mtb-10k_20211231.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

☒	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021

☐	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 of incorporation)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

One M&T Plaza, Buffalo, New York	14203
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

716-635-4000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $.50 par value	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

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, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☒	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐
Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

Aggregate market value of the Common Stock, $0.50 par value, held by non-affiliates of the registrant, computed by reference to the closing price as of the close of business on June 30, 2021: $18,124,066,420.

Number of shares of the Common Stock, $0.50 par value, outstanding as of the close of business on February 11, 2022: 129,034,484 shares.

Documents Incorporated By Reference:

(1)

Portions of the Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of M&T Bank Corporation in Parts II and III.

Auditor Firm Id: 238Auditor Name: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPAuditor Location: Buffalo, NY, United States

M&T BANK CORPORATION

Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021

CROSS-REFERENCE SHEET

								Form 10-K Page
PART I
Item 1.		Business						4
Disclosure pursuant to subpart 1400 of Regulation S-K
	I.	Distribution of assets, liabilities, and shareholders’ equity; interest rates and interest differential
		A.	Average balance sheets					69
		B.	Interest income/expense and resulting yield or rate on average interest-earning assets and interest‑bearing liabilities					69
		C.	Rate/volume variances					26
	II.	Investments in debt securities
		A.					Maturity schedule and weighted average yield	102
	III.	Loan portfolio
		A.				Maturity schedule		100
	IV.	Allowance for credit losses
		A.			Credit ratios			82, 83, 85, 87
					Factors driving material changes in credit ratios or related components			80-92, 140-155
		B.			Allocation of the allowance for credit losses			91, 146
	V.	Deposits
		A.			Average balances and rates			69
		B. Uninsured and time deposits over $250,000						78, 103
Item 1A.		Risk Factors						27
Item 1B.		Unresolved Staff Comments						53
Item 2.		Properties						53
Item 3.		Legal Proceedings						54
Item 4.		Mine Safety Disclosures						54
		Executive Officers of the Registrant						54
PART II
Item 5.		Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities						57
		A.		Principal market				57
		B.		Approximate number of holders at year-end				24
		C.		Frequency and amount of dividends declared				25-26, 118, 129
		D.		Restrictions on dividends				11
		E.		Securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans				57-59
		F.		Performance graph				58
		G.		Repurchases of common stock				59
Item 6.		Selected Financial Data						59
Item 7.		Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations						59
Item 7A.		Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk						120
Item 8.		Financial Statements and Supplementary Data						120
		A.		Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting				121
		B.		Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm				122
		C.		Consolidated Balance Sheet — December 31, 2021 and 2020				125

			Form 10-K Page
	D.	Consolidated Statement of Income — Years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019	126
	E.	Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income — Years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019	127
	F.	Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows — Years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019	128
	G.	Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity — Years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019	129
	H.	Notes to Financial Statements	130
	I.	Quarterly Trends	118
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure		208
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures		208
	A.	Conclusions of principal executive officer and principal financial officer regarding disclosure controls and procedures	208
	B.	Management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting	208
	C.	Attestation report of the registered public accounting firm	208
	D.	Changes in internal control over financial reporting	208
Item 9B.	Other Information		208
Item 9C.	Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections		208
PART III
Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance		208
Item 11.	Executive Compensation		209
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters		209
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence		209
Item 14.	Principal Accountant Fees and Services		209
PART IV
Item 15.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules		210
Item 16.	Form 10-K Summary		213
SIGNATURES			214

PART I

Item 1.

Business.

M&T Bank Corporation (“Registrant” or “M&T”) is a New York business corporation which is registered as a financial holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (“BHCA”) and as a bank holding company (“BHC”) under Article III-A of the New York Banking Law (“Banking Law”). The principal executive offices of M&T are located at One M&T Plaza, Buffalo, New York 14203. M&T was incorporated in November 1969. M&T and its direct and indirect subsidiaries are collectively referred to herein as the “Company.” As of December 31, 2021 the Company had consolidated total assets of $155.1 billion, deposits of $131.5 billion and shareholders’ equity of $17.9 billion. The Company had 17,115 full-time and 454 part-time employees as of December 31, 2021.

At December 31, 2021, M&T had two wholly owned bank subsidiaries: Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (“M&T Bank”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association (“Wilmington Trust, N.A.”). The banks collectively offer a wide range of retail and commercial banking, trust and wealth management, and investment services to their customers. At December 31, 2021, M&T Bank represented 99% of consolidated assets of the Company.

The Company from time to time considers acquiring banks, thrift institutions, branch offices of banks or thrift institutions, or other businesses within markets currently served by the Company or in other locations that would complement the Company’s business or its geographic reach. The Company has pursued acquisition opportunities in the past, continues to review different opportunities, including the possibility of major acquisitions, and intends to continue this practice.

