rates and provide management with a long-term interest rate risk metric.

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     The Company’s Risk Management Committee, which includes members of senior management, monitors the sensitivity of the Company’s net interest income to changes in interest rates with the aid of a computer model that forecasts net interest income under different interest rate scenarios. In modeling changing interest rates, the Company considers different yield curve shapes that consider both parallel (that is, simultaneous changes in interest rates at each point on the yield curve) and non-parallel (that is, allowing interest rates at points on the yield curve to vary by different amounts) shifts in the yield curve. In utilizing the model, market implied forward interest rates over the subsequent twelve months are generally used to determine a base interest rate scenario for the net interest income simulation. That calculated base net interest income is then compared to the income calculated under the varying interest rate scenarios. The model considers the impact of ongoing lending and deposit-gathering activities, as well as interrelationships in the magnitude and timing of the repricing of financial instruments, including the effect of changing interest rates on expected prepayments and maturities. When deemed prudent, management has taken actions to mitigate exposure to interest rate risk through the use of on- or off-balance sheet financial instruments and intends to do so in the future. Possible actions include, but are not limited to, changes in the pricing of loan and deposit products, modifying the composition of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and adding to, modifying or terminating existing interest rate swap agreements or other financial instruments used for interest rate risk management purposes.

     The accompanying table as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 displays the estimated impact on net interest income from non-trading financial instruments in the base scenario described above resulting from parallel changes in interest rates across repricing categories during the first modeling year.

SENSITIVITY OF NET INTEREST INCOME
TO CHANGES IN INTEREST RATES
(dollars in thousands)

                 
    Calculated increase(decrease)
    in projected net interest income
Changes in interest rates
  March 31, 2007
  December 31, 2006
+200 basis points
  $ 13,627       15,098  
+100 basis points
    15,035       13,260  
-100 basis points
    (7,030 )     (12,759 )
-200 basis points
    (21,428 )     (26,546 )

     The Company utilized many assumptions to calculate the impact that changes in interest rates may have on net interest income. The more significant assumptions included the rate of prepayments of mortgage-related assets, cash flows from derivative and other financial instruments held for non-trading purposes, loan and deposit volumes and pricing, and deposit maturities. In the scenarios presented, the Company also assumed gradual changes in rates during a twelve-month period of 100 and 200 basis points as compared with the assumed base scenario. In the event that a 100 or 200 basis point rate change cannot be achieved, the applicable rate changes are limited to lesser amounts such that interest rates cannot be less than zero. The assumptions used in interest rate sensitivity modeling are inherently uncertain and, as a result, the Company cannot precisely predict the impact of changes in interest rates on net interest income. Actual results may differ significantly due to the timing, magnitude and frequency of changes in interest rates and changes in market conditions and interest rate differentials (spreads) between maturity/repricing categories, as well as any actions, such as those previously described, which management may take to counter such changes. In light of the uncertainties and assumptions associated with the process, the amounts presented in the table and changes in such amounts are not considered significant to the Company’s past or projected net interest income.

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futures contracts related to foreign currencies and mortgage-backed securities, U.S. Treasury and other government securities, mortgage-backed securities, mutual funds and interest rate contracts, such as swap agreements. The Company generally mitigates the foreign currency and interest rate risk associated with trading activities by entering into offsetting trading positions. The amounts of gross and net trading positions, as well as the type of trading activities conducted by the Company, are subject to a well-defined series of potential loss exposure limits established by management and approved by M&T’s Board of Directors. However, as with any non-government guaranteed financial instrument, the Company is exposed to credit risk associated with counterparties to the Company’s trading activities.

     The notional amounts of interest rate contracts entered into for trading purposes totaled $8.1 billion at March 31, 2007, compared with $6.8 billion at March 31, 2006 and $7.6 billion at December 31, 2006. The notional amounts of foreign currency and other option and futures contracts entered into for trading purposes were $678 million at March 31, 2007, compared with $1.2 billion and $613 million at March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2006, respectively. Although the notional amounts of these trading contracts are not recorded in the consolidated balance sheet, the fair values of all financial instruments used for trading activities are recorded in the consolidated balance sheet. The fair values of all trading account assets and liabilities were $154 million and $61 million, respectively, at March 31, 2007, $201 million and $82 million, respectively, at March 31, 2006, and $137 million and $65 million, respectively, at December 31, 2006. Included in trading account assets were assets related to deferred compensation plans totaling $45 million at each of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, and $43 million at March 31, 2006. Changes in the fair values of such assets are recorded as trading account and foreign exchange gains in the consolidated statement of income. Included in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 were $49 million of liabilities related to deferred compensation plans, compared with $48 million at March 31, 2006. Changes in the balances of such liabilities due to the valuation of allocated investment options to which the liabilities are indexed are recorded in “other costs of operations” in the consolidated statement of income.

     Given the Company’s policies, limits and positions, management believes that the potential loss exposure to the Company resulting from market risk associated with trading activities was not material, however, as previously noted, the Company is exposed to credit risk associated with counterparties to transactions associated with the Company’s trading activities.

Provision for Credit Losses

The Company maintains an allowance for credit losses that in management’s judgment is adequate to absorb losses inherent in the loan and lease portfolio. A provision for credit losses is recorded to adjust the level of the allowance as deemed necessary by management. The provision for credit losses in the first quarter of 2007 was $27 million, compared with $18 million in the year-earlier quarter and $28 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. Net loan charge-offs were $17 million in each of the first quarters of 2007 and 2006, compared with $24 million during the final quarter of 2006. Net charge-offs as an annualized percentage of average loans and leases were .16% in the first

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quarter of 2007, compared with .17% and .23% in the first and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively. A summary of net charge-offs by loan type follows:

NET CHARGE-OFFS
BY LOAN/LEASE TYPE
In thousands

                         
    First Quarter   First Quarter   Fourth Quarter
    2007
  2006
  2006
Commercial, financial, etc.
  $ 4,533       6,085       10,242  
Real estate:
                       
Commercial
    671       86       221  
Residential
    1,369       473       571  
Consumer
    10,618       10,188       13,337  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
  $ 17,191       16,832       24,371  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 

     Loans classified as nonperforming, which consist of nonaccrual and restructured loans, rose to $273 million or .63% of total loans and leases outstanding at March 31, 2007 from $143 million or .35% a year earlier and $224 million or .52% at December 31, 2006. The increase from the end of 2006’s first quarter was due in part to the addition of $40 million of loans to automobile dealers, the majority of which were classified as commercial loans. Also contributing to that increase as well as the rise from the 2006 year-end nonperforming loan total was the first quarter 2007 addition of commercial loans and commercial real estate loans to two relationships totaling $40 million. The first relationship totaling $22 million represents loans to a manufacturer of residential heating equipment. The second relationship for $18 million involves loans to a commercial real estate project in New York City in which the principal owner passed away unexpectedly.

     Accruing loans past due 90 days or more totaled $118 million or .27% of total loans and leases at March 31, 2007, compared with $109 million or .27% at March 31, 2006 and $111 million or .26% at December 31, 2006. Those loans included $71 million, $86 million and $77 million at March 31, 2007, March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2006, respectively, of loans guaranteed by government-related entities. Such guaranteed loans included one-to-four family residential mortgage loans serviced by the Company that were repurchased to reduce associated servicing costs, including a requirement to advance principal and interest payments that had not been received from individual mortgagors. The outstanding principal balances of the repurchased loans are fully guaranteed by government-related entities and totaled $61 million and $66 million as of March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $65 million at December 31, 2006. Loans past due 90 days or more and accruing interest that were guaranteed by government-related entities also included foreign commercial and industrial loans supported by the Export-Import Bank of the United States that totaled $10 million at March 31, 2007, $20 million at March 31, 2006 and $11 million at December 31, 2006.

     Commercial loans and leases classified as nonperforming aggregated $113 million at March 31, 2007, $38 million at March 31, 2006 and $79 million at December 31, 2006. The increase in such loans from March 31, 2006 was, in part, due to the previously noted loans to automobile dealers, which added $35 million to this category. Continued slowing of domestic automobile sales has resulted in a difficult operating environment for certain automobile dealers, leading to deteriorating financial results. Also contributing to the year-over-year increase, as well as comprising the majority of the rise in nonperforming commercial loans from December 31, 2006 was the recent quarter’s addition of outstanding commercial loans to the two previously described relationships totaling $25 million.

     Nonperforming commercial real estate loans totaled $64 million at March 31, 2007, $37 million at March 31, 2006 and $57 million at December 31, 2006. The rise in such loans from the end of the first quarter of 2006 was due in part to the recent quarter addition of $5 million of commercial real estate loans to automobile dealers and $15 million of commercial real estate loans

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to the two relationships already discussed. That latter addition to the nonperforming commercial real estate loan total at December 31, 2006 was partially offset by a $10 million commercial real estate loan classified as nonperforming at the 2006 year-end that was paid off in January 2007.

     Residential real estate loans classified as nonperforming were $50 million at March 31, 2007, compared with $30 million at March 31, 2006 and $42 million at December 31, 2006. Residential real estate loans past due 90 days or more and accruing interest totaled $96 million at March 31, 2007, compared with $82 million a year earlier and $92 million at December 31, 2006. As already noted, a substantial portion of such amounts relate to guaranteed loans repurchased from government-related entities.

     Nonperforming consumer loans and leases totaled $46 million at each of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, compared with $38 million at March 31, 2006. As a percentage of consumer loan balances outstanding, nonperforming consumer loans and leases were .47% at March 31, 2007, compared with .38% and .46% at March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2006, respectively.

     Assets acquired in settlement of defaulted loans were $15 million at March 31, 2007, compared with $10 million at March 31, 2006 and $12 million at December 31, 2006.

     A comparative summary of nonperforming assets and certain past due loan data and credit quality ratios as of the end of the periods indicated is presented in the accompanying table.

NONPERFORMING ASSET AND PAST DUE LOAN DATA
Dollars in thousands

                                         
    2007   2006 Quarters
 
  First Quarter
  Fourth
  Third
  Second
  First
Nonaccrual loans
  $ 259,015       209,272       162,933       140,626       127,934  
Renegotiated loans
    14,210       14,956       16,579       15,399       14,790  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total nonperforming loans
    273,225       224,228       179,512       156,025       142,724  
Real estate and other assets owned
    15,095       12,141       13,920       13,805       9,588  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total nonperforming assets
  $ 288,320       236,369       193,432       169,830       152,312  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more*
  $ 118,094       111,307       112,090       101,001       109,287  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Government guaranteed loans included in totals above
                                       
Nonperforming loans
  $ 18,007       17,586       13,655       13,542       13,804  
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more
    70,626       76,622       76,050       79,272       85,775  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Nonperforming loans to total loans and leases, net of unearned discount
    .63 %     .52 %     .43 %     .38 %     .35 %
Nonperforming assets to total net loans and leases and real estate and other assets owned
    .66 %     .55 %     .46 %     .41 %     .37 %
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more to total loans and leases, net of unearned discount
    .27 %     .26 %     .27 %     .24 %     .27 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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     Management regularly assesses the adequacy of the allowance for credit losses by performing ongoing evaluations of the loan and lease portfolio, including such factors as the differing economic risks associated with each loan category, the financial condition of specific borrowers, the economic environment in which borrowers operate, the level of delinquent loans, the value of any collateral and, where applicable, the existence of any guarantees or indemnifications. Management evaluated the impact of changes in interest rates and overall economic conditions on the ability of borrowers to meet repayment obligations when quantifying the Company’s exposure to credit losses and assessing the adequacy of the Company’s allowance for such losses as of each reporting date. Factors also considered by management when performing its assessment, in addition to general economic conditions and the other factors described above, included, but were not limited to: (i) the concentration of commercial real estate loans in the Company’s loan portfolio, particularly the large concentration of loans secured by properties in New York State, in general, and in the New York City metropolitan area, in particular; (ii) the amount of commercial and industrial loans to businesses in areas of New York State outside of the New York City metropolitan area and in central Pennsylvania that have historically experienced less economic growth and vitality than the vast majority of other regions of the country; and (iii) the size of the Company’s portfolio of loans to individual consumers, which historically have experienced higher net charge-offs as a percentage of loans outstanding than other loan types. The level of the allowance is adjusted based on the results of management’s analysis.

