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UNITED STATES

FORM 10-Q

		QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2001
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

(716) 842-5445

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.

Number of shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $.50 par value, outstanding as of the close of business on May 4, 2001: 97,030,140 shares.

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M&T BANK CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q

For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2001

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PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item  1.  Financial Statements

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (Unaudited)

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME (Unaudited)

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)

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

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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 2000 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. Accounting for derivative instruments and hedging activities

On January 1, 2001, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” as amended. SFAS No. 133 establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments and for hedging activities. It requires that an entity recognize all derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the statement of financial position and measure those instruments at fair value. If certain conditions are met, a derivative may be specifically designated as (a) a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of a recognized asset or liability or an unrecognized firm commitment, (b) a hedge of the exposure to variable cash flows of a forecasted transaction or (c) a hedge of the foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation, an unrecognized firm commitment, an available for sale security, or a foreign currency denominated forecasted transaction.

Pursuant to SFAS No. 133, the accounting for changes in the fair value of a derivative depends on the intended use of the derivative and the resulting designation. An entity that elects to apply hedge accounting is required to establish at the inception of the hedge the method it will use for assessing the effectiveness of the hedging derivative and the measurement approach for determining the ineffective aspect of the hedge. Those methods must be consistent with the entity’s approach to managing risk.

The Company utilizes derivatives, as defined in SFAS No. 133, to hedge the exposure to changes in the fair value of a recognized asset or liability or an unrecognized commitment. The January 1, 2001 transition adjustment prescribed by SFAS No. 133 was not material to the Company’s consolidated financial position or its results of operations. As a result of adopting the provisions of SFAS No. 133, hedged residential real estate loans held for sale, commitments to originate loans for sale, and commitments to sell loans are now generally recorded in the consolidated balance sheet at estimated fair market value, rather than at the lower of aggregate cost or fair market value, which was the Company’s policy prior to January 1, 2001. As a result, included in mortgage banking revenues in the first quarter of 2001 were unrealized pre-tax gains related to loans held for sale, commitments to originate loans for sale, and commitments to sell loans of approximately $5.8 million ($3.5 million net of applicable income taxes).

The Company utilizes interest rate swap agreements as part of the management of interest-rate risk to modify the repricing characteristics of certain portions of its portfolios of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. The Company’s currently existing interest rate swap agreements have been designated as fair value hedges and, as such, the fair value of the derivatives (the interest rate swaps) and changes in the fair value of the hedged items are recorded in the Company’s balance sheet with the corresponding gain or loss being recognized in current earnings. The difference between changes in the fair value of interest rate swaps and the hedged items represents hedge ineffectiveness and is recorded in “Other revenues from operations” in the Company’s consolidated statement of income. The fair value of interest rate swaps entered into for interest rate risk management purposes represented unrealized pre-tax gains of approximately $5 million at March 31, 2001. Such gains were offset by unrealized losses on the hedged items and, as a result, the amount of hedge ineffectiveness recognized in the first quarter of 2001 was insignificant.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED

3. Earnings per share

      The computations of basic earnings per share follow:

      The computations of diluted earnings per share follow:

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED

4. Comprehensive income

The following table displays the components of other comprehensive income:

5. Acquisition

On February 9, 2001, M&T acquired Premier National Bancorp, Inc. (“Premier”), a bank holding company headquartered in LaGrangeville, New York. Following the merger, Premier National Bank, Premier’s bank subsidiary, was merged into Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (“M&T Bank”), M&T’s principal bank subsidiary. Premier National Bank operated 34 banking offices in the mid-Hudson Valley region of New York State. After application of the election, allocation, and proration procedures contained in the merger agreement with Premier, M&T paid $171 million in cash and issued 2,440,812 shares of M&T common stock in exchange for the Premier shares outstanding at the time of acquisition. In addition, based on the merger agreement and the exchange ratio provided therein, M&T converted outstanding and unexercised stock options granted by Premier into options to purchase 224,734 shares of M&T common stock. The purchase price was approximately $347 million.

Acquired assets, loans and deposits of Premier on February 9, 2001 totaled approximately $1.8 billion, $1.0 billion and $1.4 billion, respectively. The transaction has been accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, operations acquired from Premier have been included in the Company’s financial results since the acquisition date. In connection with the acquisition, the Company recorded approximately $179 million of goodwill and $31 million of core deposit intangible. The goodwill is being amortized over twenty years using the straight-line method and the core deposit intangible is being amortized over seven years using an accelerated method.

The Company incurred expenses related to systems conversions and other costs of integrating and conforming acquired operations with and into the Company of approximately $8.0 million ($4.8 million net of applicable income taxes) during the three-month period ended March 31, 2001. There were no similar expenses incurred during the three-month period ended March 31, 2000.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED

6. Borrowings

In 1997, M&T Capital Trust I (“Trust I”), M&T Capital Trust II (“Trust II”), and M&T Capital Trust III (“Trust III” and, together with Trust I and Trust II, the “Trusts”) issued $310 million of preferred capital securities. Including the unamortized portion of a purchase accounting adjustment to reflect estimated fair value at the April 1, 1998 acquisition of the common securities of Trust III, the preferred capital securities had a financial statement carrying value of approximately $318 million at March 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000.

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

The common securities of Trust I and Trust II are wholly owned by M&T and the common securities of Trust III are wholly owned by Olympia Financial Corp. (“Olympia”), a wholly owned subsidiary of M&T. The common securities of each Trust (“Common Securities”) 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 and are classified in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as long-term borrowings, with accumulated distributions on such securities included in interest expense. Under the Federal Reserve Board’s current risk-based capital guidelines, the Capital Securities are includable in the Company’s Tier 1 capital.

The proceeds from the issuances of the Capital Securities and Common Securities were used by the Trusts to purchase the following amounts of junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures (“Junior Subordinated Debentures”) of M&T in the case of Trust I and Trust II and Olympia in the case of Trust III:

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.