Subsidiaries

M&T Bank is a banking corporation that is incorporated under the laws of the State of New York. M&T Bank is a member of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Home Loan Bank System, and its deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) up to applicable limits. M&T acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of M&T Bank in December 1969. The stock of M&T Bank represents a major asset of M&T. M&T Bank operates under a charter granted by the State of New York in 1892, and the continuity of its banking business is traced to the organization of the Manufacturers and Traders Bank in 1856. The principal executive offices of M&T Bank are located at One M&T Plaza, Buffalo, New York 14203. As of December 31, 2021, M&T Bank had 688 domestic banking offices located in New York State, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia and a full-service commercial banking office in Ontario, Canada. As of December 31, 2021, M&T Bank had consolidated total assets of $154.7 billion, deposits of $133.7 billion and shareholder’s equity of $16.8 billion. The deposit liabilities of M&T Bank are insured by the FDIC through its Deposit Insurance Fund (“DIF”). As a commercial bank, M&T Bank offers a broad range of financial services to a diverse base of consumers, businesses, professional clients, governmental entities and financial institutions located in its markets. Lending is largely focused on consumers residing in New York State, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C., and on small and medium-size businesses based in those areas, although loans are originated through offices in other states and in Ontario, Canada. In addition, the Company conducts lending activities in various states through other subsidiaries. Trust and other fiduciary services are offered by M&T Bank and through its wholly owned subsidiary, Wilmington Trust Company. M&T Bank and certain of its subsidiaries also offer commercial mortgage loans secured by income producing properties or properties used by borrowers in a trade or business. Additional financial services are provided through other operating subsidiaries of the Company.

Wilmington Trust, N.A., a national banking association and a member of the Federal Reserve System and the FDIC, commenced operations on October 2, 1995. The deposit liabilities of

Wilmington Trust, N.A. are insured by the FDIC through the DIF. The main office of Wilmington Trust, N.A. is located at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890. Wilmington Trust, N.A. offers various trust and wealth management services. As of December 31, 2021, Wilmington Trust, N.A. had total assets of $12.0 billion, deposits of $11.1 billion and shareholder’s equity of $779 million.

Wilmington Trust Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of M&T Bank, was incorporated as a Delaware bank and trust company in March 1901 and amended its charter in July 2011 to become a nondepository trust company. Wilmington Trust Company provides a variety of Delaware based trust, fiduciary and custodial services to its clients. As of December 31, 2021, Wilmington Trust Company had total assets of $1.2 billion and shareholder’s equity of $678 million. Revenues of Wilmington Trust Company were $135 million in 2021. The headquarters of Wilmington Trust Company are located at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890.

M&T Insurance Agency, Inc. (“M&T Insurance Agency”), a wholly owned insurance agency subsidiary of M&T Bank, was incorporated as a New York corporation in March 1955. M&T Insurance Agency provides insurance agency services principally to the commercial market. As of December 31, 2021, M&T Insurance Agency had assets of $41 million and shareholder’s equity of $26 million. M&T Insurance Agency recorded revenues of $37 million during 2021. The headquarters of M&T Insurance Agency are located at 285 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14202.

M&T Realty Capital Corporation (“M&T Realty Capital”), a wholly owned subsidiary of M&T Bank, was incorporated as a Maryland corporation in October 1973. M&T Realty Capital engages in multifamily commercial real estate lending and provides loan servicing to purchasers of the loans it originates. As of December 31, 2021, M&T Realty Capital serviced or sub-serviced $23.7 billion of commercial mortgage loans for non-affiliates and had assets of $944 million and shareholder’s equity of $179 million. M&T Realty Capital recorded revenues of $187 million in 2021. The headquarters of M&T Realty Capital are located at One Light Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202.

M&T Securities, Inc. (“M&T Securities”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of M&T Bank that was incorporated as a New York business corporation in November 1985. M&T Securities is registered as a broker/dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. It provides institutional brokerage and securities services. As of December 31, 2021, M&T Securities had assets of $48 million and shareholder’s equity of $46 million. M&T Securities recorded $50 million of revenue during 2021. The headquarters of M&T Securities are located at One Light Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202.

Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc. (“WT Investment Advisors”), a wholly owned subsidiary of M&T Bank, was incorporated as a Maryland corporation on June 30, 1995. WT Investment Advisors, a registered investment advisor under the Investment Advisors Act, serves as an investment advisor to the Wilmington Funds, a family of proprietary mutual funds, and institutional clients. As of December 31, 2021, WT Investment Advisors had assets of $57 million and shareholder’s equity of $50 million. WT Investment Advisors recorded revenues of $42 million in 2021. The headquarters of WT Investment Advisors are located at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890.

