SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
King Darren J

(Last) (First) (Middle)
ONE M&T PLAZA

(Street)
BUFFALO NY 14203

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/20/2010
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
M&T BANK CORP [ MTB ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Executive Vice President
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 3,865(1) D
Common Stock 1,045 I By 401(k) Plan(2)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Option (Right to Buy) (3) 01/16/2011 Common Stock 1,000 65.8 D
Option (Right to Buy) (3) 01/15/2012 Common Stock 4,000 75.8 D
Option (Right to Buy) (3) 01/21/2013 Common Stock 10,000 80.23 D
Option (Right to Buy) (3) 01/20/2014 Common Stock 11,485 91.75 D
Option (Right to Buy) (3) 01/18/2015 Common Stock 10,999 101.8 D
Option (Right to Buy) (3) 01/17/2016 Common Stock 9,787 108.93 D
Option (Right to Buy) (4) 01/31/2017 Common Stock 9,969 121.31 D
Option (Right to Buy) (5) 01/31/2018 Common Stock 17,982 91.28 D
Option (Right to Buy) (6) 01/30/2019 Common Stock 49,652 38.91 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. The reported holding relates to an award of restricted stock under the M&T Bank Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan. The restricted stock award included a total of 3,865 shares. 1,933 shares of the restricted stock award will vest on January 29, 2012; and the remaining 1,932 shares will vest on January 29, 2013.
2. The information presented is as of March 31, 2010.
3. Currently exercisable.
4. The option granted included a total of 9,969 shares. 5,981 of the shares are currently exercisable and the remaining 3,988 shares are exercisable on or after January 31, 2011.
5. The option granted included a total of 17,982 shares. 5,394 of the shares are currently exercisable; an additional 5,395 of the shares are exercisable on or after January 31, 2011; and the remaining 7,193 shares are exercisable on or after January 31, 2012.
6. The option granted included a total of 49,652 shares. 4,965 of the shares are currently exercisable; an additional 9,930 of the shares are exercisable on or after January 30, 2011; an additional 14,896 of the shares are exercisable on or after January 30, 2012; and the remaining 19,861 shares are exercisable on or after January 30, 2013.
Remarks:
By: Andrea R. Kozlowski, Esq. (Attorney-In-Fact) 04/29/2010
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Drew J. Pfirrman, Esq., Brian R. Yoshida, Esq., Andrea R.
Kozlowski, Esq., Marie King, Corporate Secretary, and Jessica A. Hartman,
Shareholder Relations Administrator signing singly, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf,
and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID,
including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate
to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic
filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer, director or affiliate of M&T Bank Corporation (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the
undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's
ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company; and

(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
or other form or reports including any amendment or amendments thereto, and
timely file such form or report with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to the Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 30th day of March, 2010.


		/s/ Darren J. King
		Darren J. King