Holders of the Capital Securities receive preferential cumulative cash distributions semi-annually on each distribution date at the stated distribution rate unless M&T, in the case of Trust I and Trust II, or Olympia, in the case of

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED

6. Borrowings, continued

Trust III, exercises the right to extend the payment of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures for up to ten semi-annual periods, in which case payment of distributions on the respective Capital Securities will be deferred for a comparable period. During an extended interest period, M&T and/or Olympia may not pay dividends or distributions on, or repurchase, redeem or acquire any shares of the respective company’s capital stock. The agreements governing the Capital Securities, in the aggregate, provide a full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee by M&T in the case of Trust I and Trust II and Olympia in the case of Trust III 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 and Olympia.

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 (February 1, 2007 in the case of Trust I and Trust III, and June 1, 2007 in the case of Trust II) contemporaneously with the Company’s 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 in the case of Trust I and Trust II and at Olympia’s option in the case of Trust III (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 upon their 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%, subject to a make-whole amount if the early redemption occurs prior to February 1, 2007. 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%, subject to a make-whole amount if the early redemption occurs prior to February 1, 2007.

7. 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 19 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2000. 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

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7. Segment information, continued

institutions. Information about the Company’s segments is presented in the following table:

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Overview

M&T Bank Corporation (“M&T”) earned $83.7 million in the first quarter of 2001, up 23% from the year-earlier quarter when net income was $68.2 million. Diluted earnings per common share were $.85 in the recently completed quarter, down slightly from $.86 in the first quarter of 2000. Net income was $72.0 million or $.76 of diluted earnings per common share in the fourth quarter of 2000. Basic earnings per common share also declined $.01 to $.88 in the initial quarter of 2001 from $.89 in the corresponding 2000 quarter, but were 13% higher than the $.78 earned in the final 2000 quarter. The after-tax impact of nonrecurring merger-related expenses associated with M&T’s merger and acquisition activity described below was $4.8 million or $.05 of diluted and basic earnings per share in the first 2001 quarter, compared with $14.3 million or $.15 of diluted and basic earnings per share in the fourth quarter of 2000. There were no similar expenses in the first quarter of 2000.

     The annualized rate of return on average total assets for M&T and its consolidated subsidiaries (“the Company”) in the first quarter of 2001 was 1.14%, compared with 1.22% in the corresponding quarter of 2000 and 1.01% in the final quarter of 2000. The annualized return on average common stockholders’ equity was 11.84% in the recent quarter, compared with 15.14% and 11.03% in the first and fourth quarters of 2000, respectively.

     On February 9, 2001, M&T acquired Premier National Bancorp, Inc. (“Premier”), a bank holding company headquartered in Lagrangeville, New York. Premier National Bank, Premier’s bank subsidiary, was merged into Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (“M&T Bank”), M&T’s principal bank subsidiary, on that date. Premier National Bank operated 34 banking offices in the mid-Hudson Valley region of New York State. As of the merger date, assets acquired totaled approximately $1.8 billion, including approximately $1.0 billion of loans and leases, and liabilities assumed were approximately $1.5 billion, including approximately $1.4 billion of deposits. The acquisition has been accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the operations acquired from Premier have been included in M&T’s financial results subsequent to the acquisition date. Premier’s stockholders received $171 million in cash and 2,440,812 shares of M&T common stock in exchange for the Premier shares outstanding at the time of the acquisition. In connection with the acquisition, the Company recorded approximately $210 million of goodwill and core deposit intangible.

     On October 6, 2000, M&T completed the acquisition of Keystone Financial, Inc. (“Keystone”), a bank holding company headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Keystone Financial Bank, N.A., Keystone’s bank subsidiary, was merged into M&T Bank on that date. Keystone Financial Bank, N.A. operated banking offices in Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia. The acquisition has been accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the operations acquired from Keystone have been included in M&T’s financial results subsequent to the acquisition date. Keystone’s stockholders received $375 million in cash and 15,900,292 shares of M&T common stock in exchange for the Keystone shares outstanding at the time of acquisition. As of the merger date, assets acquired totaled approximately $7.4 billion and included $4.8 billion of loans and leases and $1.2 billion of investment securities, and liabilities assumed were approximately $6.4 billion and included $5.2 billion of deposits. The Company recorded approximately $615 million of goodwill and core deposit intangible as a result of the Keystone acquisition.

     In connection with the acquisitions described above, the Company incurred nonrecurring expenses related to systems conversions and other costs of integrating and conforming the acquired operations with and into the operations of M&T Bank. Nonrecurring expenses associated with the Premier and Keystone acquisitions totaled approximately $8.0 million ($4.8 million after-tax) during the first quarter of 2001, compared with $22.3 million

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($14.3 million after-tax) during the fourth quarter of 2000.

      On January 1, 2001, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” as amended. SFAS No. 133 establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments and for hedging activities. It requires that an entity recognize all derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the balance sheet and measure those instruments at fair value. If certain conditions are met, a derivative may be specifically designated as (a) a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of a recognized asset or liability or an unrecognized firm commitment, (b) a hedge of the exposure to variable cash flows of a forecasted transaction or (c) a hedge of the foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation, an unrecognized firm commitment, an available for sale security, or a foreign currency denominated forecasted transaction.

      Pursuant to SFAS No. 133, the accounting for changes in the fair value of a derivative depends on the intended use of the derivative and the resulting designation. An entity that elects to apply hedge accounting is required to establish at the inception of the hedge the method it will use for assessing the effectiveness of the hedging derivative and the measurement approach for determining the ineffective aspect of the hedge. Those methods must be consistent with the entity’s approach to managing risk.