Wilmington Funds Management Corporation (“Wilmington Funds Management”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of M&T that was incorporated in September 1981 as a Delaware corporation. Wilmington Funds Management is registered as an investment advisor under the Investment Advisors Act and serves as an investment advisor to the Wilmington Funds. Wilmington Funds Management had assets and shareholder’s equity of $23 million as of December 31, 2021. Wilmington Funds Management recorded revenues of $11 million in 2021. The headquarters of Wilmington Funds Management are located at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890.

Wilmington Trust Investment Management, LLC (“WTIM”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of M&T and was incorporated in December 2001 as a Georgia limited liability company. WTIM is a

registered investment advisor under the Investment Advisors Act and provides investment management services to clients, including certain private funds. As of December 31, 2021, WTIM has assets and shareholder’s equity of $8 million. WTIM recorded revenues of $2 million in 2021. WTIM’s headquarters is located at Terminus 27^th Floor, 3280 Peachtree Road N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30305.

The Registrant and its banking subsidiaries have a number of other special-purpose or inactive subsidiaries. These other subsidiaries did not represent, individually and collectively, a significant portion of the Company’s consolidated assets, net income and shareholders’ equity at December 31, 2021.

Segment Information, Principal Products/Services and Foreign Operations

Information about the Registrant’s business segments is included in note 23 of Notes to Financial Statements filed herewith in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” and is further discussed in Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” The Registrant’s reportable segments have been determined based upon its internal profitability reporting system, which is organized by strategic business unit. 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 Business Banking, Commercial Banking, Commercial Real Estate, Discretionary Portfolio, Residential Mortgage Banking and Retail Banking. The Company’s international activities are discussed in note 18 of Notes to Financial Statements filed herewith in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

The only activity that, as a class, contributed 10% or more of the sum of consolidated interest income and other income in any of the last three years was interest on loans and, in 2021, trust income. The amount of income from such sources during those years is recorded in various business segments and is set forth in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Income and Notes to Financial Statements filed herewith in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

Supervision and Regulation of the Company

M&T and its subsidiaries are subject to the comprehensive regulatory framework applicable to bank and financial holding companies and their subsidiaries. Regulation of financial institutions such as M&T and its subsidiaries is intended primarily for the protection of depositors, the FDIC’s DIF and the banking and financial system as a whole, and generally is not intended for the protection of shareholders, investors or creditors other than insured depositors.

Proposals to change the applicable regulatory framework may be introduced in the United States Congress and state legislatures, as well as by regulatory agencies. Such initiatives may include proposals to expand or contract the powers of bank holding companies and depository institutions or proposals to substantially change the financial institution regulatory system. Such legislation could change banking statutes and the operating environment of the Company in substantial and unpredictable ways. If enacted, such legislation could increase or decrease the cost of doing business, limit or expand permissible activities or affect the competitive balance among banks, savings associations, credit unions, and other financial institutions. A change in statutes, regulations or regulatory policies applicable to M&T or any of its subsidiaries could have a material effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company.

Described hereafter are material elements of the significant federal and state laws and regulations applicable to M&T and its subsidiaries.

Overview

M&T is registered with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”) as a financial holding company and BHC under the BHCA. As such, M&T and its subsidiaries are subject to the supervision, examination, reporting, capital and other requirements of the BHCA and the regulations of the Federal Reserve. In addition, M&T’s banking subsidiaries are subject to regulation, supervision and examination by, as applicable, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYSDFS”), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), the FDIC and the Federal Reserve, and their consumer financial products and services are regulated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”). Further, financial services entities such as M&T’s investment advisor subsidiaries and M&T’s broker-dealer are subject to regulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (“SIPC”), among others. Other non-bank affiliates and activities, particularly insurance brokerage and agency activities, are subject to other federal and state laws and regulations as well as licensing and regulation by state insurance and bank regulatory agencies. Although the scope of regulation and the form of supervision may vary from state to state, insurance laws generally grant broad discretion to regulatory authorities in adopting regulations and supervising regulated activities. This supervision generally includes the licensing of insurance brokers and agents and the regulation of the handling of customer funds held in a fiduciary capacity as well as regulations requiring, among other things, maintenance of capital, record keeping, and reporting.

M&T Bank is a New York chartered bank and a member of the Federal Reserve. As a result, it is subject to extensive regulation, examination and oversight by the NYSDFS and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. New York laws and regulations govern many aspects of M&T Bank’s operations, including branching, dividends, subsidiary activities, fiduciary activities, lending, and deposit taking. M&T Bank is also subject to Federal Reserve regulations and guidance, including with respect to capital levels. Its deposits are insured by the FDIC, subject to certain limitations, which also exercises regulatory oversight over certain aspects of M&T Bank’s operations. Certain subsidiaries of M&T Bank are subject to regulation by other federal and state regulators as well. For example, M&T Securities is regulated by the SEC, FINRA, SIPC, and state securities regulators, and WT Investment Advisors is also subject to SEC regulation.