     Management cautiously and conservatively evaluated the allowance for credit losses as of March 31, 2007 in light of (i) the sluggish pace of economic growth in many of the markets served by the Company; (ii) continued weakness in industrial employment in upstate New York and central Pennsylvania; and (iii) the significant subjectivity involved in commercial real estate valuations for properties located in areas with stagnant or low growth economies. Although the national economy experienced moderate growth in 2006 with inflation being reasonably well contained, concerns exist about the level and volatility of energy prices; a weakening housing market, particularly concerns about possible over-valued real estate; Federal Reserve positioning of monetary policy; the underlying impact on businesses’ operations and abilities to repay loans resulting from a higher level of interest rates; sluggish job creation, which could cause consumer spending to slow; continued stagnant population growth in the upstate New York and central Pennsylvania regions; continued slowing of domestic automobile sales; and modest loan demand in many market areas served by the Company.

     Factors that influence the Company’s credit loss experience include overall economic conditions affecting businesses and consumers generally, such as those described above, but also real estate valuations, in particular, given the size of the commercial real estate loan portfolio. Commercial real estate valuations can be highly subjective, as they are based upon many assumptions. Such valuations can be significantly affected over relatively short periods of time by changes in business climate, economic conditions, interest rates and, in many cases, the results of operations of businesses and other occupants of the real property.

     Management believes that the allowance for credit losses at March 31, 2007 was adequate to absorb credit losses inherent in the portfolio as of that date. The allowance for credit losses was $660 million, or 1.52% of total loans and leases at March 31, 2007, compared with $639 million or 1.56% at the end of 2006’s initial quarter and $650 million or 1.51% at December 31, 2006. The decline in the level of the allowance as a percentage of outstanding loans and leases from March 31, 2006 to the two most recent quarter-ends reflects management’s evaluation of the loan and lease portfolio as described herein, including a change in portfolio mix resulting from higher balances of residential real estate loans and lower balances of consumer loans. In general, the Company experiences significantly lower charge-off rates on residential real estate loans than on consumer loans. Should the various credit factors considered by management in establishing

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the allowance for credit losses change and should management’s assessment of losses inherent in the loan portfolio also change, the level of the allowance as a percentage of loans could increase or decrease in future periods. The ratio of the allowance for credit losses to nonperforming loans was 241% at March 31, 2007, compared with 448% a year earlier and 290% at December 31, 2006. The level of the allowance reflects management’s evaluation of the loan and lease portfolio as of each respective date.

Other Income

Other income aggregated $236 million in the first quarter of 2007, down from $253 million in the corresponding 2006 quarter and $256 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. The decline in the level of such income in the recent quarter as compared with the first and fourth quarters of 2006 was predominantly the result of lower mortgage banking revenues. Partially offsetting the decrease in mortgage banking revenues as compared with the first quarter of 2006 was an increase in service charges on deposit accounts.

     Mortgage banking revenues totaled $14 million in the recently completed quarter, compared with $35 million in the first quarter of 2006 and $30 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. Mortgage banking revenues are comprised of both residential and commercial mortgage banking activities.

     Residential mortgage banking revenues, consisting of realized gains from sales of residential mortgage loans and loan servicing rights, unrealized gains and losses on residential mortgage loans held for sale and related commitments, residential mortgage loan servicing fees, and other residential mortgage loan-related fees and income, were $7 million in the first quarter of 2007, down from $29 million in the year-earlier quarter and $20 million in 2006’s final quarter. As already noted, residential mortgage banking revenues in the recent quarter were reduced by $18 million as a result of unfavorable market conditions related to the Company’s Alt-A residential mortgage lending business. Those unfavorable market conditions and a lack of market liquidity impacted the Company’s willingness to sell Alt-A mortgage loans during the first quarter of 2007. As a result, the Company reclassified $883 million of Alt-A loans previously held for sale (including $808 million of first mortgage loans and $75 million of second mortgage loans) to its held-for-investment portfolio. In accordance with GAAP, loans held for sale must be recorded at the lower of cost or market value. Accordingly, prior to reclassifying the $883 million of Alt-A mortgage loans to held for investment, the carrying value of such loans was reduced by $12 million to reflect estimated market value. The loans were reclassified to the held-for-investment portfolio because the Company’s management believes that the economic value of those Alt-A mortgage loans is greater than the market value implied by the few bidders for such loans during the first quarter of 2007. In addition, the Company is contractually obligated to repurchase previously sold Alt-A loans that do not ultimately meet investor sale criteria, including instances when mortgagors fail to make timely payments during the first 90 days subsequent to the sale date. As a result, during the first quarter of 2007, the Company accrued $6 million to provide for declines in market value of previously sold Alt-A mortgage loans that the Company may be required to repurchase.

     Residential mortgage loans originated for sale to other investors were approximately $1.4 billion during each of the quarters ended March 31, 2007, March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2006. Included in such amounts during the first quarter of 2007 and the fourth quarter of 2006 were $326 million and $477 million, respectively, of Alt-A mortgage loans that were transferred to the Company’s held-for-investment portfolio in March 2007. Residential mortgage loans sold to investors totaled $1.4 billion in 2007’s first quarter, compared with $976 million and $999 million in the first and fourth quarter, respectively, of 2006. Realized gains from sales of residential mortgage loans and loan servicing rights and recognized net unrealized gains and losses attributable to residential mortgage loans held for sale, commitments to originate loans for sale and commitments to sell loans totaled to a loss of $13 million in the first quarter of 2007 (including the $18 million of

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losses described above), compared with gains of $11 million and $2 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively. Revenues from servicing residential mortgage loans for others were $18 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2007, compared with $16 million in the year–earlier quarter and $17 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. Included in servicing revenues were amounts related to purchased servicing rights associated with small balance commercial mortgage loans which totaled $5 million in the most recent quarter, compared with $3 million and $4 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively. Residential mortgage loans serviced for others totaled $17.2 billion at March 31, 2007, compared with $15.3 billion at March 31, 2006 and $16.7 billion at December 31, 2006, including the small balance commercial mortgage loans noted above of approximately $3.6 billion at March 31, 2007, $2.3 billion at March 31, 2006 and $3.3 billion at December 31, 2006. Capitalized residential mortgage servicing assets, net of a valuation allowance for impairment, were $152 million at March 31, 2007, compared with $150 million at March 31, 2006 and $153 million at December 31, 2006. Included in capitalized residential mortgage servicing assets were $38 million at March 31, 2007, $22 million at March 31, 2006 and $36 million at December 31, 2006 of purchased servicing rights associated with the small balance commercial mortgage loans noted above. Loans held for sale that are secured by residential real estate totaled $973 million and $1.6 billion at March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $1.9 billion at December 31, 2006. Commitments to sell loans and commitments to originate loans for sale at pre-determined rates were $946 million and $495 million, respectively, at March 31, 2007, $1.5 billion and $680 million, respectively, at March 31, 2006, and $1.8 billion and $680 million, respectively, at December 31, 2006. Net unrealized losses on residential mortgage loans held for sale, commitments to sell loans, and commitments to originate loans for sale were less than $1 million at March 31, 2007, compared with net unrealized gains of $2 million and $4 million at March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2006, respectively. Changes in such net unrealized gains and losses are recorded in mortgage banking revenues and resulted in net decreases in revenues of $3 million in the first quarter of 2007, compared with net increases in revenues of $8 million and $5 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively. The $3 million unrealized loss noted for the first quarter of 2007 does not include any portion of the $18 million of losses related to Alt-A mortgage loans described above.

     Commercial mortgage banking revenues were $7 million in the first quarter of 2007, compared with $6 million in the year-earlier quarter and $10 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. Included in such amounts were revenues from loan origination and sales activities of $3 million in the initial 2007 quarter, $2 million in the first quarter of 2006 and $6 million in the final quarter of 2006. Commercial mortgage loan servicing revenues were $4 million in each of the quarters ended March 31, 2007, March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2006. Capitalized commercial mortgage servicing assets totaled $20 million at each of March 31, 2007 and March 31, 2006, and $21 million at December 31, 2006. Commercial mortgage loans held for sale at March 31, 2007 and 2006 were $66 million and $64 million, respectively, and were $49 million at December 31, 2006.

     Service charges on deposit accounts were $95 million in the recently completed quarter, compared with $89 million in the first quarter of 2006 and $96 million in the last three months of 2006. The increase from the year-earlier quarter reflects higher overdraft and debit card interchange fees. The modestly lower first quarter revenues as compared with 2006’s fourth quarter were largely due to traditional fourth quarter seasonality. Trust income aggregated $37 million in each of the initial quarter of 2007 and the fourth quarter of 2006, compared with $34 million in 2006’s first quarter. Brokerage services income, which includes revenues from the sale of mutual funds and annuities and securities brokerage fees, totaled $15 million in each of the first quarter of 2007 and 2006, compared with $16 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. Trading account and foreign exchange activity resulted in gains of $6 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2007 and $7 million in each of the first and fourth quarters of 2006.

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     Other revenues from operations totaled $69 million in the first quarter of 2007, compared with $74 million in the similar 2006 quarter and $68 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. The decline in such revenues in the recent quarter as compared with the first quarter of 2006 was due to lower income from educational lending, commercial leasing and bank owned life insurance, partially offset by higher credit-related fees. As compared with the fourth quarter of 2006, higher credit-related fees and income from educational lending were largely offset by lower bank owned life insurance income. Included in other revenues from operations were the following significant components. Letter of credit and other credit-related fees totaled $21 million in the recent quarter, $19 million in the first quarter of 2006 and $18 million in 2006’s final quarter. Tax-exempt income from bank owned life insurance, which includes increases in the cash surrender value of life insurance policies and benefits received, totaled $11 million during the first quarter of 2007, compared with $13 million in the first quarter of 2006 and $15 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. Revenues from merchant discount and credit card fees were $8 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2007, compared with $7 million and $9 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2006. Insurance-related sales commissions and other revenues totaled $8 million in each of the first quarter of 2007 and the fourth quarter of 2006, and were $7 million in the first quarter of 2006.