      The January 1, 2001 transition adjustment prescribed by SFAS No. 133 was not material to the Company’s consolidated financial position or its results of operations. As a result of adopting the provisions of SFAS No. 133, hedged residential real estate loans held for sale, commitments to originate loans for sale, and commitments to sell loans are now generally recorded in the consolidated balance sheet at estimated fair market value, rather than at the lower of aggregate cost or fair market value, which was the Company’s policy prior to January 1, 2001. As a result, included in mortgage banking revenues in the first quarter of 2001 were unrealized pre-tax gains related to loans held for sale, commitments to originate loans for sale, and commitments to sell loans of approximately $5.8 million ($3.5 million after-tax). The impact on the Company’s results of operations resulting from the adoption of SFAS No. 133 as related to the Company’s use of interest rate swaps to manage interest rate risk associated with other earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities was not significant.

Cash Operating Results

Unlike many other banking companies, M&T has accounted for substantially all of its business combinations using the purchase method of accounting. As a result, the Company had recorded intangible assets consisting predominately of goodwill and core deposit intangible totaling $1.4 billion at March 31, 2001, $1.2 billion at December 31, 2000 and $638 million at March 31, 2000. Included in such intangible assets at March 31, 2001, December 31, 2000 and March 31, 2000 was goodwill of $1.2 billion, $1.0 billion and $562 million, respectively. Amortization of goodwill and core deposit intangible was $29.8 million and $14.4 million in the first quarter of 2001 and 2000, respectively, and $27.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2000. Included in such amounts was amortization of goodwill of $16.6 million in the first quarter of 2001, compared with $9.5 million and $15.3 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2000, respectively. Since the amortization of goodwill and core deposit intangible does not result in a cash expense, M&T believes that supplemental reporting of its operating results on a “cash” or “tangible” basis (which excludes the after-tax effect of amortization of goodwill and core deposit intangible and the related asset balances) represents a relevant measure of financial performance. The supplemental cash basis data presented herein do not exclude the effect of other non-cash operating expenses such as depreciation, provision for credit losses, or deferred income taxes associated with the results of operations. Unless noted otherwise, cash basis data does, however, exclude the after-tax impact of nonrecurring merger-related expenses associated with acquisitions.

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      Cash net income grew 41% to $112.4 million in the first quarter of 2001 from $79.8 million in the year-earlier quarter. Diluted cash earnings per share for the recent quarter were $1.14, up 14% from $1.00 in the first quarter of 2000. Cash net income and diluted cash earnings per share were $108.1 million and $1.14, respectively, in the fourth quarter of 2000.

      Cash return on average tangible assets was an annualized 1.59% in the recent quarter, compared with 1.47% and 1.57% in the first and fourth quarters of 2000, respectively. Cash return on average tangible common equity was an annualized 27.93% in the initial quarter of 2001, compared with 26.95% in the year-earlier quarter and 28.93% in the final quarter of 2000. Including the effect of merger-related expenses, the annualized cash returns on average tangible assets for the first quarter of 2001 and the final 2000 quarter were 1.52% and 1.36%, respectively. On the same basis, the annualized cash returns on average tangible common stockholders’ equity for the initial 2001 quarter and the fourth quarter of 2000 were 26.73% and 25.11%, respectively.

Taxable-equivalent Net Interest Income

Taxable-equivalent net interest income increased to $276.4 million in the first quarter of 2001, up 40% from $197.3 million in the corresponding 2000 quarter and 6% higher than the $261.8 million earned in the fourth quarter of 2000. Growth in average loans and leases contributed significantly to the improvement in net interest income. Average loans and leases increased $5.9 billion, or 34%, to $23.4 billion in the initial 2001 quarter from $17.5 billion in the year-earlier quarter. Average loans and leases in the recent quarter were $1.3 billion, or 6%, higher than in the fourth quarter of 2000. The primary reason for the higher loan balances was the loans and leases obtained in the Keystone and Premier acquisitions. Loans and leases obtained in the Keystone merger totaled $4.8 billion on the October 6, 2000 acquisition date and included approximately $1.2 billion of commercial loans, $1.3 billion of commercial real estate loans, $1.1 billion of residential mortgage loans and $1.2 billion of consumer loans and leases. The Premier transaction added $994 million of loans as of the February 9, 2001 acquisition date, consisting of $127 million of commercial loans, $317 million of commercial real estate loans, $356 million of residential real estate loans, and $194 million of consumer loans. These factors were partially offset by the impact of the securitization of approximately $1.0 billion of residential mortgage loans during the second quarter of 2000. The resulting mortgage-backed securities, which are fully guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association, are included in the Company’s portfolio of available-for-sale investment securities. As described later, an expansion in the recent quarter of the Company’s net interest spread, or the difference between the taxable equivalent yield on earning assets and the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities, also contributed to growth in net interest income. The accompanying table summarizes quarterly changes in the major components of the loan and lease portfolio.

AVERAGE LOANS AND LEASES

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      Average investment securities were $3.5 billion in the first quarter of 2001, compared with $2.0 billion in the first quarter of 2000 and $3.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2000. Investment securities obtained in the Keystone and Premier acquisitions added approximately $447 million and $223 million, respectively, to the average balance in the first quarter of 2001. The remaining increase over the year-earlier period was generally the result of the previously described securitization of approximately $1.0 billion of residential mortgage loans during the second quarter of 2000. The investment securities portfolio is largely comprised of residential mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations, commercial real estate mortgage-backed securities, and shorter-term U.S. Treasury notes. The Company has also invested in debt securities issued by municipalities and debt and preferred equity securities issued by government-sponsored agencies and certain financial institutions. When purchasing investment securities, the Company considers its overall interest-rate risk profile as well as the adequacy of expected returns relative to prepayment and other risks assumed. In managing its investment securities portfolio, the Company occasionally sells investment securities following completion of a business combination, or, as a result of changes in interest rates and spreads, actual or anticipated prepayments, or credit risk associated with a particular security.

      Money-market assets, which are comprised of interest-earning deposits at banks, interest-earning trading account assets, Federal funds sold and agreements to resell securities, averaged $75 million in the initial quarter of 2001, compared with $669 million and $46 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2000, respectively. In general, the size of the investment securities and money-market assets portfolios are influenced by such factors as demand for loans, which generally yield more than investment securities and money-market assets, ongoing repayments, the levels of deposits, and management of balance sheet size and resulting capital ratios.