Wilmington Trust, N.A. is a national bank with operations that include fiduciary and related activities with limited lending and deposit business. It is subject to extensive regulation, examination and oversight by the OCC which governs many aspects of its operations, including fiduciary activities, capital levels, office locations, dividends and subsidiary activities. Its deposits are insured by the FDIC, subject to certain limitations, which also exercises regulatory oversight over certain aspects of the operations of Wilmington Trust, N.A.

Permissible Activities under the BHC Act

In general, the BHCA limits the business of a BHC to banking, managing or controlling banks, and other activities that the Federal Reserve has determined to be so closely related to banking as to be a proper incident thereto. In addition, bank holding companies are obligated by a Federal Reserve policy to serve as a managerial and financial source of strength to their subsidiary depository institutions, including committing resources to support such subsidiaries. This support may be required at times when M&T may not be inclined or able to provide it. In addition, any capital loans by a BHC to a subsidiary bank are subordinate in right of payment to deposits and to certain other indebtedness of such subsidiary bank. In the event of a BHC’s bankruptcy, any commitment by the BHC to a federal bank regulatory agency to maintain the capital of a subsidiary bank will be assumed by the bankruptcy trustee and entitled to a priority of payment.

Bank holding companies that qualify and elect to be financial holding companies may engage in any activity, or acquire and retain the shares of a company engaged in any activity, that is either (i) financial in nature or incidental to such financial activity (as determined by the Federal Reserve, by regulation or order, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury) or (ii) complementary to a financial activity and does not pose a substantial risk to the safety and soundness of depository institutions or the financial system generally (as solely determined by the Federal Reserve). Activities that are financial in nature include securities underwriting and dealing, insurance underwriting and merchant banking.

M&T elected to become a financial holding company on March 1, 2011. To maintain financial holding company status, a financial holding company and all of its depository institution subsidiaries must be “well capitalized” and “well managed.” The failure to meet such requirements could result in material restrictions on the activities of M&T and may also adversely affect M&T’s ability to enter into certain transactions, including acquisitions, or obtain necessary approvals in connection with those transactions, as well as loss of financial holding company status. Additionally, if each of the Company’s depository institution subsidiaries has not received at least a “satisfactory” rating on its most recent examination under the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (the “CRA”), the Company would not be able to commence any new financial activities or acquire a company that engages in such activities, although it would still be allowed to engage in activities closely related to banking and make investments in the ordinary course of conducting banking activities. For recent revisions to the CRA, see the section captioned “Community Reinvestment Act” included herein.

Enhanced Prudential Standards

Under Section 165 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”), as amended by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act of 2018 (“EGRRCPA”), U.S. bank holding companies with total consolidated assets of $100 billion or more, including M&T, are subject to enhanced prudential standards. The enhanced prudential standards include risk-based capital and leverage requirements, liquidity standards, risk management and risk committee requirements, stress test requirements and a debt-to-equity limit for companies that the Financial Stability Oversight Council has determined would pose a grave threat to systemic financial stability were they to fail such limits. “Tailoring Rules” adopted by the Federal Reserve and other federal bank regulators in 2019 assign each U.S. BHC with $100 billion or more in total consolidated assets, as well as its bank subsidiaries, to one of four categories based on its size and five other risk-based indicators: (1) cross-jurisdictional activity, (2) weighted short-term wholesale funding, (3) nonbank assets, (4) off-balance sheet exposure, and (5) status as a U.S. global systemically important BHC (“G-SIB”). Under the Tailoring Rules, M&T and its depository institution subsidiaries are subject to Category IV standards, which apply to banking organizations with at least $100 billion in total consolidated assets that do not meet any of the thresholds specified for Categories I through III. The threshold for Category III is $250 billion or more in total consolidated assets, or $100 billion or more in total consolidated assets and at least $75 billion in weighted short-term wholesale funding, nonbank assets or off-balance sheet exposures.

