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EXHIBIT 24.1
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors and/or officers of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York (the “Corporation”), hereby constitutes and appoints Robert G. Wilmers, René F. Jones, Mark W. Yonkman and Brian R. Yoshida, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or her seal to and file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.50 per share, to be issued or sold pursuant to the M&T Bank Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned directors and/or officers has hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: February 17, 2009
         
Signature   Title    
 
       
/s/ Robert G. Wilmers
 
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive    
Robert G. Wilmers
  Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director    
 
       
/s/ René F. Jones
 
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial    
René F. Jones
  Officer (Principal Financial Officer)    
 
       
/s/ Michael R. Spychala
 
  Senior Vice President and Controller    
Michael R. Spychala
  (Principal Accounting Officer)    
 
       
/s/ Brent D. Baird
 
Brent D. Baird
  Director    
 
       
/s/ Robert J. Bennett
 
Robert J. Bennett
  Director    
 
       
/s/ C. Angela Bontempo
 
C. Angela Bontempo
  Director    
 
       
/s/ Robert T. Brady
 
Robert T. Brady
  Director    
 
       
/s/ Michael D. Buckley
 
Michael D. Buckley
  Director    

 


 

         
Signature   Title    
 
       
/s/ T. Jefferson Cunningham III
 
T. Jefferson Cunningham III
  Director    
 
       
 
 
Mark J. Czarnecki
  Director    
 
       
/s/ Colm E. Doherty
 
Colm E. Doherty
  Director    
 
       
/s/ Patrick W.E. Hodgson
 
Patrick W.E. Hodgson
  Director    
 
       
/s/ Richard G. King
 
Richard G. King
  Director    
 
       
/s/ Jorge G. Pereira
 
Jorge G. Pereira
  Director    
 
       
/s/ Michael P. Pinto
 
Michael P. Pinto
  Director    
 
       
/s/ Robert E. Sadler, Jr.
 
Robert E. Sadler, Jr.
  Director    
 
       
/s/ Eugene J. Sheehy
 
Eugene J. Sheehy
  Director    
 
       
/s/ Herbert L. Washington
 
Herbert L. Washington
  Director