      As a result of the changes described herein, average earning assets totaled $26.9 billion in the first quarter of 2001, up 34% from $20.1 billion in the year-earlier quarter and up 5% from $25.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2000.

      Core deposits, consisting of noninterest-bearing deposits, interest-bearing transaction accounts, savings deposits and nonbrokered domestic time deposits under $100,000, represent the most significant source of funding to the Company and generally carry lower interest rates than wholesale funds of comparable maturities. The Company’s branch network is the principal source of core deposits. 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. Average core deposits increased to $17.5 billion in the first quarter of 2001 from $12.5 billion in the corresponding quarter of 2000. Core deposits obtained in the Keystone and Premier transactions as of the respective acquisition dates were $4.7 billion and $1.2 billion, respectively. Core deposits averaged $16.8 billion in the final quarter of 2000. The accompanying table provides an analysis of quarterly changes in the components of average core deposits.

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      The Company also obtains funding through domestic time deposits of $100,000 or more, deposits originated through the Company’s offshore branch office, and brokered certificates of deposit. Brokered deposits have been used as an alternative to short-term borrowings to lengthen the average maturity of interest-bearing liabilities. Brokered deposits averaged $521 million during the first quarter of 2001, compared with $864 million and $536 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2000, respectively. At March 31, 2001, brokered deposits totaled $512 million and had a weighted average remaining term to maturity of 1.1 years. Certain of the brokered deposits have provisions that allow early redemption. In connection with the Company’s management of interest rate risk, interest rate swaps 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 similar to the amounts and terms of many of the brokered deposits. Additional amounts of brokered deposits may be solicited in the future depending on market conditions and the cost of funds available from alternative sources at the time.

      The Company also uses borrowings from banks, securities dealers, the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (together, the “FHLB”), and others as sources of funding. Short-term borrowings averaged $2.5 billion in both the recent quarter and the final quarter of 2000, compared with $2.8 billion in the first quarter of 2000. Long-term borrowings averaged $3.4 billion in the first quarter of 2001, compared with $1.8 billion in the first quarter of 2000 and $3.0 billion in 2000’s fourth quarter. Included in average long-term borrowings were amounts borrowed from the FHLB of $2.3 billion in the first quarter of 2001, $1.3 billion in the first quarter of 2000 and $1.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2000. Also included in average long-term borrowings were $318 million of trust preferred securities issued in 1997. Further information regarding the trust preferred securities is provided in note 6 of Notes to Financial Statements. Also included in average long-term borrowings were subordinated capital notes of $674 million in the recently completed quarter, compared with $175 million and $653 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2000, respectively. In connection with the acquisitions of Keystone and Premier, M&T Bank issued $500 million of 8% subordinated capital notes on October 5, 2000.

      Net interest income is impacted by 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. Net interest spread was 3.55% in the initial quarter of 2001, compared with 3.37% in the year-earlier quarter. The yield on earning assets was 8.33% during the first quarter of 2001, up 32 basis points (hundredths of one percent) from 8.01% in the first quarter of 2000. The rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities increased 14 basis points to 4.78% in the recent quarter, from 4.64% in the first quarter of 2000. As a result of lower levels of interest rates following actions taken by the Federal Reserve during the first quarter of 2001, the rate paid by the Company on interest-bearing liabilities decreased 34 basis points from 5.12% in the fourth quarter of 2000. In comparison to such decrease in the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities, the Company’s yield on earning assets decreased by 14 basis points. The impact of the more rapid repricing of interest-bearing liabilities than earning assets contributed to an improvement in the net interest spread of 20 basis points from the last 2000 quarter to the initial 2001 quarter.

      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 intangible. Average interest-free funds totaled $3.5 billion in the first quarter of 2001 and the fourth quarter of 2000, up from $2.5 billion in the first 2000 quarter, largely the result of the Keystone acquisition. Goodwill and core deposit intangible averaged $1.3 billion and $642 million during the first quarter of 2001 and 2000, respectively, and $1.2 billion during the final 2000 quarter. The cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance averaged $561 million and $414 million in the first quarter of 2001 and 2000, respectively, and $547 million in the fourth quarter of 2000. Tax-exempt

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income earned from increases in the cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance is not included in interest income, but rather is recorded in “other revenues from operations.”

      The contribution of net interest free funds to net interest margin, or taxable equivalent net interest income expressed as an annualized percentage of average earning assets, was .61% in the initial quarter of 2001, compared with .57% in the first quarter of 2000 and .70% in 2000’s final quarter. The higher contribution to net interest margin of net interest-free funds in the first quarter of 2001 compared with the first quarter of 2000 was due largely to the 14 basis point increase in the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities that were used to impute such contribution. The 9 basis point decrease in the contribution of net interest free funds in the recent quarter as compared with the fourth quarter of 2000 was due, in part, to a 34 basis point drop in the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities.

      As a result of the changes described herein, the Company’s net interest margin was 4.16% in 2001’s initial quarter, up from 3.94% in the comparable quarter of 2000 and 4.05% in the fourth quarter of 2000.

      As part of the management of 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, as appropriate, the rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities. The notional amount of interest rate swap agreements entered into for interest rate risk management purposes as of March 31, 2001 and 2000 was $511 million and $1.2 billion, respectively, and $534 million as of December 31, 2000. In general, under the terms of these swaps, the Company receives payments based on the outstanding notional amount of the swaps at fixed rates and makes payments at variable rates. In anticipation of the previously noted issuance of $500 million of fixed-rate subordinated notes in October 2000, the Company terminated certain interest rate swap agreements, including forward-starting swaps, with an aggregate notional amount of approximately $421 million. Under the terms of the terminated swaps, the Company would have made fixed-rate payments and received variable-rate payments.