Under the Tailoring Rules, Category IV firms, among other things, (1) are not subject to any Liquidity Coverage Ratio (“LCR”) or Net Stable Funding Ratio (“NSFR”) (or, in certain cases, are subject to reduced requirements), (2) remain eligible to opt-out of the requirement to recognize most elements of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“AOCI”) in regulatory capital, (3) are no longer subject to company-run stress testing requirements, (4) are subject to supervisory stress testing on a biennial basis rather than an annual basis, (5) are subject to requirements to develop and maintain a capital plan on an annual basis and (6) are subject to certain liquidity risk management and risk committee requirements. Category IV firms continue not to be subject to (1) advanced approaches capital requirements, (2) the supplementary leverage ratio (“SLR”) and (3) the

countercyclical capital buffer (“CCyB”). Other elements of the Tailoring Rules are discussed in further detail throughout this section. Compared to Category IV firms, Category III firms are subject to the LCR and NSFR, company-run stress testing requirements, annual (instead of biennial) supervisory stress tests, the SLR and the CCyB.

Capital Requirements

M&T and its subsidiary banks are required to comply with applicable capital adequacy standards established by the federal banking agencies (the “Capital Rules”), which are based on the Basel Committee’s December 2010 final capital framework for strengthening international capital standards, referred to as “Basel III”. The Capital Rules include both risk-based requirements, which compare three measures of capital to risk-weighted assets (“RWAs”), as well as leverage requirements, which, in the case of Category IV bank holding companies such as M&T, consist of the Tier 1 leverage ratio described below. Pursuant to the Capital Rules, the minimum capital ratios are as follows:

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4.5% Common Equity Tier 1 Capital (“CET1”) to RWAs;

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6.0% Tier 1 capital (that is, CET1 plus Additional Tier 1 capital) to RWAs;

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8.0% Total capital (that is, Tier 1 plus Tier 2 capital) to RWAs; and

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4.0% Tier 1 capital to average consolidated assets (the “leverage ratio”).

In calculating risk-based capital ratios, M&T must assign risk weights to the Company’s assets and off-balance sheet items. M&T has an ongoing process to review data elements associated with these exposures that from time to time may affect how specific exposures are classified and could lead to increases or decreases of the regulatory risk weights assigned to such exposures.

The Capital Rules also require firms to maintain a “buffer,” consisting solely of CET1 capital, in addition to the minimum risk-based requirements. Failure to satisfy the buffer requirement in full results in graduated constraints on capital distributions and discretionary executive compensation. The severity of the constraints depends on the amount of the shortfall and the firm’s “eligible retained income,” defined as the greater of (i) net income for the four preceding quarters, net of distributions and associated tax effects not reflected in net income; and (ii) the average of net income over the preceding four quarters.

As a Category IV BHC, M&T’s buffer requirement, referred to as the “Stress Capital Buffer,” is determined through the Federal Reserve’s supervisory stress tests, discussed below. For M&T’s bank subsidiaries, the buffer requirement consists of the static capital conservation buffer equal to 2.5% of RWAs.

CET1 consists of common stock instruments that meet the eligibility criteria in the Capital Rules, including common stock and related surplus, net of treasury stock, retained earnings, certain minority interests and, for certain firms, AOCI. As permitted under the Capital Rules, M&T made a one-time permanent election to neutralize certain AOCI components, with the result that those components are not recognized in M&T’s CET1.

The Capital Rules provide for a number of deductions from and adjustments to CET1. As a “non-advanced approaches” firm under the Capital Rules, M&T is subject to rules that provide for simplified capital requirements relating to the threshold deductions for mortgage servicing assets, deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences that a banking organization could not realize through net operating loss carry backs, and investments in the capital of unconsolidated financial institutions, as well as the inclusion of minority interests in regulatory capital. M&T’s regulatory capital ratios are presented in note 24 of Notes to Financial Statements filed herewith in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

In December 2017, the Basel Committee published standards that it described as the finalization of the Basel III post-crisis regulatory reforms. Among other things, these standards revise the Basel Committee’s standardized approach for credit risk (including by recalibrating risk weights and introducing new capital requirements for certain “unconditionally cancellable commitments,” such as unused credit card lines of credit) and provide a new standardized approach for operational risk capital. Under the Basel framework, these standards will generally be effective on January 1, 2023, with an aggregate output floor phasing in through January 1, 2028. Under the current U.S. capital rules, operational risk capital requirements and a capital floor apply only to advanced approaches institutions, and not to the Company. The impact of these standards will depend on the manner in which they are implemented by the federal banking regulators.

Stress Testing and Stress Capital Buffer

As part of the enhanced prudential requirements applicable to systemically important financial institutions, the Federal Reserve conducts periodic analyses of bank holding companies with at least $100 billion in total consolidated assets using baseline and severely adverse economic and financial scenarios generated by the Federal Reserve. For Category IV firms, such as M&T, these supervisory stress tests occur on a biennial basis, in even-numbered years. The Federal Reserve may also use additional components in the severely adverse scenario or additional or more complex scenarios designed to capture salient risks to specific business groups. A summary of results of the Federal Reserve’s analysis under the severely adverse stress scenario is publicly disclosed. Under the Tailoring Rules, Category IV firms, including M&T, are no longer subject to company-run stress testing requirements.