Other Expense

Other expense aggregated $399 million in the first quarter of 2007, 4% higher than each of $382 million in the corresponding quarter of 2006 and $384 million in the final 2006 quarter. Included in the amounts noted above are expenses considered by management to be “nonoperating” in nature consisting of amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets of $18 million in 2007’s initial quarter, $13 million in the first quarter of 2006 and $19 million in 2006’s fourth quarter. The increased amortization in the two most recent quarters as compared with the first quarter of 2006 reflects the Company’s acquisition of 21 branch offices in upstate New York on June 30, 2006. Exclusive of these nonoperating expenses, noninterest operating expenses totaled $381 million in the first three months of 2007, compared with $369 million and $365 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively. The higher level of noninterest operating expenses in the recent quarter as compared with the first and fourth quarters of 2006 was predominantly the result of increased salaries and employee benefits costs. Table 2 provides a reconciliation of other expense to noninterest operating expense.

     Salaries and employee benefits expense totaled $237 million in the recent quarter, compared with $224 million in the first quarter of 2006 and $213 million in 2006’s final quarter. The higher expense level for the three months ended March 31, 2007 as compared with the similar 2006 period was largely the result of higher salaries-related costs, reflecting the impact of 2006 acquisitions, primarily the branch office acquisition already noted, annual merit increases, and stock-based and other incentive compensation costs. Contributing to the rise in salaries and employee benefits expense in the recent quarter as compared with the fourth quarter of 2006 were higher stock-based and other incentive compensation, payroll-related taxes and Company contributions for retirement savings plan benefits related to incentive compensation payments. The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123 (revised 2004), “Shared-Based Payment,” (“SFAS No. 123R”). As required, the Company has accelerated the recognition of compensation costs for stock-based awards granted to retirement-eligible employees and employees who will become retirement-eligible prior to full vesting of the award. As a result, stock-based compensation expense during the first quarters of 2007 and 2006 included $8 million and $6 million, respectively, that would have been recognized over the normal four-year vesting period if not for the accelerated expense recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123R. That acceleration had no effect on the value of stock-based compensation awarded to employees. Salaries and benefits expense included stock-based

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compensation of $19 million, $18 million and $11 million in the quarters ended March 31, 2007, March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2006, respectively. The number of full-time equivalent employees was 12,628 at March 31, 2007, compared with 12,837 and 12,721 at March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2006, respectively.

     Excluding the nonoperating amortization expenses already noted, nonpersonnel operating expenses were $144 million in the first quarter of 2007, compared with $145 million and $152 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively. The decline in nonpersonnel operating expenses in the recent quarter was largely due to lower costs for professional services and advertising. Reflected in nonpersonnel operating expenses were reductions in the allowance for impairment of capitalized residential mortgage servicing rights of $1 million in the first quarter of 2007 and $7 million in the first quarter of 2006, compared with an expense charge to increase the impairment allowance of $1 million in 2006’s fourth quarter.

     The efficiency ratio, or noninterest operating expenses (as defined above) divided by the sum of taxable-equivalent net interest income and noninterest income (exclusive of gains and losses from bank investment securities) measures the relationship of noninterest operating expenses to revenues. The Company’s efficiency ratio was 55.1% in the first quarter of 2007, compared with 52.4% in the year-earlier period and 50.2% in the fourth quarter of 2006. Noninterest operating expenses used in calculating the efficiency ratio do not include the amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets, as noted earlier. If charges for amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets were included, the efficiency ratio for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2007, March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2006 would have been 57.8%, 54.2% and 52.8%, respectively.

Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 was $85 million, compared with $97 million and $98 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively. The effective tax rates were 32.5%, 32.4% and 31.5% for the quarters ended March 31, 2007, March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2006, respectively. The effective tax rate is affected by the level of income earned that is exempt from tax and by the level of income allocated to the various state and local jurisdictions where the Company operates, because tax rates differ among such jurisdictions.

     The Company’s effective tax rate in future periods will be affected by the results of operations allocated to the various tax jurisdictions within which the Company operates, any change in income tax regulations within those jurisdictions, or interpretations of income tax regulations that differ from the Company’s interpretations by any of various tax authorities that may examine tax returns filed by M&T or any of its subsidiaries. The Company adopted FASB Interpretation (“FIN”) No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” on January 1, 2007. As previously expected, that adoption did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial position at March 31, 2007 or on its results of operations during the first quarter of 2007.

Capital

Stockholders’ equity was $6.3 billion at March 31, 2007, representing 10.81% of total assets, compared with $5.9 billion or 10.68% at March 31, 2006 and $6.3 billion or 11.01% at December 31, 2006. On a per share basis, stockholders’ equity was $57.32 at March 31, 2007, compared with $53.11 a year earlier and $56.94 at December 31, 2006. Tangible equity per share, which excludes goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets and applicable deferred tax balances, was $28.77 at March 31, 2007, $26.41 at March 31, 2006 and $28.57 at December 31, 2006. A reconciliation of total stockholders’ equity and tangible equity as of each of those respective dates is presented in table 2.

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     Stockholders’ equity reflects accumulated other comprehensive income or loss which includes the net after-tax impact of unrealized gains or losses on investment securities classified as available for sale and adjustments to reflect the funded status of defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. The Company adopted SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans,” effective December 31, 2006. Prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 158, the Company was required to recognize additional minimum pension liability amounts pursuant to the provisions of SFAS No. 87, “Employers’ Accounting for Pensions.” Net unrealized losses on available-for-sale investment securities were $8 million, or $.07 per common share, at March 31, 2007, compared with similar losses of $74 million, or $.66 per share, at March 31, 2006 and $25 million, or $.23 per share at December 31, 2006. Such unrealized losses are generally due to changes in interest rates and represent the difference, net of applicable income tax effect, between the estimated fair value and amortized cost of investment securities classified as available for sale. Adjustments to reflect the funded status of defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans as required under SFAS No. 158, net of applicable tax effect, reduced accumulated other comprehensive income by $28 million at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, or by $.26 per share at those respective dates. Similar adjustments to recognize minimum pension liabilities as then required by SFAS No. 87, net of applicable tax effect, reduced stockholders’ equity by $49 million at March 31, 2006, or by $.44 per share.

     In February 2007, M&T announced that it had been authorized by its Board of Directors to purchase up to 5,000,000 shares of its common stock. Through March 31, 2007, M&T had repurchased 40,500 shares of common stock pursuant to that authorization at an average cost of $116.52 per share. In total, during the quarter ended March 31, 2007, M&T repurchased 1,736,800 shares of common stock (including 1,696,300 shares that were repurchased under a previous authorization that was completed in March 2007) at an average cost of $119.69 per share.

     Federal regulators generally require banking institutions to maintain “core capital” and “total capital” ratios of at least 4% and 8%, respectively, of risk-adjusted total assets. In addition to the risk-based measures, Federal bank regulators have also implemented a minimum “leverage” ratio guideline of 3% of the quarterly average of total assets. As of March 31, 2007, core capital included $689 million of trust preferred securities described in note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements and total capital further included $1.4 billion of subordinated capital notes.

     The Company generates significant amounts of regulatory capital from its ongoing operations. The rate of regulatory core capital generation, or net operating income (as previously defined) less dividends paid expressed as an annualized percentage of regulatory “core capital” at the beginning of each period, was 12.80% during the first quarter of 2007, compared with 18.11% and 16.98% in the first and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively.

     The regulatory capital ratios of the Company, M&T Bank and M&T Bank, N.A. as of March 31, 2007 are presented in the accompanying table.

REGULATORY CAPITAL RATIOS
March 31, 2007

                         
    M&T   M&T   M&T
    (Consolidated)
  Bank
  Bank, N.A.
Core capital
    7.60 %     6.69 %     49.46 %
Total capital
    11.61 %     10.73 %     50.71 %
Leverage
    7.06 %     6.24 %     20.31 %