      As noted earlier, the Company adopted SFAS No. 133 on January 1, 2001. As a result, the Company’s currently existing interest rate swap agreements have been designated as fair value hedges. In a fair value hedge, the fair value of the derivative (the interest rate swap) and changes in the fair value of the hedged item are recorded in the Company’s balance sheet with the corresponding gain or loss recognized in current earnings. The difference between changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps and the hedged items represents hedge ineffectiveness and is recorded in “Other revenues from operations” in the Company’s consolidated statement of income. The amount of hedge ineffectiveness recognized in the first quarter of 2001 was not material to the Company’s results of operations. The estimated fair value of interest rate swaps entered into for interest rate risk management purposes was approximately $5 million at March 31, 2001 and was substantially offset by unrealized losses on the fair value of the hedged items. The changes in the fair market values of the interest rate swaps and the hedged items result from the effects of changing interest rates. Prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 133, the fair value of interest rate swaps entered into for interest rate risk management purposes was not recorded in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The unrecognized fair value gain associated with such interest rate swaps was approximately $20 million at March 31, 2000 and $1 million at December 31, 2000.

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related effect on net interest income and margin are presented in the accompanying table.

INTEREST RATE SWAPS

      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 demands for loans and deposit withdrawals, to fund operating costs, and to be used for other corporate purposes. Liquidity risk arises whenever the maturities of financial instruments included in assets and liabilities differ. Deposits and borrowings, maturities of money-market assets and investment securities, repayments of loans and investment securities, and cash generated from operations, such as fees collected for services, provide the Company with sources of liquidity. M&T’s banking subsidiaries have access to additional funding sources through FHLB borrowings, as well as other available borrowing facilities. As previously noted, M&T Bank issued $500 million of 8% subordinated capital notes in October 2000 that provided liquidity and facilitated the acquisitions of Keystone and Premier. M&T’s primary source of funds to pay for operating expenses, stockholder dividends and treasury 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 this test, at March 31, 2001, approximately $478 million was available for payment of dividends to M&T from banking subsidiaries without prior regulatory approval. These historic sources of cash flows were augmented in 1997 by the proceeds from issuance of trust preferred securities. 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, 2001.

      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 anticipated in the normal course of business. Furthermore, management does not anticipate engaging in any activities, either currently or in the long-term, which would cause 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. The core banking activities of lending and deposit-taking expose the Company to interest rate risk, which occurs when assets and liabilities reprice at different times 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 off-balance sheet financial instruments. Management’s philosophy toward interest rate risk management is to limit the variability of net interest income. The

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balances of both on- and off-balance sheet financial instruments used in the projections are based on expected growth from forecasted business opportunities, anticipated prepayments of mortgage-related assets and expected maturities of investment securities, loans and deposits. Management supplements the modeling technique described above with analyses of market values of the Company’s financial instruments.

      The Company’s Asset-Liability Committee, which includes members of senior management, monitors interest rate sensitivity with the aid of a computer model that considers the impact of ongoing lending and deposit gathering activities, as well as statistically derived 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 action, and intends to do so in the future, to mitigate exposure to interest rate risk through the use of on- or off-balance sheet financial instruments. 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 modifying or terminating existing interest rate swap agreements or entering into additional interest rate swap agreements.

      The accompanying table as of March 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000 displays the estimated impact on net interest income from non-trading financial instruments resulting from changes in interest rates during the first modeling year.

SENSITIVITY OF NET INTEREST INCOME

      Many assumptions were utilized by the Company to calculate the impact that changes in interest rates may have on net interest income. The more significant assumptions related to 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. The Company also assumed gradual changes in rates of 100 and 200 basis points up and down during a twelve-month period. These assumptions 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 interest rate changes and changes in market conditions, as well as any actions, such as those previously described, which management may take to counter such changes.

      The Company engages in trading activities to meet the financial needs of customers and to profit from perceived market opportunities. Trading activities are conducted utilizing financial instruments that include forward and futures contracts related to foreign currencies and mortgage-backed securities, U.S. Treasury and other government securities, mortgage-backed securities and interest rate contracts, such as swaps. 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 the Asset-Liability Committee.

      The notional amounts of interest rate and foreign currency and other option and futures trading contracts totaled $926 million and $280 million, respectively, at March 31, 2001, $2.4 billion and $728 million, respectively,

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at March 31, 2000, and $769 million and $293 million, respectively, at December 31, 2000. The notional amounts of these trading contracts are not recorded in the consolidated balance sheet. However, 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 $44 million and $31 million, respectively, at March 31, 2001, $646 million and $632 million, respectively, at March 31, 2000, and $37 million and $22 million, respectively, at December 31, 2000. Included in trading account assets at March 31, 2000 were mortgage-backed securities that served as collateral securing certain money market assets. The obligations to return such collateral were recorded in noninterest-bearing trading account liabilities and were included in accrued interest and other liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The fair value of such collateral (and the related obligation to return collateral) was $588 million at March 31, 2000. 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.

Provision for Credit Losses

The purpose of the provision for credit losses is to adjust the Company’s allowance for credit losses to a level that is adequate to absorb losses inherent in the loan and lease portfolio. The provision for credit losses in the first quarter of 2001 was $18.5 million, up from $9.0 million in the year-earlier quarter and $14.0 million in 2000’s fourth quarter. Net loan charge-offs rose to $15.9 million in the recent quarter from $6.6 million and $12.1 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2000, respectively. Net charge-offs as an annualized percentage of average loans and leases were .28% in the recent quarter, compared with .15% and .22% in the first and fourth quarters of 2000, respectively. Net charge-offs of consumer loans in the recent quarter were $8.2 million, compared with $4.6 million in the first quarter of 2000 and $6.9 million in the final 2000 quarter. Net consumer loan charge-offs as an annualized percentage of average consumer loans and leases were .78% in the initial quarter of 2001, compared with .59% in the year-earlier period and .68% in 2000’s fourth quarter. Net charge-offs of commercial loans in the first quarter of 2001 totaled $2.1 million, compared with $1.4 million in the corresponding 2000 quarter and $2.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2000. Net commercial real estate loan charge-offs in the first quarter of 2001 were $4.1 million, compared with net recoveries of $.4 million in the initial 2000 quarter and net charge-offs of $1.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2000. Residential real estate loan net charge-offs were $1.5 million in the initial 2001 quarter, compared with $1.0 million in the year-earlier quarter and $1.4 million in the final quarter of 2000.