Bank holding companies with total consolidated assets of $100 billion or more, including Category IV bank holding companies such as M&T, must annually submit capital plans as part of the Federal Reserve’s process. The comprehensive capital plans include a view of capital adequacy under various scenarios — including a BHC-defined baseline scenario, a baseline scenario provided by the Federal Reserve, at least one BHC-defined stress scenario, and severely adverse scenarios provided by the Federal Reserve. The process is intended to help ensure that these bank holding companies have robust, forward-looking capital planning processes that account for each company’s unique risks and that permit continued operations during times of economic and financial stress. Each of the bank holding companies participating in the process is also required to collect and report certain related data to the Federal Reserve on a quarterly basis. The Stress Capital Buffer is based on a BHC’s stressed losses in the supervisory stress test, plus four quarters of planned common stock dividends, subject to a floor of 2.5% of RWAs. In August 2021, the Federal Reserve provided M&T with a Stress Capital Buffer of 2.5%, representing the floor under the regulatory capital rules, which became applicable to M&T on October 1, 2021. Accordingly, it currently is subject to a CET1 capital requirement of 7.0% (a sum of the Stress Capital Buffer and the minimum CET 1 capital ratio).

In January 2021, the Federal Reserve issued a final rule to align its process with the categories set forth in the Tailoring Rules. Under the final rule, for Category IV firms, the portion of the Stress Capital Buffer based on the Federal Reserve’s supervisory stress tests will be calculated biennially, in even-numbered years. During a year in which a Category IV firm does not undergo a supervisory stress test, the firm will receive an updated Stress Capital Buffer that reflects the firm’s updated planned common stock dividends. A Category IV firm is also able to elect to participate in the supervisory stress test in a year in which the firm would not normally be subject to the supervisory stress test and consequently receive an updated Stress Capital Buffer.

The Federal Reserve also incorporates an assessment of the qualitative aspects of the firm’s capital planning process into regular, ongoing supervisory activities and through targeted, horizontal assessments of particular aspects of capital planning. M&T’s annual capital plan is currently due in

April each year. The Federal Reserve publishes the results of its supervisory stress tests by June 30 of each year.

A BHC’s planned capital distributions in its annual capital plan submissions must be consistent with any effective distribution limitations that would apply under the firm’s own baseline projections, including its Stress Capital Buffer.

Distributions

M&T is a legal entity separate and distinct from its banking and other subsidiaries. Historically, the majority of M&T’s revenue has been from dividends paid to M&T by its subsidiary banks. M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust, N.A. are subject to laws and regulations imposing restrictions on the amount of dividends they may declare and pay. Future dividend payments to M&T by its subsidiary banks will be dependent on a number of factors, including the earnings and financial condition of each such bank, and are subject to the limitations referred to in note 24 of Notes to Financial Statements filed herewith in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,” and to other statutory powers of bank regulatory agencies.

An insured depository institution is prohibited from making any capital distribution to its owner, including any dividend, if, after making such distribution, the depository institution fails to meet the required minimum level for any relevant capital measure, including the risk-based capital adequacy and leverage standards discussed herein. Dividend payments by M&T to its shareholders and common stock repurchases by M&T are subject to the oversight of the Federal Reserve. M&T’s ability to make capital distributions would likely be impacted in the event that M&T fails to maintain its Stress Capital Buffer above its minimum CET1 risk-based, Tier-1 risk-based and total risk-based capital requirements.

In addition, the Federal Reserve’s capital plan rule also provides that a BHC must receive prior approval for any dividend, stock repurchase, or other capital distribution, other than a capital distribution on a newly issued capital instrument, if the BHC is required to resubmit its capital plan. Among other circumstances, a firm may be required to resubmit its capital plan in connection with certain acquisitions or dispositions.

Liquidity

Under the Tailoring Rules, the Company is not subject to the Federal Reserve and other federal banking regulators rules, which implement a U.S. version of the Basel Committee’s LCR requirement, which is intended to ensure that banks hold sufficient amounts of so-called “high quality liquid assets” (“HQLA”) to cover the anticipated net cash outflows during a hypothetical acute 30-day stress scenario or the NSFR, which is designed to promote more medium- and long-term funding of the assets and activities of banks over a one-year time horizon. The Federal Reserve’s enhanced prudential standards, however, require the Company, as a BHC with $100 billion or more in total consolidated assets, to comply with enhanced liquidity and overall risk management standards, which include maintaining a level of highly liquid assets based on projected funding needs for 30 days, and increased involvement by boards of directors in liquidity and overall risk management. Under the Tailoring Rules, the liquidity risk management and reporting requirements are less stringent for Category IV bank holding companies as compared to bank holding companies in a different Category.