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Segment Information
In accordance with SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures About Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information,” the Company’s reportable segments have been determined based upon its internal profitability reporting system, which is organized by strategic business unit. Financial information about the Company’s segments is presented in note 5 of Notes to Financial Statements.
     The Commercial Banking segment’s net income for the first quarter of 2007 was $57 million, up from $56 million in the first quarter of 2006 and unchanged from the fourth quarter of 2006. The slight improvement from the first quarter of 2006 resulted from higher net interest income of $8 million, primarily the result of a $956 million increase in average loans and leases and a 54 basis point widening of the net interest margin associated with deposits. Partially offsetting the increase in net interest income was a $3 million increase in the provision for credit losses and higher personnel costs. As compared with the fourth quarter of 2006, a $3 million decline in net interest income, predominantly the result of a 6 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin, was largely offset by higher revenues in 2007’s first quarter from letter of credit and other credit-related fees.
     Net income earned by the Commercial Real Estate segment totaled $32 million during the first quarter of 2007, down from $34 million in the year-earlier quarter and $37 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. The decline from the first quarter of 2006 was due to lower net interest income of $5 million, primarily the result of a 35 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin on loans. The decrease from the fourth quarter of 2006 resulted from lower net interest income of $6 million, mainly due to a 24 basis point narrowing of the loan net interest margin, and reduced gains from the sales of commercial real estate loans of $3 million.
     The Discretionary Portfolio segment’s net income totaled $19 million in the recent quarter, down from $22 million in the initial quarter of 2006 and $23 million in 2006’s fourth quarter. The decrease in the recent quarter’s net income as compared with the first quarter of 2006 resulted from lower net interest income of $6 million. Factors contributing to the net interest income decline included a narrowing of the net interest margin coupled with a $1.2 billion decline in the average balance of investment securities, offset, in part, by an $835 million increase in average residential mortgage loan balances. The recent quarter’s lower contribution as compared with 2006’s fourth quarter was primarily the result of a $4 million decrease in income from bank owned life insurance.
     The Residential Mortgage Banking segment incurred a net loss of $3 million in 2007’s first quarter, compared with net income in the first and fourth quarters of 2006 of $15 million and $8 million, respectively. As previously discussed, due to unfavorable market conditions, the Company recognized $12 million of losses in the recent quarter on $883 million of Alt-A mortgage loans previously included in this segment’s held-for-sale portfolio, but transferred in March 2007 to residential mortgage loans held for investment by the Discretionary Portfolio. In addition, $6 million was accrued in 2007’s first quarter in the Residential Mortgage Banking segment to provide for declines in market value of previously sold loans that the Company may be required to repurchase. Also contributing to the unfavorable performance as compared with 2006’s first quarter was a partial reversal of the capitalized mortgage servicing rights valuation allowance of $1 million in the recent quarter, compared with a $7 million partial reversal of such allowance in last year’s first quarter, and lower gains from residential mortgage loan origination activity of $10 million (exclusive of the $18 million of losses noted above), partially offset by a $4 million decrease in personnel costs.
     The Retail Banking segment contributed net income of $107 million in the first quarter of 2007, up from $93 million in the year-earlier quarter and $105 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. The rise in net income as compared to the first quarter of 2006 was primarily the result of a $25
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million increase in net interest income, attributable to a 37 basis point widening of the net interest margin and higher average deposits generated by this segment. The increase from the fourth quarter of 2006 was largely due to a decrease in the provision for credit losses of $6 million and lower advertising, promotion and travel costs of $2 million offset, in part, by a $6 million decrease in net interest income, Contributing to that decline was a 6 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin associated with loans and lower average deposit balances.
     The “All Other” category reflects other activities of the Company that are not directly attributable to the reported segments as determined in accordance with SFAS No. 131, such as the M&T Investment Group, which includes the Company’s trust, brokerage and insurance businesses. Also reflected in this category are the amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets resulting from acquisitions of financial institutions, merger-related expenses and the net impact of the Company’s allocation methodologies for internal funds transfer pricing and the provision for credit losses. The various components of the “All other” category resulted in net losses of $37 million in the first quarter of 2007, compared with net losses of $17 million in each of the first and fourth quarters of 2006. The Company’s allocation methodologies for internal transfers for funding charges and credits associated with earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities of the Company’s reportable segments was the main factor for the increased net loss in the recent quarter as compared with 2006’s initial quarter. Also contributing to that unfavorable variance were higher personnel expenses of $7 million, largely due to annual merit increases and higher incentive compensation costs, and a $5 million rise in amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets. The higher net loss incurred in this category during the recent quarter as compared with the immediately preceding quarter was predominantly the result of the Company’s allocation methodology for seasonally higher personnel-related costs, including payroll-related taxes and other employee benefits, and higher stock-based compensation expense.
Recent Accounting Developments
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 applies to fair value measurements required or permitted under other accounting pronouncements, but does not require any new fair value measurements. The definition of fair value is clarified by SFAS No. 157 to be the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. SFAS No. 157 expands disclosures about the use of fair value to measure assets and liabilities in interim and annual periods subsequent to initial recognition. The disclosures focus on the inputs used to measure fair value and the effect of the measurements on earnings for the period. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early application permitted as of the beginning of a preceding fiscal year, provided that the reporting entity has not yet issued financial statements for that fiscal year. The provisions generally should be applied prospectively as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which SFAS No. 157 is applied, with certain provisions required to be applied retrospectively. Many of the Company’s assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet positions are required to either be accounted for or disclosed using fair value as their relevant measurement attribute. The Company has not early adopted SFAS No. 157 but, rather, will adopt its provisions as required effective January 1, 2008.
     In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities,” which permits entities to choose to measure eligible financial instruments and other items at fair value. The objective of SFAS No. 159 is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused
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by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions. After adopting SFAS No. 159, an entity shall report unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. The fair value option may generally be applied on an instrument by instrument basis and is an irrevocable election. SFAS No. 159 is effective as of the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2007. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of a fiscal year that begins on or before November 15, 2007, provided the entity also elects to apply the provisions of SFAS No. 157. SFAS No. 159 generally permits prospective application to eligible items existing at the effective date. The Company has not early adopted SFAS No. 159 and is still evaluating to what extent it may make any fair value elections effective January 1, 2008.
     The Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) reached a final consensus on Issue 06-04, “Accounting for Deferred Compensation and Postretirement Benefit Aspects of Endorsement Split-Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements” and Issue 06-10, “Accounting for Deferred Compensation and Postretirement Benefit Aspects of Collateral Assignment Split-Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements,” at its September 2006 and March 2007 meetings, respectively. The EITF consensus for each issue stipulates that an agreement by an employer to share a portion of the proceeds of a life insurance policy with an employee during the postretirement period is a postretirement benefit arrangement required to be accounted for under SFAS No. 106 or Accounting Principles Board Opinion (“APB”) No. 12, “Omnibus Opinion – 1967.” Each consensus concludes that the purchase of a split-dollar life insurance policy does not constitute a settlement under SFAS No. 106 and, therefore, a liability for the postretirement obligation must be recognized under SFAS No. 106 if the benefit is offered under an arrangement that constitutes a plan or under APB No. 12 if it is not part of a plan. Issue 06-04 and Issue 06-10 are effective for annual or interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2007. The provisions of both Issue 06-04 and Issue 06-10 should be applied through either a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the year of adoption or retrospective application. The Company has endorsement and collateral assignment split-dollar life insurance policies that it inherited through certain acquisitions that are associated with individuals who are no longer active employees. The Company does not anticipate that the adoption of the provisions of Issue 06-04 and Issue 06-10 on January 1, 2008 will have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.
Forward-Looking Statements
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and other sections of this quarterly report contain forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company’s business, management’s beliefs and assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions (“Future Factors”) which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements.
     Future Factors include changes in interest rates, spreads on earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and interest rate sensitivity; prepayment speeds, loan originations, credit losses and market values on loans and other assets; sources of liquidity; common shares outstanding; common stock price volatility; fair value of and number of stock-based compensation awards to be issued in future periods; legislation affecting the financial services industry as a whole, and M&T and its subsidiaries individually or collectively, including tax legislation; regulatory supervision and oversight, including monetary policy and required capital levels; changes in accounting policies or procedures as may be required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or other regulatory agencies;
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increasing price and product/service competition by competitors, including new entrants; rapid technological developments and changes; the ability to continue to introduce competitive new products and services on a timely, cost-effective basis; the mix of products/services; containing costs and expenses; governmental and public policy changes; protection and validity of intellectual property rights; reliance on large customers; technological, implementation and cost/financial risks in large, multi-year contracts; the outcome of pending and future litigation and governmental proceedings, including tax-related examinations and other matters; continued availability of financing; financial resources in the amounts, at the times and on the terms required to support M&T and its subsidiaries’ future businesses; and material differences in the actual financial results of merger and acquisition activities compared with M&T’s initial expectations, including the full realization of anticipated cost savings and revenue enhancements.
     These are representative of the Future Factors that could affect the outcome of the forward-looking statements. In addition, such statements could be affected by general industry and market conditions and growth rates, general economic and political conditions, either nationally or in the states in which M&T and its subsidiaries do business, including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations, changes and trends in the securities markets, and other Future Factors.
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Table 1

QUARTERLY TRENDS

                                         
    2007
  2006 Quarters
    First Quarter
  Fourth
  Third
  Second
  First
Earnings and dividends
                                       
Amounts in thousands, except per share
                                       
Interest income (taxable-equivalent basis)
  $ 866,172       876,197       858,008       817,552       782,003  
Interest expense
    410,622       404,356       395,652       366,298       330,246  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net interest income
    455,550       471,841       462,356       451,254       451,757  
Less: provision for credit losses
    27,000       28,000       17,000       17,000       18,000  
Other income
    236,483       256,417       273,902       262,602       252,931  
Less: other expense
    399,037       383,810       408,941       376,997       382,003  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income before income taxes
    265,996       316,448       310,317       319,859       304,685  
Applicable income taxes
    84,900       97,996       94,775       102,645       97,037  
Taxable-equivalent adjustment
    5,123       5,123       5,172       4,641       4,731  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income
  $ 175,973       213,329       210,370       212,573       202,917  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Per common share data
                                       
Basic earnings
  $ 1.60       1.93       1.89       1.91       1.82  
Diluted earnings
    1.57       1.88       1.85       1.87       1.77  
Cash dividends
  $ .60       .60       .60       .60       .45  
Average common shares outstanding
                                       
Basic
    109,694       110,705       111,047       111,259       111,693  
Diluted
    112,187       113,468       113,897       113,968       114,347  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Performance ratios, annualized
                                       
Return on
                                       
Average assets
    1.25 %     1.50 %     1.49 %     1.54 %     1.49 %
Average common stockholders’ equity
    11.38 %     13.55 %     13.72 %     14.35 %     13.97 %
Net interest margin on average earning assets (taxable-equivalent basis)
    3.64 %     3.73 %     3.68 %     3.66 %     3.73 %
Nonperforming loans to total loans and leases, net of unearned discount
    .63 %     .52 %     .43 %     .38 %     .35 %
Efficiency ratio (a)
    57.75 %     52.79 %     55.47 %     52.29 %     54.21 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net operating (tangible) results (b)
                                       
Net income (in thousands)
  $ 187,162       224,733       223,228       221,838       210,856  
Diluted net income per common share
    1.67       1.98       1.96       1.95       1.84  
Annualized return on
                                       
Average tangible assets
    1.40 %     1.67 %     1.67 %     1.69 %     1.64 %
Average tangible common stockholders’ equity
    24.11 %     28.71 %     30.22 %     30.02 %     29.31 %
Efficiency ratio (a)
    55.09 %     50.22 %     52.76 %     50.70 %     52.36 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Balance sheet data
                                       
In millions, except per share
                                       
Average balances
                                       
Total assets (c)
  $ 57,207       56,575       56,158       55,498       55,106  
Total tangible assets (c)
    54,085       53,437       53,004       52,522       52,130  
Earning assets
    50,693       50,235       49,849       49,443       49,066  
Investment securities
    7,214       7,556       7,898       8,314       8,383  
Loans and leases, net of unearned discount
    43,114       42,474       41,710       40,980       40,544  
Deposits
    37,966       38,504       39,158       38,435       37,569  
Stockholders’ equity (c)
    6,270       6,244       6,085       5,940       5,893  
Tangible stockholders’ equity (c)
    3,148       3,106       2,931       2,964       2,917  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
At end of quarter
                                       
Total assets (c)
  $ 57,842       57,065       56,373       56,507       55,420  
Total tangible assets (c)
    54,727       53,936       53,227       53,345       52,443  
Earning assets
    51,046       50,379       49,950       49,628       49,281  
Investment securities
    7,028       7,252       7,626       7,903       8,294  
Loans and leases, net of unearned discount
    43,507       42,947       42,098       41,599       40,859  
Deposits
    38,938       39,911       39,079       38,514       38,171  
Stockholders’ equity (c)
    6,253       6,281       6,151       6,000       5,919  
Tangible stockholders’ equity (c)
    3,138       3,152       3,005       2,838       2,942  
Equity per common share
    57.32       56.94       55.58       54.01       53.11  
Tangible equity per common share
    28.77       28.57       27.15       25.55       26.41  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Market price per common share
                                       
High
  $ 125.13       124.98       124.94       119.93       117.39  
Low
    112.05       117.31       116.00       112.90       105.72  
Closing
    115.83       122.16       119.96       117.92       114.14  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

(a)   Excludes impact of merger-related expenses and net securities transactions.
 
(b)   Excludes amortization and balances related to goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets and merger-related expenses which, except in the calculation of the efficiency ratio, are net of applicable income tax effects. A reconciliation of net income and net operating income appears in table 2.
 
(c)   The difference between total assets and total tangible assets, and stockholders’ equity and tangible stockholders’ equity, represents goodwill, core deposit and other intangible assets, net of applicable deferred tax balances. A reconciliation of such balances appears in table 2.