      Nonperforming loans, consisting of nonaccrual and restructured loans, totaled $160.8 million or .67% of total loans and leases outstanding at March 31, 2001, compared with $67.0 million or .38% a year earlier and $110.6 million or .49% at December 31, 2000. The increase at March 31, 2001 as compared with a year earlier reflects the inclusion of approximately $55 million of nonperforming loans acquired in the Keystone merger on October 6, 2000. The higher level of nonperforming loans at March 31, 2001 compared with the December 31, 2000 total was due, in part, to the inclusion at the recent quarter-end of two commercial loans having an aggregate outstanding balance of $23.5 million, approximately $6 million of nonperforming loans acquired in the Premier merger on February 9, 2001, and $12.4 million resulting from a change in the classification of certain past due consumer loans, as described later. Accruing loans past due 90 days or more totaled $141.4 million or .58% of total loans and leases at March 31, 2001, compared with $29.4 million or .17% at March 31, 2000 and $141.8 million or .62% at December 31, 2000. The higher levels of such loans at March 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000 as compared with March 31, 2000 resulted largely from the inclusion of one-to-four family residential mortgage loans serviced by the Company and repurchased during the fourth quarter of 2000 and the first quarter of 2001 from the Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”). The repurchased loans totaled $101 million and $87 million as of March 31,

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2001 and December 31, 2000, respectively. The outstanding principal balances of such loans are fully guaranteed by government agencies. The loans were repurchased to reduce servicing costs associated with the loans, including a requirement to advance principal and interest payments to GNMA that had not been received from individual mortgagors.

      Nonperforming commercial real estate loans totaled $43.4 million at March 31, 2001, $12.3 million at March 31, 2000 and $37.0 million at December 31, 2000. Commercial real estate loans acquired in the Keystone merger that were classified as nonperforming at March 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000 were $29.7 million and $23.0 million, respectively. Nonperforming commercial real estate loans obtained in the Premier transaction totaled $3.8 million at March 31, 2001.

      Nonperforming consumer loans and leases totaled $21.3 million at March 31, 2001, compared with $11.5 million at March 31, 2000 and $12.1 million at December 31, 2000. As a percentage of consumer loan balances outstanding, nonperforming consumer loans and leases were .48% at March 31, 2001, compared with .37% at March 31, 2000 and .29% at December 31, 2000. During the first quarter of 2001, the Company began classifying non-guaranteed consumer loans and leases past due 90 days or more as nonaccrual. Previously, such loans accrued interest until the loan balances were charged off. The change in classification did not have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations or its financial condition.

      Nonperforming residential real estate loans totaled $43.1 million and $24.3 million at March 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively, and $36.0 million at December 31, 2000. Residential real estate loans past due 90 days or more and accruing interest totaled $124.8 million at March 31, 2001, compared with $13.0 million a year earlier and $115.3 million at December 31, 2000. The higher level of such loans at March 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000 as compared with March 31, 2000 resulted largely from the inclusion of the previously discussed loans repurchased from GNMA. The repurchased loans are fully guaranteed by government agencies.

      Commercial loans and leases classified as nonperforming aggregated $53.1 million at March 31, 2001, $25.5 million at December 31, 2000 and $19.1 million at March 31, 2000. Commercial loans acquired in the Keystone merger that were classified as nonperforming at March 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000 were $8.2 million and $12.7 million, respectively. At March 31, 2001, nonperforming commercial loans obtained in the February 9, 2001 acquisition of Premier were $.8 million.

      Assets acquired in settlement of defaulted loans were $13.1 million at March 31, 2001, compared with $9.2 million at March 31, 2000 and $13.6 million at December 31, 2000.

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

NONPERFORMING ASSET AND PAST DUE LOAN DATA

* Primarily residential mortgage loans and consumer loans.

      The allowance for credit losses was $399.4 million, or 1.65% of total loans and leases at March 31, 2001, compared with $318.6 million or 1.80% a year earlier and $374.7 million or 1.65% at December 31, 2000. The ratio of the allowance for credit losses to nonperforming loans was 248% at the most recent quarter-end, compared with 476% a year earlier and 339% at December 31, 2000. The level of the allowance reflects management’s evaluation of the loan and lease portfolio as of each date. Management regularly assesses the adequacy of the allowance by performing an ongoing evaluation of the loan and lease portfolio, including such factors as the differing economic risks associated with each loan category, the current financial condition of specific borrowers, the economic environment in which borrowers operate, the level of delinquent loans and the value of any collateral. Significant loans are individually analyzed, while other smaller balance loans are evaluated by loan category. Management cautiously evaluated the impact of changes in interest rates and overall economic conditions on the ability of borrowers to meet repayment obligations when assessing the adequacy of the Company’s allowance for credit losses at March 31, 2001. In addition to the impact of acquisitions, factors considered by management when performing such assessment 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 Pennsylvania that did not experience the same degree of economic growth experienced by the vast majority of other regions of the country in recent years; and (iii) significant growth in loans to individual consumers. Based upon the results of such review, management believes that the allowance for credit losses at

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March 31, 2001 was adequate to absorb credit losses inherent in the portfolio as of that date.

Other Income

Other income totaled $111.7 million in the first quarter of 2001, compared with $72.0 million in the year-earlier quarter and $102.8 million in the final 2000 quarter. Approximately 55% of the increase from the first quarter of 2000 to the first quarter of 2001 was attributable to revenues related to operations and/or market areas associated with the Keystone acquisition.