Cross Guaranty Provision

The cross guaranty provisions in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDIA”) require each insured depository institution owned by the same BHC to be financially responsible for the failure or resolution costs of any affiliated insured institution. Generally, the amount of the cross guaranty liability is equal to the estimated loss to the DIF for the resolution of the affiliated institution(s) in

default. The FDIC’s claim under the cross guaranty provision is superior to claims of shareholders of the insured depository institution or its BHC and to most claims arising out of obligations or liabilities owed to affiliates of the institution, but is subordinate to claims of depositors, secured creditors and holders of subordinated debt (other than affiliates) of the commonly controlled insured depository institution. The FDIC may decline to enforce the cross guaranty provision if it determines that a waiver is in the best interest of the DIF.

Volcker Rule

The Volcker Rule limits proprietary trading and investing in and sponsoring certain hedge funds and private equity funds (defined as “covered funds” in the Volcker Rule). The Company does not engage in any significant amount of proprietary trading as defined in the Volcker Rule and implemented the required procedures for those areas in which trading does occur. In addition, the Company does not engage in any significant covered fund activities that are impacted by the Volcker Rule.

Safety and Soundness Standards

Guidelines adopted by the federal bank regulatory agencies pursuant to the FDIA establish general standards relating to internal controls, information systems, internal audit systems, loan documentation, credit underwriting, interest rate exposure, asset growth, compensation, fees and benefits. In general, these guidelines require, among other things, appropriate systems and practices to identify and manage the risk and exposures specified in the guidelines. Additionally, the agencies adopted regulations that authorize, but do not require, an agency to order an institution that has been given notice by an agency that it is not satisfying any of such safety and soundness standards to submit a compliance plan. If, after being so notified, an institution fails to submit an acceptable compliance plan or fails in any material respect to implement an acceptable compliance plan, the agency must issue an order directing action to correct the deficiency and may issue an order directing other actions of the types to which an undercapitalized institution is subject. If an institution fails to comply with such an order, the agency may seek to enforce such order in judicial proceedings and to impose civil money penalties.

Limits on Undercapitalized Depository Institutions

The FDIA establishes a system of regulatory remedies to resolve the problems of undercapitalized institutions, referred to as the prompt corrective action. The federal banking regulators have established five capital categories (“well-capitalized,” “adequately capitalized,” “undercapitalized,” “significantly undercapitalized” and “critically undercapitalized”) and must take certain mandatory supervisory actions, and are authorized to take other discretionary actions, with respect to institutions which are undercapitalized, significantly undercapitalized or critically undercapitalized. The severity of these mandatory and discretionary supervisory actions depends upon the capital category in which the institution is placed. The federal banking regulators have specified by regulation the relevant capital levels for each category. The FDIA’s prompt corrective action provisions only apply to depository institutions and not to bank holding companies. The Federal Reserve’s regulations applicable to bank holding companies separately define “well capitalized.” A financial holding company that is not well-capitalized and well-managed (or whose bank subsidiaries are not well capitalized and well managed) under applicable prompt corrective action standards may be restricted in certain of its activities and ultimately may lose financial holding company status. Under existing rules, a depository institution that is subject to Category IV standards is deemed to be “well capitalized” if it has (i) a CET1 ratio of at least 6.5%, (ii) a Tier 1 capital ratio of at least 8%, (iii) a Total capital ratio of at least 10%, and (iv) a Tier 1 leverage ratio of at least 5%.

An institution that is categorized as undercapitalized, significantly undercapitalized or critically undercapitalized is required to submit an acceptable capital restoration plan to its appropriate federal banking regulator. Under the FDIA, in order for the capital restoration plan to be accepted by the appropriate federal banking agency, a BHC must guarantee that a subsidiary depository institution will comply with its capital restoration plan, subject to certain limitations. The BHC must also provide appropriate assurances of performance. An undercapitalized institution is also generally prohibited from increasing its average total assets, accepting brokered deposits or offering interest rates on any deposits significantly higher than prevailing market rates, making acquisitions, establishing any branches or engaging in any new line of business, except in accordance with an accepted capital restoration plan or with the approval of the FDIC. Institutions that are significantly undercapitalized or undercapitalized and either fail to submit an acceptable capital restoration plan or fail to implement an approved capital restoration plan may be subject to a number of requirements and restrictions, including orders to sell sufficient voting stock to become adequately capitalized, requirements to reduce total assets and cessation of receipt of deposits from correspondent banks. Critically undercapitalized depository institutions failing to submit or implement an acceptable capital restoration plan are subject to appointment of a receiver or conservator.