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Table 2

RECONCILIATION OF QUARTERLY GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES

                                         
    2007
  2006 Quarters
    First Quarter
  Fourth
  Third
  Second
  First
Income statement data
                                       
In thousands, except per share
                                       
Net income
                                       
Net income
  $ 175,973       213,329       210,370       212,573       202,917  
Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets (a)
    11,189       11,404       12,154       6,921       7,939  
Merger-related expenses (a)
                704       2,344        
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net operating income
  $ 187,162       224,733       223,228       221,838       210,856  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Earnings per share
                                       
Diluted earnings per common share
  $ 1.57       1.88       1.85       1.87       1.77  
Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets (a)
    .10       .10       .10       .06       .07  
Merger-related expenses (a)
                .01       .02        
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Diluted net operating earnings per share
  $ 1.67       1.98       1.96       1.95       1.84  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Other expense
                                       
Other expense
  $ 399,037       383,810       408,941       376,997       382,003  
Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets
    (18,356 )     (18,687 )     (19,936 )     (11,357 )     (13,028 )
Merger-related expenses
                (1,155 )     (3,842 )      
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Noninterest operating expense
  $ 380,681       365,123       387,850       361,798       368,975  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Merger-related expenses
                                       
Salaries and employee benefits
  $             305       510        
Equipment and net occupancy
                12       212        
Printing, postage and supplies
                141       14        
Other costs of operations
                697       3,106        
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $             1,155       3,842        
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Balance sheet data
                                       
In millions
                                       
Average assets
                                       
Average assets
  $ 57,207       56,575       56,158       55,498       55,106  
Goodwill
    (2,909 )     (2,909 )     (2,909 )     (2,909 )     (2,907 )
Core deposit and other intangible assets
    (241 )     (261 )     (281 )     (107 )     (112 )
Deferred taxes
    28       32       36       40       43  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Average tangible assets
  $ 54,085       53,437       53,004       52,522       52,130  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Average equity
                                       
Average equity
  $ 6,270       6,244       6,085       5,940       5,893  
Goodwill
    (2,909 )     (2,909 )     (2,909 )     (2,909 )     (2,907 )
Core deposit and other intangible assets
    (241 )     (261 )     (281 )     (107 )     (112 )
Deferred taxes
    28       32       36       40       43  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Average tangible equity
  $ 3,148       3,106       2,931       2,964       2,917  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
At end of quarter
                                       
Total assets
                                       
Total assets
  $ 57,842       57,065       56,373       56,507       55,420  
Goodwill
    (2,909 )     (2,909 )     (2,909 )     (2,909 )     (2,909 )
Core deposit and other intangible assets
    (232 )     (250 )     (271 )     (291 )     (111 )
Deferred taxes
    26       30       34       38       43  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total tangible assets
  $ 54,727       53,936       53,227       53,345       52,443  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total equity
                                       
Total equity
  $ 6,253       6,281       6,151       6,000       5,919  
Goodwill
    (2,909 )     (2,909 )     (2,909 )     (2,909 )     (2,909 )
Core deposit and other intangible assets
    (232 )     (250 )     (271 )     (291 )     (111 )
Deferred taxes
    26       30       34       38       43  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total tangible equity
  $ 3,138       3,152       3,005       2,838       2,942  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

(a)   After any related tax effect.

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Table 3

AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS AND ANNUALIZED TAXABLE-EQUIVALENT RATES

                                                                         
    2007 First Quarter   2006 Fourth Quarter   2006 Third Quarter
    Average           Average   Average           Average   Average           Average
Average balance in millions; interest in thousands
  balance
  Interest
  Rate
  balance
  Interest
  rate
  balance
  Interest
  rate
Assets
                                                                       
Earning assets
                                                                       
Loans and leases, net of unearned discount*
                                                                       
Commercial, financial, etc.
  $ 11,753     $ 210,889       7.28 %     11,523       212,716       7.32 %     11,436       210,733       7.31 %
Real estate — commercial
    15,474       282,322       7.30       15,492       291,681       7.53       15,256       283,197       7.43  
Real estate — consumer
    5,939       96,136       6.48       5,537       90,551       6.54       5,053       81,833       6.48  
Consumer
    9,948       182,186       7.43       9,922       185,578       7.42       9,965       183,041       7.29  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total loans and leases, net
    43,114       771,533       7.26       42,474       780,526       7.29       41,710       758,804       7.22  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Interest-bearing deposits at banks
    8       66       3.56       11       68       2.45       13       121       3.67  
Federal funds sold and agreements to resell securities
    304       4,801       6.40       125       2,327       7.42       136       2,487       7.23  
Trading account
    53       111       0.83       69       342       1.98       92       680       2.97  
Investment securities**
                                                                       
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies
    2,428       26,610       4.45       2,627       28,490       4.30       2,826       30,396       4.27  
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
    125       2,234       7.11       131       2,244       6.83       147       2,434       6.61  
Other
    4,661       60,817       5.29       4,798       62,200       5.14       4,925       63,086       5.08  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total investment securities
    7,214       89,661       5.04       7,556       92,934       4.88       7,898       95,916       4.82  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total earning assets
    50,693       866,172       6.93       50,235       876,197       6.92       49,849       858,008       6.83  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Allowance for credit losses
    (656 )                     (652 )                     (648 )                
Cash and due from banks
    1,304                       1,332                       1,365                  
Other assets
    5,866                       5,660                       5,592                  
 
   
 
                     
 
                     
 
                 
Total assets
  $ 57,207                       56,575                       56,158                  
 
   
 
                     
 
                     
 
                 
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                       
Interest-bearing liabilities
                                                                       
Interest-bearing deposits
                                                                       
NOW accounts
  $ 437       1,167       1.08       461       1,063       .92       434       960       .88  
Savings deposits
    14,733       60,842       1.67       14,549       58,591       1.60       14,463       51,816       1.42  
Time deposits
    11,657       136,682       4.76       12,086       141,853       4.66       13,016       152,571       4.65  
Deposits at foreign office
    3,717       47,649       5.20       3,777       49,503       5.20       3,674       48,244       5.21  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total interest-bearing deposits
    30,544       246,340       3.27       30,873       251,010       3.23       31,587       253,591       3.19  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Short-term borrowings
    4,852       63,564       5.31       4,794       64,173       5.31       4,441       59,487       5.31  
Long-term borrowings
    7,308       100,718       5.59       6,174       89,173       5.73       5,660       82,574       5.79  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    42,704       410,622       3.90       41,841       404,356       3.83       41,688       395,652       3.77  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Noninterest-bearing deposits
    7,422                       7,631                       7,571                  
Other liabilities
    811                       859                       814                  
 
   
 
                     
 
                     
 
                 
Total liabilities
    50,937                       50,331                       50,073                  
 
   
 
                     
 
                     
 
                 
Stockholders’ equity
    6,270                       6,244                       6,085                  
 
   
 
                     
 
                     
 
                 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 57,207                       56,575                       56,158                  
 
   
 
                     
 
                     
 
                 
Net interest spread
                    3.03                       3.09                       3.06  
Contribution of interest-free funds
                    .61                       .64                       .62  
 
                   
 
                     
 
                     
 
 
Net interest income/margin on earning assets
          $ 455,550       3.64 %             471,841       3.73 %             462,356       3.68 %
 
           
 
     
 
             
 
     
 
             
 
     
 
 

*   Includes nonaccrual loans.
 
**   Includes available for sale securities at amortized cost.

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Table 3 (continued)

AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS AND ANNUALIZED TAXABLE-EQUIVALENT RATES (continued)

                                                 
    2006 Second Quarter   2006 First Quarter
    Average           Average   Average           Average
Average balance in millions; interest in thousands
  balance
  Interest
  rate
  balance
  Interest
  rate
Assets
                                               
Earning assets
                                               
Loans and leases, net of unearned discount*
                                               
Commercial, financial, etc.
  $ 11,274     $ 197,945       7.04 %     11,034       181,057       6.65 %
Real estate — commercial
    14,947       269,632       7.22       14,678       260,008       7.09  
Real estate — consumer
    4,860       76,377       6.29       4,601       71,097       6.18  
Consumer
    9,899       172,523       6.99       10,231       171,342       6.79  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total loans and leases, net
    40,980       716,477       7.01       40,544       683,504       6.84  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Interest-bearing deposits at banks
    16       111       2.85       10       72       3.03  
Federal funds sold and agreements to resell securities
    30       405       5.36       31       378       4.88  
Trading account
    103       753       2.94       98       671       2.75  
Investment securities**
                                               
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies
    3,062       32,473       4.25       3,024       30,310       4.06  
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
    171       2,804       6.55       176       2,741       6.21  
Other
    5,081       64,529       5.09       5,183       64,327       5.03  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total investment securities
    8,314       99,806       4.81       8,383       97,378       4.71  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total earning assets
    49,443       817,552       6.63       49,066       782,003       6.46  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Allowance for credit losses
    (645 )                     (641 )                
Cash and due from banks
    1,326                       1,360                  
Other assets
    5,374                       5,321                  
 
   
 
                     
 
                 
Total assets
  $ 55,498                       55,106                  
 
   
 
                     
 
                 
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                               
Interest-bearing liabilities
                                               
Interest-bearing deposits
                                               
NOW accounts
  $ 438       779       .71       409       659       .65  
Savings deposits
    14,254       47,579       1.34       14,335       43,557       1.23  
Time deposits
    12,699       139,032       4.39       11,870       118,058       4.03  
Deposits at foreign office
    3,598       43,798       4.88       3,383       36,803       4.41  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total interest-bearing deposits
    30,989       231,188       2.99       29,997       199,077       2.69  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Short-term borrowings
    4,326       53,623       4.97       4,555       50,567       4.50  
Long-term borrowings
    5,930       81,487       5.51       6,293       80,602       5.19  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    41,245       366,298       3.56       40,845       330,246       3.28  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Noninterest-bearing deposits
    7,446                       7,572                  
Other liabilities
    867                       796                  
 
   
 
                     
 
                 
Total liabilities
    49,558                       49,213                  
 
   
 
                     
 
                 
Stockholders’ equity
    5,940                       5,893                  
 
   
 
                     
 
                 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 55,498                       55,106                  
 
   
 
                     
 
                 
Net interest spread
                    3.07                       3.18  
Contribution of interest-free funds
                    .59                       .55  
 
                   
 
                     
 
 
Net interest income/margin on earning assets
          $ 451,254       3.66 %             451,757       3.73 %
 
           
 
     
 
             
 
     
 
 

*   Includes nonaccrual loans.
 
**   Includes available for sale securities at amortized cost.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

     Incorporated by reference to the discussion contained under the caption “Taxable-equivalent Net Interest Income” in Part I, Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

     (a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon their evaluation of the effectiveness of M&T’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)), Robert G. Wilmers, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and René F. Jones, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, believe that M&T’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2007.

     (b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting. M&T regularly assesses the adequacy of its internal control over financial reporting and enhances its controls in response to internal control assessments and internal and external audit and regulatory recommendations. No changes in internal control over financial reporting have been identified in connection with the evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures during the quarter ended March 31, 2007 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, M&T’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

     M&T and its subsidiaries are subject in the normal course of business to various pending and threatened legal proceedings in which claims for monetary damages are asserted. Management, after consultation with legal counsel, does not anticipate that the aggregate ultimate liability arising out of litigation pending against M&T or its subsidiaries will be material to M&T’s consolidated financial position, but at the present time is not in a position to determine whether such litigation will have a material adverse effect on M&T’s consolidated results of operations in any future reporting period.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

     There have been no material changes in risk factors relating to M&T to those disclosed in response to Item 1A. to Part I of Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

     (a)–(b) Not applicable.