      Mortgage banking revenues totaled $25.7 million in the initial 2001 quarter, compared with $14.6 million in the corresponding 2000 quarter and $17.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2000. The increase in revenues as compared with the year-earlier quarter was due, in part, to the impact of lower interest rates on residential mortgage loan origination volume and the implementation of SFAS No. 133. In particular, mortgage banking revenues in the first quarter of 2001 reflected a generally favorable interest rate environment for borrowers, whereas higher interest rates initiated by the Federal Reserve in the second half of 1999 and first quarter of 2000 negatively impacted mortgage loan origination volume in the first quarter of 2000. Residential mortgage loans originated for sale to other investors totaled $978 million during the first quarter of 2001, compared with $409 million in 2000’s first quarter and $775 million in the fourth 2000 quarter. Realized gains from sales of residential mortgage loans and loan servicing rights and unrealized gains from recording residential mortgage loans and related commitments to originate and commitments to sell such loans at fair market value aggregated $12.7 million in the recently completed quarter. Realized gains from the sale of residential mortgage loans and loan servicing rights were $6.7 million in the first quarter of 2000 and $6.3 million in the final quarter of 2000. As noted earlier, SFAS No. 133 requires that changes in the fair value of hedged residential mortgage loans originated for sale and related commitments to sell and commitments to originate residential mortgage loans be recorded in the Company’s results of operations. Such unrealized gains totaled approximately $5.8 million (pre-tax) in the first quarter of 2001. Prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 133, such items were recorded in the consolidated balance sheet at the lower of aggregate cost or fair market value. Residential mortgage loan servicing fees were $10.2 million in the recent quarter, compared with $6.4 million a year earlier and $9.7 million in 2000’s fourth quarter. Including approximately $939 million and $117 million of loans previously serviced by Keystone and Premier, respectively, residential mortgage loans serviced for others totaled $9.7 billion at March 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000, and $7.4 billion at March 31, 2000. Capitalized servicing assets were $99 million at March 31, 2001, compared with $64 million at March 31, 2000 and $101 million at December 31, 2000. Residential mortgage loans held for sale totaled $659 million and $180 million at March 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively, and $525 million at December 31, 2000.

      Service charges on deposit accounts were $32.5 million in the first quarter of 2001, up 59% from $20.5 million in the corresponding quarter of the previous year, and 11% higher than $29.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2000. The higher levels of income in the fourth quarter of 2000 and first quarter of 2001 were largely the result of the impact of acquisitions. Trust income totaled $15.8 million in the recent quarter and $15.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2000, up from $10.0 million in last year’s first quarter, largely the result of the Keystone acquisition. Brokerage services income, which is comprised of revenues from the sale of mutual funds and annuities and securities brokerage fees, totaled $10.0 million in the recent quarter, compared with $9.4 million in 2000’s initial quarter and $8.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2000. Trading account and foreign exchange activity resulted in gains of $802 thousand in the first quarter of 2001, compared with gains of $294 thousand in the corresponding quarter of 2000 and $776 thousand in 2000’s final quarter. Other revenues from operations totaled $26.8 million in the recent quarter, compared with $17.3 million in the corresponding quarter of 2000 and $34.4 million in the fourth quarter of

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2000.  Included in other revenues from operations is tax-exempt income from bank owned life insurance, which represents increases in the cash surrender value of life insurance policies and benefits received. Such income totaled $7.8 million in 2001’s first quarter and 2000’s final quarter, compared with $5.6 million in the first quarter of 2000. The remaining increase in other revenues from operations from the first quarter of 2000 to the recent quarter was largely due to the impact of the Keystone acquisition. Other revenues from operations in the fourth quarter of 2000 included a net gain of $9 million resulting from a $13.5 million gain from the sale of equipment previously leased to a commercial customer and an accrual of $4.5 million for losses associated with selling automobiles and other vehicles leased to retail customers.

Other Expense

Operating expenses, which exclude amortization of goodwill and core deposit intangible as well as merger-related expenses were $197.0 million in the initial quarter of 2001, compared with $136.2 million in the year-earlier quarter and $184.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2000. Expenses related to acquired operations significantly contributed to the higher expense levels in the initial quarter of 2001 and the final 2000 quarter compared with the first quarter of 2000. However, since the operating systems and support operations related to Keystone and Premier have been combined with those of the Company, the Company’s operating expenses cannot be precisely divided between or attributed directly to the acquired operations or to the Company as it existed prior to each transaction. Components of other expense considered to be non-operating in nature and therefore excluded from the operating expense totals noted above were amortization of goodwill and core deposit intangible of $29.8 million in the first quarter of 2001, $14.4 million in the year-earlier quarter and $27.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2000; and merger-related expenses of $8.0 million in the recent quarter and $22.3 million in 2000’s fourth quarter. There were no merger-related expenses in the first quarter of 2000.

      Salaries and employee benefits expense was $105.9 million in the recent quarter, 38% higher than the $76.7 million in the corresponding 2000 quarter and 6% above the $99.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2000. The most significant factor contributing to the higher expense level in the initial 2001 quarter over 2000’s first quarter were salaries and benefits associated with the acquired operations of Keystone and Premier. The higher level of expenses in the first quarter of 2001 compared with the final 2000 quarter was due, in part, to salaries and benefits associated with the operations acquired from Premier.

      Excluding the non-operating expense items previously noted, nonpersonnel expense totaled $91.4 million in the recent quarter, compared with $59.5 million in the first quarter of 2000 and $87.0 million in 2000’s fourth quarter. Approximately two-thirds of the increase from the year-earlier period resulted from expenses relating to the acquired operations of Keystone and Premier.

      The Company’s cash efficiency ratio, or operating expense (excluding amortization of goodwill and core deposit intangible and merger-related expenses) divided by the sum of taxable-equivalent net interest income and other income (excluding gains from sales of bank investment securities) was 50.8% during the recent quarter, 50.6% during the first quarter of 2000 and 50.2% in 2000’s final quarter.