     (c)

                                 
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
                        (d) Maximum
                    (c)Total   Number (or
                    Number of   Approximate
                    Shares   Dollar Value)
                    (or Units)   of Shares
                    Purchased   (or Units)
    (a)Total           as Part of   that may yet
    Number   (b)Average   Publicly   be Purchased
    of Shares   Price Paid   Announced   Under the
    (or Units)   per Share   Plans or   Plans or
Period
  Purchased(1)
  (or Unit)
  Programs
  Programs (2)
January 1 – January 31, 2007
    716,462     $ 120.26       689,000       1,007,300  
February 1 - February 28, 2007
    410,949       121.68       400,000       5,607,300  
March 1 – March 31, 2007
    650,376       117.79       647,800       4,959,500  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
    1,777,787     $ 119.69       1,736,800          
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         

(1)   The total number of shares purchased during the periods indicated includes shares purchased as part of publicly announced programs and shares deemed to have been received from employees who exercised stock options by attesting to previously acquired common shares in satisfaction of the exercise price, as is permitted under M&T’s stock option plans.
 
(2)   On November 21, 2005, M&T announced a program to purchase up to 5,000,000 shares of its common stock. That program was completed in March 2007. On February 22, 2007, M&T announced another program to purchase up to 5,000,000 shares of its common stock.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

(Not applicable.)

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

     (a)–(c) The 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of M&T was held on April 17, 2007. At the 2007 Annual Meeting, stockholders elected twenty (20) directors, all of whom were then serving as directors of M&T, for terms of one (1) year and until their successors are elected and qualified. The following table reflects the tabulation of the votes with respect to each director who was elected at the 2007 Annual Meeting.

                 
    Number of Votes
Nominee
  For
  Withheld
Brent D. Baird
    95,484,984       6,070,337  
Robert J. Bennett
    95,639,662       5,915,659  
C. Angela Bontempo
    95,625,773       5,929,548  
Robert T. Brady
    86,173,418       15,381,903  
Michael D. Buckley
    95,090,244       6,465,077  
T. Jefferson Cunningham III
    95,565,756       5,989,565  
Mark J. Czarnecki
    95,642,537       5,912,784  
Colm E. Doherty
    95,555,410       5,999,911  

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    Number of Votes
Nominee
  For
  Withheld
Richard E. Garman
    95,619,922       5,935,399  
Daniel R. Hawbaker
    95,856,223       5,699,098  
Patrick W.E. Hodgson
    95,634,411       5,920,910  
Richard G. King
    95,541,578       6,013,743  
Reginald B. Newman, II
    95,233,712       6,321,609  
Jorge G. Pereira
    95,604,318       5,951,003  
Michael P. Pinto
    95,647,062       5,908,259  
Robert E. Sadler, Jr.
    95,626,864       5,928,457  
Eugene J. Sheehy
    95,595,563       5,959,758  
Stephen G. Sheetz
    95,865,935       5,689,386  
Herbert L. Washington
    95,677,001       5,878,320  
Robert G. Wilmers
    95,636,242       5,919,079  

     At the 2007 Annual Meeting, stockholders also ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent public accountant of M&T Bank Corporation for the year ending December 31, 2007. The following table presents the tabulation of the votes with respect to such ratification.

                 
Number of Votes
For
  Against
  Abstain
101,094,698
    393,578       67,045  

     (d) Not Applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.
             (None)

Item 6. Exhibits.

     The following exhibits are filed as a part of this report.

     
Exhibit    
No.
   
10.1
  Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement. Filed herewith.
 
   
10.2
  Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement. Filed herewith.
 
   
10.3
  Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement. Filed herewith.
 
   
31.1
  Certificate of Chief Executive Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
 
   
31.2
  Certificate of Chief Financial Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
 
   
32.1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Under 18 U.S.C. §1350 pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
 
   
32.2
  Certification of Chief Financial Officer Under 18 U.S.C. §1350 pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

             
 
      M&T BANK CORPORATION    
 
           
Date: May 7, 2007
  By:   /s/ René F. Jones    
 
     
 
   
 
      René F. Jones    
 
      Executive Vice President    
 
      and Chief Financial Officer    

EXHIBIT INDEX

     
Exhibit    
No.
   
10.1
  Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement. Filed herewith.
 
   
10.2
  Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement. Filed herewith.
 
   
10.3
  Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement. Filed herewith.
 
   
31.1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
 
   
31.2
  Certification of Chief Financial Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
 
   
32.1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Under 18 U.S.C. §1350 pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
 
   
32.2
  Certification of Chief Financial Officer Under 18 U.S.C. §1350 pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.

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EX-10.1
 

EXHIBIT 10.1

M&T BANK CORPORATION

2005 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

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INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

OPTIONEE:

DATE OF GRANT:

EXERCISE PRICE:

COVERED SHARES:

M&T Bank Corporation (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Optionee or his or her successors an Incentive Stock Option to purchase from the Company that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Covered Shares, exercisable at the Exercise Price. This grant is made pursuant to the M&T Bank Corporation 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) and is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and is subject further to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “Agreement” shall mean, collectively, this cover page and the Terms and Conditions of Incentive Stock Option delivered to Optionee with this cover page. Capitalized terms used on this cover page without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan. A copy of the Plan can be viewed and downloaded from the Company’s Intranet under the Human Resources page.

The exercise of the Option is subject to the following vesting schedule, which may be accelerated under the circumstances described in Paragraph 3(c) of the Terms and Conditions of Incentive Stock Option:

    No part of the Option may be exercised prior to                     , 200___[generally 1 year from the Date of Grant];
 
    On or after                     , 200___[generally 1 year from the Date of Grant], the Option may be exercised as to ___of the Covered Shares [generally 10% of the Covered Shares];
 
    On or after                     , 200___[generally 2 years from the Date of Grant], the Option may be exercised as to an additional ___of the Covered Shares [generally 20% of the Covered Shares];
 
    On or after                     , 200___[generally 3 years from the Date of Grant], the Option may be exercised as to an additional ___of the Covered Shares [generally 30% of the Covered Shares]; and
 
    On or after                     , 200___[generally 4 years from the Date of Grant], the Option may be exercised as to the remaining ___of the Covered Shares [generally 40% of the Covered Shares].

In order to exercise the Option, you should refer to the EquiServe brochure which describes the procedures you must follow to exercise the Option and other important matters. EquiServe is the current Third Party Administrator. If the Company changes the Third Party Administrator or if the EquiServe brochure becomes outdated, you will be notified of any changes. The most current EquiServe brochure can be viewed and downloaded from the Company’s Intranet under the Human Resources page.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be signed on its behalf effective as of the Date of Grant.

             
ATTEST:   M&T BANK CORPORATION    
 
           
 
  By:         

 
   
 
   

 


 

M&T BANK CORPORATION
2005 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION

     1. Definitions. In this Agreement, except where the context otherwise indicates, the following definitions apply. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan.

               (a) “Covered Shares” means the shares of Common Stock subject to the Option set forth as the “Covered Shares” on the cover page of this Agreement.

               (b) “Date of Expiration” means the date on which the Option shall expire, which shall be the earliest of the following times:

                          (i) upon termination of the Optionee’s employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate for Cause;

                         (ii)  30 days after termination of the Optionee’s employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate by reason of the Optionee’s Resignation;

                         (iii) 90 days after termination of the Optionee’s employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate for any reason, including Retirement, except Cause, Resignation, death or Disability;

                         (iv) one year after termination of the Optionee’s employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate by reason of death or Disability; or

                          (v) ten years after the Date of Grant.

               (c) “Date of Grant” means the date set forth as the “Date of Grant” on the cover page of this Agreement.

               (d) “Exercise Price” means the dollar amount per share of Common Stock set forth as the “Exercise Price” on the cover page of this Agreement.

               (e) “Option” means the incentive stock option granted to the Optionee on the cover page of this Agreement.

               (f) “Optionee” means the person identified as the “Optionee” on the cover page of this Agreement.

 


 

               (g) “Third Party Administrator” means the entity to which the Committee has delegated its authority to administer the exercise of stock options granted under the Plan.

     2. Grant of Option. The Option granted hereby is granted in accordance with the cover page of this Agreement.

     3. Terms of the Option.

               (a) Type of Option. The Option is intended to be an incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Code to the maximum extent permissible under the Code.

               (b) Option Period. During the period commencing on the Date of Grant and terminating on the Date of Expiration, the Option may be exercised with respect to all or a portion of the Covered Shares (in full shares) to the extent that the Option has not been previously exercised with respect to such Covered Shares and subject to the vesting schedule on the cover page of this Agreement.

               (c) Acceleration of Vesting. Notwithstanding the above provisions of Paragraph 3(b) and the vesting schedule on the cover page of this Agreement, the Option may be exercised in full during the period commencing on the Date of Grant and ending on the Date of Expiration (i) following a Change in Control or (ii) upon the Optionee’s termination of employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate due to the Optionee’s death, Retirement, or Disability. In addition, upon the Optionee’s termination of employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate, other than for Cause, during the one-year period following a Change in Control, any Option held by the Optionee as of the date of the Change in Control that remains outstanding as of the date of such termination of employment may thereafter be exercised, until the earlier of (i) the expiration date of such Option, which is ten years after the Date of Grant, or (ii) one year after the date of such termination of employment.

               (d) Nontransferability. The Option is not transferable by the Optionee other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only by the Optionee or, in the event of the Optionee’s Disability, by the Optionee’s guardian or legal representative.

               (e)  Payment of the Exercise Price. The Optionee, upon exercise, in whole or in part, of the Option, may pay the Exercise Price by any or all of the following means, either alone or in combination:

                         (i) Cash or check payable to the order of the Third Party Administrator, unless the Company notifies the Optionee otherwise; or

                         (ii) Delivery or deemed delivery through attestation of Previously-Acquired Shares having a Fair Market Value on the Date of Exercise equal to the Exercise Price aggregating not more than that portion of the Exercise Price being paid by delivery of such shares.

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     4. Capital Adjustments. The number of Covered Shares and the Exercise Price are subject to adjustment, in accordance with Section 4.2 of the Plan, on an equitable and proportionate basis in the manner deemed appropriate by the Committee.

     5. Exercise.

               (a) Notice. To the extent exercisable and not expired or forfeited, cancelled or otherwise terminated, the Option shall be exercised, in whole or in part, by the delivery to the Third Party Administrator, unless the Company notifies the Optionee otherwise, (i) of written notice of such exercise, in such form as the Third Party Administrator or the Committee may from time to time prescribe, (ii) accompanied (A) by full payment of the Exercise Price with respect to that portion of the Option being exercised, as provided in Paragraph 3(e) of these Terms and Conditions of Incentive Stock Option, or (B) by the delivery of irrevocable instructions to the Third Party Administrator or to the Optionee’s broker to promptly sell all or a portion of the Covered Shares being exercised and to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company cash equal to the Exercise Price.

               (b) Withholding. The Company’s obligation to issue or deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Option shall be subject to the satisfaction of any applicable federal, state, local or foreign tax withholding requirements (including the Optionee’s FICA obligation). The Optionee may satisfy any such withholding obligation by any of the following means or by a combination of such means: (a) tendering a cash payment; (b) authorizing the Company or the Third Party Administrator to withhold shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Optionee upon exercise of the Option; or (c) delivering to the Company or the Third Party Administrator Previously-Acquired Shares. For purposes of this Paragraph 5(b), shares of Common Stock that are withheld or delivered to satisfy applicable withholding taxes shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on the date the withholding tax obligation arises.

               (c) Effect. The exercise, in whole or in part, of the Option shall cause a reduction in the number of Covered Shares equal to the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Option is exercised.

     6. Restriction on Exercise and Upon Shares of Common Stock Issued Upon Exercise. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Optionee agrees, for himself and his successors, that the Option may not be exercised at any time that the Company does not have in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the offer of Common Stock to the Optionee under the Plan, unless the Company agrees to permit such exercise. The Optionee further agrees, for himself and his successors, that, upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Option, he will, upon the request of the Company, agree in writing that he is acquiring such shares for investment only and not with a view to resale, and that he will not sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of such shares so issued unless and until (a) the Company is furnished with an opinion of counsel to the effect that registration of such shares pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is not required by that Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; (b) the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a “no-action” letter with respect to such disposition; or (c) such registration or notification as is, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, required for the lawful disposition of such shares has been filed by the Company and has become effective;

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provided, however, that the Company is not obligated hereby to file any such registration or notification. The Optionee further agrees that the Company may place a legend embodying such restriction on the certificates evidencing such shares.

     7. Rights as Stockholder. The Optionee shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock subject to the Option until and unless a certificate or certificates representing such shares are issued to the Optionee pursuant to this Agreement. Except as provided in Paragraph 4 of these Terms and Conditions of Incentive Stock Option, no adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the issuance of such certificate or certificates.

     8. Employment. Neither the granting of the Option evidenced by this Agreement nor any term or provision of this Agreement shall constitute or be evidence of any understanding, express or implied, on the part of the Company or any of its Affiliates to employ the Optionee for any period. Whenever reference is made in this Agreement to the employment of the Optionee, it means employment by the Company or an Affiliate.

     9. Subject to the Plan. The Option evidenced by this Agreement and the exercise thereof are subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof, but the terms of the Plan shall not be considered an enlargement of any benefits under this Agreement. In addition, the Option is subject to any rules and regulations promulgated by the Committee.

     10. Governing Law. The validity, construction, interpretation and enforceability of this Agreement shall be determined and governed by the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws.

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EX-10.2
 

EXHIBIT 10.2

M&T BANK CORPORATION

2005 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

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NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

OPTIONEE:

DATE OF GRANT:

EXERCISE PRICE:

COVERED SHARES:

M&T Bank Corporation (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Optionee a Nonqualified Stock Option to purchase from the Company that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Covered Shares, exercisable at the Exercise Price. This grant is made pursuant to the M&T Bank Corporation 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) and is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and is subject further to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “Agreement” shall mean, collectively, this cover page and the related Terms and Conditions of Nonqualified Stock Option delivered to the Optionee with this cover page. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan. A copy of the Plan can be viewed and downloaded from the Company’s Intranet under the Human Resources page.

The exercise of the Option is subject to the following vesting schedule, which may be accelerated under the circumstances described in Paragraph 3(c) of the Terms and Conditions of Nonqualified Stock Option:

    No part of the Option may be exercised prior to                     , 200___[generally 1 year from the Date of Grant];
 
    On or after                     , 200___[generally 1 year from the Date of Grant], the Option may be exercised as to ___of the Covered Shares [generally 10% of the Covered Shares];
 
    On or after                     , 200___[generally 2 years from the Date of Grant], the Option may be exercised as to an additional ___of the Covered Shares [generally 20% of the Covered Shares];
 
    On or after                     , 200___[generally 3 years from the Date of Grant], the Option may be exercised as to an additional ___of the Covered Shares [generally 30% of the Covered Shares]; and
 
    On or after                     , 200___[generally 4 years from the Date of Grant], the Option may be exercised as to the remaining ___of the Covered Shares [generally 40% of the Covered Shares].

In order to exercise the Option, you should refer to the EquiServe brochure which describes the procedures you must follow to exercise the Option and other important matters. EquiServe is the current Third Party Administrator. If the Company changes the Third Party Administrator or if the EquiServe brochure becomes outdated, you will be notified of any changes. The most current EquiServe brochure can be viewed and downloaded from the Company’s Intranet under the Human Resources page.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be signed on its behalf effective as of the Date of Grant.

             
ATTEST:   M&T BANK CORPORATION    
 
           
 
  By:        

 
     
 
   

 


 

M&T BANK CORPORATION
2005 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

*   *   *

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION

     1. Definitions. In this Agreement, except where the context otherwise indicates, the following definitions apply. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan.

               (a) “Covered Shares” means the shares of Common Stock subject to the Option set forth as the “Covered Shares” on the cover page of this Agreement.

               (b) “Date of Expiration” means the date on which the Option shall expire which shall be the earliest of the following times:

                         (i) upon termination of the Optionee’s employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate for Cause;

                         (ii) 30 days after termination of the Optionee’s employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate by reason of the Optionee’s Resignation;

                         (iii) 90 days after termination of the Optionee’s employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate for any reason, including Retirement, except Cause, Resignation, death or Disability;

                         (iv) one year after termination of the Optionee’s employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate by reason of death or Disability; or

                         (v) ten years and one day after the Date of Grant.

               (c) “Date of Grant” means the date set forth as the “Date of Grant” on the cover page of this Agreement.

               (d) “Exercise Price” means the dollar amount per share of Common Stock set forth as the “Exercise Price” on the cover page of this Agreement.

               (e) “Option” means the nonqualified stock option granted to the Optionee on the cover page of this Agreement.

               (f) “Optionee” means the person identified as the “Optionee” on the cover page of this Agreement.

 


 

               (g) “Third Party Administrator” means the entity to which the Committee has delegated its authority to administer the exercise of stock options granted under the Plan.

     2. Grant of Option. The Option granted hereby is granted in accordance with the cover page of this Agreement.

     3. Terms of the Option.

               (a) Type of Option. The Option is intended to be a nonqualified stock option, and is not an incentive stock option within the meaning of section 422 of the Code.

               (b) Option Period. During the period commencing on the Date of Grant and terminating on the Date of Expiration, the Option may be exercised with respect to all or a portion of the Covered Shares (in full shares) to the extent that the Option has not been previously exercised with respect to such Covered Shares and subject to the vesting schedule on the cover page of this Agreement.

               (c) Acceleration of Vesting. Notwithstanding the above provisions of Paragraph 3(b) and the vesting schedule on the cover page of this Agreement, the Option may be exercised in full during the period commencing on the Date of Grant and ending on the Date of Expiration (i) following a Change in Control or (ii) upon the Optionee’s termination of employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate due to the Optionee’s death, Retirement, or Disability. In addition, upon the Optionee’s termination of employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate, other than for Cause, during the one-year period following a Change in Control, any Option held by the Optionee as of the date of the Change in Control that remains outstanding as of the date of such termination of employment may thereafter be exercised, until the earlier of (i) the expiration date of such Option, which is ten years and one day after the Date of Grant, or (ii) one year after the date of such termination of employment.

               (d) Nontransferability. The Option is not transferable by the Optionee other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only by the Optionee or, in the event of the Optionee’s Disability, by the Optionee’s guardian or legal representative.

               (e) Payment of the Exercise Price. The Optionee, upon exercise, in whole or in part, of the Option, may pay the Exercise Price by any or all of the following means, either alone or in combination:

                         (i) Cash or check payable to the order of the Third Party Administrator, unless the Company notifies the Optionee otherwise; or

                         (ii) Delivery or deemed delivery through attestation of Previously-Acquired Shares having a Fair Market Value on the Date of Exercise equal to the Exercise Price aggregating not more than that portion of the Exercise Price being paid by delivery of such shares.

     4. Capital Adjustments. The number of Covered Shares and the Exercise Price are subject to adjustment, in accordance with Section 4.2 of the Plan, on an equitable and proportionate basis in the manner deemed appropriate by the Committee.

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     5. Exercise.

               (a) Notice. To the extent exercisable and not expired or forfeited, cancelled or otherwise terminated, the Option shall be exercised, in whole or in part, by the delivery to the Third Party Administrator, unless the Company notifies the Optionee otherwise, (i) of written notice of such exercise, in such form as the Third Party Administrator or the Committee may from time to time prescribe, (ii) accompanied (A) by full payment of the Exercise Price with respect to that portion of the Option being exercised, as provided in Paragraph 3(e) of these Terms and Conditions of Nonqualified Stock Option, or (B) by the delivery of irrevocable instructions to the Third Party Administrator or to the Optionee’s broker to promptly sell all or a portion of the Covered Shares being exercised and to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company cash equal to the Exercise Price.

               (b) Withholding. The Company’s obligation to issue or deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Option shall be subject to the satisfaction of any applicable federal, state, local or foreign tax withholding requirements (including the Optionee’s FICA obligation). The Optionee may satisfy any such withholding obligation by any of the following means or by a combination of such means: (a) tendering a cash payment; (b) authorizing the Company or the Third Party Administrator to withhold shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Optionee upon exercise of the Option; or (c) delivering to the Company or the Third Party Administrator Previously-Acquired Shares. For purposes of this Paragraph 5(b), shares of Common Stock that are withheld or delivered to satisfy applicable withholding taxes shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on the date the withholding tax obligation arises.

               (c) Effect. The exercise, in whole or in part, of the Option shall cause a reduction in the number of Covered Shares equal to the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Option is exercised.

     6. Restriction on Exercise and Upon Shares of Common Stock Issued Upon Exercise. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Optionee agrees, for himself and his successors, that the Option may not be exercised at any time that the Company does not have in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the offer of Common Stock to the Optionee under the Plan, unless the Company agrees to permit such exercise. The Optionee further agrees, for himself and his successors, that, upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Option, he will, upon the request of the Company, agree in writing that he is acquiring such shares for investment only and not with a view to resale, and that he will not sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of such shares so issued unless and until (a) the Company is furnished with an opinion of counsel to the effect that registration of such shares pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is not required by that Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; (b) the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a “no-action” letter with respect to such disposition; or (c) such registration or notification as is, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, required for the lawful disposition of such shares has been filed by the Company and has become effective; provided, however, that the Company is not obligated hereby to file any such registration or notification. The Optionee further agrees that the Company may place a legend embodying such restriction on the certificates evidencing such shares.

     7. Rights as Stockholder. The Optionee shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock subject to the Option until and unless a certificate or certificates representing such shares are issued to the Optionee pursuant to this Agreement. Except as provided in Paragraph 4 of these Terms and Conditions of Nonqualified Stock Option, no adjustment shall be made

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for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the issuance of such certificate or certificates.

     8. Employment. Neither the granting of the Option evidenced by this Agreement nor any term or provision of this Agreement shall constitute or be evidence of any understanding, express or implied, on the part of the Company or any of its Affiliates to employ the Optionee for any period. Whenever reference is made in this Agreement to the employment of the Optionee, it means employment by the Company or an Affiliate.

     9. Subject to the Plan. The Option evidenced by this Agreement and the exercise thereof are subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof, but the terms of the Plan shall not be considered an enlargement of any benefits under this Agreement. In addition, the Option is subject to any rules and regulations promulgated by the Committee.