Capital

Stockholders’ equity at March 31, 2001 was $3.0 billion or 9.68% of total assets, compared with $1.8 billion or 8.05% of total assets a year earlier and $2.7 billion or 9.33% at December 31, 2000. Stockholders’ equity per share was $30.84 at March 31, 2001, up from $23.83 and $28.93 at March 31 and December 31, 2000, respectively. Excluding goodwill and core deposit

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intangible, net of applicable tax effect, tangible equity per share was $17.33 at March 31, 2001, compared with $15.79 a year earlier and $16.74 at December 31, 2000. To complete the acquisitions of Premier on February 9, 2001 and Keystone on October 6, 2000, M&T issued 2,440,812 and 15,900,292 shares of common stock, respectively, and assumed employee stock options to purchase 224,734 and 1,259,493 shares of M&T common stock, respectively. Accordingly, as of the respective acquisition date, stockholders’ equity increased by $664 million in connection with the Keystone acquisition and by $176 million in connection with the Premier acquisition.

      Stockholders’ equity at March 31, 2001 reflected $21.1 million, or $.22 per share, for the net after-tax impact of unrealized gains on investment securities classified as available for sale, compared with unrealized losses of $23.9 million or $.31 per share at March 31, 2000 and $432 thousand or $.01 per share at December 31, 2000. Such unrealized gains or 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.

      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. Core capital includes the $318 million carrying value of trust preferred securities. As of March 31, 2001, total capital further included $594 million of subordinated notes issued by M&T Bank. The capital ratios of the Company and its banking subsidiaries, M&T Bank and M&T Bank, N.A., as of March 31, 2001 are presented in the accompanying table.

REGULATORY CAPITAL RATIOS

      The Company’s rate of regulatory core capital generation, or cash net income (reduced by the impact of nonrecurring merger-related expenses) less dividends paid expressed as an annualized percentage of regulatory “core capital” at the beginning of the period, was 18.58% during the first quarter of 2001, compared with 18.97% and 16.75% in the first and fourth quarters of 2000, respectively.

      M&T’s board of directors approved a plan in November 1999 authorizing the repurchase of up to 1,904,650 common shares for reissuance upon the possible future exercise of outstanding stock options. However, subsequent to entering into the agreement to acquire Keystone in May 2000, M&T had not been repurchasing stock, instead using the Company’s internal generation of capital to support the completed Keystone and Premier acquisitions. Prior to May 2000, M&T had repurchased 1,632,860 shares of common stock pursuant to such plan at an average cost of $42.74 per share. Repurchases of stock under the previously approved program recommenced during the second quarter of 2001.

Segment Information

The Commercial Banking segment’s net income was $29.2 million in the first quarter of 2001, up from $21.5 million in the comparable 2000 quarter and $28.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2000. The major factor in the increase from the year-earlier period was a $16.4 million increase in net interest income, due to a 37% increase in average loans outstanding, offset

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in part by a $3.4 million increase in the provision for credit losses. Approximately two-thirds of the increase in loans outstanding was attributable to the Keystone acquisition. The increase in the provision for credit losses was due to higher net charge-offs. The increase in net income in the recent quarter compared with the fourth quarter of 2000 was due to higher revenues, primarily from higher net interest income of $3.2 million, the result of a widening of the net interest margin and higher average loans outstanding. Partially offsetting the higher revenues was a higher provision for credit losses of $3.4 million, the result of higher net charge-offs.

      The Commercial Real Estate segment contributed net income of $19.7 million in the recent quarter, compared with $17.2 million in the year-earlier period and $19.8 million in the final 2000 quarter. An increase of $4.9 million in net interest income, the result of a 21% increase in average loan balances, was the major factor in the improvement in earnings over the first quarter of 2000. Approximately one-half of the year-over-year increase was attributable to the Keystone acquisition.

      The Discretionary Portfolio segment earned $11.1 million in the initial 2001 quarter, up from $8.4 million and $8.9 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2000, respectively. The increase in net income from the first quarter of 2000 was due, in part, to an increase in tax-exempt income earned from bank-owned life insurance of $2.2 million and a $1.0 million increase in trading account and foreign exchange gains. The higher level of earnings in the recent quarter when compared with the fourth quarter of 2000 resulted from $3.1 million of losses incurred in the fourth quarter of 2000 from sales of bank investment securities.

      The Residential Mortgage Banking segment contributed net income of $9.0 million in the recent quarter, compared with $1.9 million in the first quarter of 2000 and $.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2000. The significantly higher level of earnings as compared with the first and fourth quarters of 2000 was due largely to the previously described adoption of SFAS No. 133. The increase from the year-earlier quarter also reflects higher residential mortgage loan origination volume and loan servicing fees.

      Retail Banking earned $52.7 million in 2001’s first quarter, up from $33.1 million in 2000’s comparable quarter and $49.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2000. Higher net interest income of $57.7 million, the result of increases in average loan and deposit balances and a higher net interest margin, offset in part by higher operating expenses of $34.6 million, were the leading factors contributing to the increase from the first quarter of 2000. The higher deposit and loan balances and operating expenses were largely the result of the Keystone and Premier acquisitions. Higher net interest income of $6.8 million, largely the result of higher loan and deposit balances outstanding and higher net interest margin, was the leading factor contributing to the increase in the recent quarter’s net income from the fourth quarter of 2000.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

In September 2000, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Liabilities.” SFAS No. 140 replaces SFAS No. 125, which was issued in 1996 and had the same title. SFAS No. 140 revises standards for accounting for securitizations and other transfers of financial assets and collateral and requires certain disclosures.

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SFAS No. 140 will not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

      Future Factors include changes in interest rates, spreads on earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and interest rate sensitivity; credit losses; sources of liquidity; legislation affecting the financial services industry as a whole, and the Company individually; regulatory supervision and oversight, including required capital levels; 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, including environmental regulations; 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; continued availability of financing; and financial resources in the amounts, at the times and on the terms required to support the Company’s future businesses; and material differences in the actual financial results of merger and acquisition activities compared to the Company’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 conditions, including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations, and other Future Factors.

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