     10. Governing Law. The validity, construction, interpretation and enforceability of this Agreement shall be determined and governed by the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws.

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EX-10.3
 

EXHIBIT 10.3

M&T BANK CORPORATION

2005 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

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RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

GRANTEE:

DATE OF GRANT:

COVERED SHARES:

M&T Bank Corporation (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Grantee a Restricted Stock Award for that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Covered Shares. This grant is made pursuant to the M&T Bank Corporation 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) and is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement. As used herein, the term “Agreement” shall mean, collectively, this cover page and the related Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock Award delivered to the Grantee with this cover page. As used herein, the term “vest” shall mean the lapsing of the restrictions described herein and in the Plan with respect to one or more Covered Shares. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan. A copy of the Plan can be viewed and downloaded from the Company’s Intranet under the Human Resources page.

Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, including without limitation, the Grantee’s fulfillment of the employment requirements in Paragraph 3(b) of the Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock Award, the Covered Shares acquired hereunder shall vest in accordance with the following vesting schedule and the applicable provisions of the Plan and this Agreement:

    On                     , 200___[generally 1 year from the Date of Grant], ___of the Covered Shares will vest [generally 10% of the Covered Shares];
 
    On                     , 200___[generally 2 years from the Date of Grant], an additional ___of the Covered Shares will vest [generally 20% of the Covered Shares];
 
    On                     , 200___[generally 3 years from the Date of Grant], the remaining ___of the Covered Shares will vest [generally 30% of the Covered Shares];
 
    On                     , 200___[generally 4 years from the Date of Grant], an additional ___of the Covered Shares will vest [generally 40% of the Covered Shares].

OR

    On                     , 200___[generally 3 years from the Date of Grant], ___of the Covered Shares will vest [generally 100% of the Covered Shares].

The unvested portion of the Grantee’s Restricted Stock Award is subject to forfeiture under Paragraph 3(b) of the Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock Award. The foregoing vesting schedule may be accelerated under the circumstances described in Paragraph 3(c) of the Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock Award.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be signed on its behalf effective as of the Date of Grant.

             
ATTEST:   M&T BANK CORPORATION    
 
           
 
  By:        

 
     
 
   

 


 

M&T BANK CORPORATION
2005 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

*   *   *

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD

     1. Definitions. In this Agreement, except where the context otherwise indicates, the following definitions apply. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan.

               (a) “Covered Shares” means the shares of Common Stock subject to the Restricted Stock Award set forth as the “Covered Shares” on the cover page of this Agreement.

               (b) “Date of Grant” means the date set forth as the “Date of Grant” on the cover page of this Agreement.

               (c) “Grantee” means the person identified as the “Grantee” on the cover page of this Agreement.

               (d) “Restricted Stock Award” means the Restricted Stock granted to the Grantee on the cover page of this Agreement.

               (e) “Third Party Administrator” means the entity to which the Committee has delegated its authority to administer the issuance of Restricted Stock granted under the Plan.

     2. Grant of Restricted Stock Award. The Restricted Stock Award granted hereby is granted in accordance with the cover page of this Agreement.

     3. Terms of the Restricted Stock Award.

               (a) Nature of Restricted Stock Award. Shares of Restricted Stock are actual shares of Common Stock issued to the Grantee, and shall be evidenced in such manner as the Committee may deem appropriate, including book-entry registration or issuance of one or more stock certificates.

               (b) Employment Requirement; Forfeiture. Except as provided herein, the Grantee must remain continuously employed by the Company or one of its Affiliates since the Date of Grant and until the Restricted Stock Award (or a portion thereof) has vested in order to retain the Restricted Stock Award (or portion thereof, as the case may be). If the Grantee’s employment with the Company or an Affiliate terminates for any reason, including for Cause or as a result of the Grantee’s Resignation (other than due to death, Retirement or Disability), before the Grantee’s entire Restricted Stock Award has fully vested, the Grantee will forfeit that portion of the Covered Shares that have not vested as of the date of the Grantee’s termination of employment. The Grantee hereby (i) acknowledges that the Covered Shares may be held in book

 


 

entry form on the books of Registrar and Transfer Company (or another institution specified by the Company), and irrevocably authorizes the Company to take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate a transfer of the record ownership of any such shares that are unvested and forfeited hereunder, (ii) agrees to deliver to the Company, as a condition to the issuance of any stock certificates or certificates with respect to unvested Covered Shares, one or more stock powers, endorsed in blank, with respect to such shares, and (iii) agrees to sign such other powers and take such other actions as the Company may reasonably request to accomplish the transfer or forfeiture hereunder.

               (c) Acceleration of Vesting. Notwithstanding the above provisions of Paragraph 3(b) and the vesting schedule on the cover page of this Agreement, the unvested portion of the Restricted Stock Award shall vest in full (i) on the date a Change in Control occurs or (ii) upon the Grantee’s termination of employment with the Company or an Affiliate due to the Grantee’s death, Retirement or Disability.

               (d) Nontransferability. Until they have vested, Covered Shares may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

     4. Voting and Dividends. The Grantee shall have the right to vote unvested Covered Shares and to receive any cash dividends or cash distributions that may be paid with respect thereto. In the event of a stock dividend, stock distribution, stock split, division of shares or other corporate structure change which results in the issuance of additional shares with respect to any unvested Covered Share, such additional shares will be subject to the restrictions of this Restricted Stock Award in the same manner and for so long as such unvested Covered Share remains subject to such restrictions, and such additional shares shall be promptly forfeited to the Company if and when such unvested Covered Share is so forfeited.

     5. Capital Adjustments. The number of Covered Shares is subject to adjustment, in accordance with Section 4.2 of the Plan, on an equitable and proportionate basis in the manner deemed appropriate by the Committee.

     6. Stock Certificates; Legend. Any stock certificate or certificates representing unvested Covered Shares shall be held by the Company, and any such certificate (and to the extent determined necessary or appropriate by the Company, any other evidence of ownership of unvested Covered Shares) shall contain the following legend:

THE TRANSFERABILITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (INCLUDING FORFEITURE) OF THE M&T BANK CORPORATION 2005 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN AND A RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF AND M&T BANK CORPORATION. COPIES OF SUCH PLAN AND AGREEMENT ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICES OF M&T BANK CORPORATION.

As soon as administratively feasible after the vesting of Covered Shares (or any portion thereof) and the Grantee’s payment of any applicable taxes, the Company will deliver to the Grantee evidence of the Grantee’s ownership (by book entry or certificate) of the Covered Shares that have vested and for which any applicable taxes have been paid, without the aforesaid legend.

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     7. Taxes.

               (a) Vesting. The Grantee expressly acknowledges that the vesting of Covered Shares acquired under this Restricted Stock Award will give rise to ordinary income that is subject to tax withholding. The amount of income realized will be the Fair Market Value of the Covered Shares upon vesting when the substantial risk of forfeiture lapses.

               (b) Withholding. The Company’s obligation to issue or deliver shares of Common Stock upon the vesting of Covered Shares that are free of restrictions shall be subject to the satisfaction of any applicable federal, state, local or foreign tax withholding requirements (including the Grantee’s FICA obligation). The Grantee may satisfy any such withholding obligation by any of the following means or by a combination of such means: (a) tendering a cash payment; (b) authorizing the Company or the Third Party Administrator to cancel or sell shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Grantee upon vesting of Covered Shares; or (c) delivering to the Company or the Third Party Administrator Previously-Acquired Shares. For purposes of this Paragraph 7(b), shares of Common Stock that are cancelled, sold and/or delivered to satisfy applicable withholding taxes shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on the date the withholding tax obligation arises.

               (c) Section 83(b) Election. The Grantee may elect, within thirty (30) days of the Date of Grant, under Section 83(b) of the Code, to recognize income at the time the Restricted Stock Award is made. If the Grantee makes a Section 83(b) election, the Grantee must pay tax withholding based on the Fair Market Value of the Covered Shares on the Date of Grant. If the Covered Shares (or a portion thereof) are subsequently forfeited, the taxes paid are forfeited, and the Grantee may not claim a loss with respect to the income recognized or on the Covered Shares forfeited.

               8. Restriction on Issuance of Covered Shares. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Grantee agrees, for himself or herself and his or her successors, that the Covered Shares will not be issued at any time that the Company does not have in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the offer of Common Stock to the Grantee under the Plan, unless the Company agrees to permit such issuance. The Grantee further agrees, for himself or herself and his or her successors, that, upon the issuance of any Covered Shares, he or she will, upon the request of the Company, agree in writing that he or she is acquiring such shares for investment only and not with a view to resale, and that he or she will not sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of such shares so issued unless and until (a) the Company is furnished with an opinion of counsel to the effect that registration of such shares pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is not required by that Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; (b) the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a “no-action” letter with respect to such disposition; or (c) such registration or notification as is, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, required for the lawful disposition of such shares has been filed by the Company and has become effective; provided, however, that the Company is not obligated hereby to file any such registration or notification. The Grantee further agrees that the Company may place a legend embodying such restriction on the certificates evidencing such shares.

               9. Employment. Neither the Restricted Stock Award evidenced by this Agreement nor any term or provision of this Agreement shall constitute or be evidence of any understanding, express or implied, on the part of the Company or any of its Affiliates to employ the Grantee for any period. Whenever reference is made in this Agreement to the employment of the Grantee, it means employment by the Company or an Affiliate.

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               10. Subject to the Plan. The Restricted Stock Award evidenced by this Agreement are subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof, but the terms of the Plan shall not be considered an enlargement of any benefits under this Agreement. In addition, the Restricted Stock Award is subject to any rules and regulations promulgated by the Committee.

               11. Governing Law. The validity, construction, interpretation and enforceability of this Agreement shall be determined and governed by the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws.

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EX-31.1
 

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Robert G. Wilmers, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of M&T Bank Corporation;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
b)   designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
c)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
d)   disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
a)   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 7, 2007

         
By:
  /s/ Robert G. Wilmers    
 
 
 
   
 
  Robert G. Wilmers    
 
  Chairman of the Board and    
 
  Chief Executive Officer    

 

EX-31.2
 

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, René F. Jones, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of M&T Bank Corporation;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
b)   designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
c)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
d)   disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
a)   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 7, 2007

         
By:
  /s/ René F. Jones    
 
 
 
   
 
  René F. Jones
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
   

 

EX-32.1
 

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER UNDER 18 U.S.C. §1350

I, Robert G. Wilmers, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of M&T Bank Corporation, certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

  (1)   the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of M&T Bank Corporation for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2007 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and
 
  (2)   the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of M&T Bank Corporation.

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.

     
/s/ Robert G. Wilmers
 
Robert G. Wilmers
May 7, 2007
   

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to M&T Bank Corporation and will be retained by M&T Bank Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

 

EX-32.2
 

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER UNDER 18 U.S.C. §1350

I, René F. Jones, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of M&T Bank Corporation, certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

  (1)   the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of M&T Bank Corporation for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2007 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and
 
  (2)   the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of M&T Bank Corporation.

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.

     
/s/ René F. Jones
 
René F. Jones
May 7, 2007
   

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to M&T Bank Corporation and will be retained by M&T Bank Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.