Transactions with Affiliates

There are various legal restrictions on the extent to which M&T and its non-bank subsidiaries or affiliates (M&T Insurance Agency, Inc., M&T Realty Capital Corporation, M&T Securities, Inc., Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc.) may borrow or otherwise obtain funding from M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust, N.A. In general, Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act and Federal Reserve Regulation W require that any “covered transaction” by M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust, N.A. (or any of their respective subsidiaries) with an affiliate must in certain cases be secured by designated amounts of specified collateral and must be limited as follows: (i) in the case of any single such affiliate, the aggregate amount of covered transactions of the insured depository institution and its subsidiaries may not exceed 10% of the capital stock and surplus of such insured depository institution, and (ii) in the case of all affiliates, the aggregate amount of covered transactions of an insured depository institution and its subsidiaries may not exceed 20% of the capital stock and surplus of such insured depository institution. “Covered transactions” are defined by statute to include, among other things, a loan or extension of credit, as well as a purchase of securities issued by an affiliate, a purchase of assets (unless otherwise exempted by the Federal Reserve) from the affiliate, certain derivative transactions that create a credit exposure to an affiliate, the acceptance of securities issued by the affiliate as collateral for a loan, and the issuance of a guarantee, acceptance or letter of credit on behalf of an affiliate. All covered transactions, including certain additional transactions (such as transactions with a third party in which an affiliate has a financial interest), must be conducted on terms and under circumstances including credit standards, (i) that are substantially the same, or at least as favorable to such bank or its subsidiary, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with or involving other nonaffiliated companies, or in the absence of comparable transactions, or (ii) that in good faith would be offered to, or would apply to, nonaffiliated companies.

FDIC Insurance Assessments

M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust, N.A. deposits are insured by the DIF of the FDIC up to the limits set forth under applicable law. The FDIC imposes a risk-based premium assessment system that determines assessment rates for financial institutions. Deposit insurance assessments are based on average total assets minus average tangible equity. For larger institutions, such as M&T Bank, the FDIC uses a performance score and a loss-severity score that are used to calculate an initial assessment rate. In calculating these scores, the FDIC uses a bank’s capital level and supervisory

ratings and certain financial measures to assess an institution’s ability to withstand asset-related stress and funding-related stress. The FDIC has the ability to make discretionary adjustments to the total score based upon significant risk factors that are not adequately captured in the calculations. Under the current system, premiums are assessed quarterly.

Under the FDIA, insurance of deposits may be terminated by the FDIC upon a finding that the institution has engaged in unsafe and unsound practices, is in an unsafe or unsound condition to continue operations, or has violated any applicable law, regulation, rule, order or condition imposed by the FDIC.

Acquisitions

Federal and state laws impose notice and approval requirements for mergers and acquisitions involving depository institutions or bank holding companies. For example, the BHCA requires every BHC to obtain the prior approval of the Federal Reserve before: (1) it may acquire direct or indirect ownership or control of any voting shares of any bank or savings institution, if after such acquisition, the BHC will directly or indirectly own or control 5% or more of the voting shares of the institution; (2) it or any of its subsidiaries, other than a bank, may acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any bank or savings institution; or (3) it may merge or consolidate with any other BHC. In addition, financial holding companies are required to obtain prior approval from the Federal Reserve before acquiring certain nonbank financial companies with assets exceeding $10 billion.

The BHCA further provides that the Federal Reserve may not approve any transaction that would result in a monopoly or would be in furtherance of any combination or conspiracy to monopolize or attempt to monopolize the business of banking in any section of the United States, or the effect of which may be substantially to lessen competition or to tend to create a monopoly in any section of the country, or that in any other manner would be in restraint of trade, unless the anticompetitive effects of the proposed transaction are clearly outweighed by the public interest in meeting the convenience and needs of the community to be served. The Federal Reserve is also required to consider the financial and managerial resources and future prospects of the bank holding companies and banks concerned and the convenience and needs of the community to be served. Consideration of financial resources generally focuses on capital adequacy and consideration of convenience and needs issues and includes the parties’ performance under the CRA and compliance with laws, especially consumer protection laws. When evaluating a transaction, the Federal Reserve must also take into account the institutions’ effectiveness in combating money laundering and consider the extent to which the transaction would result in greater or more concentrated risks to the stability of the United States banking or financial system.

Refer to “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Merger” below for discussion related to the Company’s pending application for the proposed merger with People’s United Financial, Inc. (“People’s United”).

Executive and Incentive Compensation

Guidelines adopted by several federal banking agencies prohibit excessive compensation as an unsafe and unsound practice and describe compensation as “excessive” when the amounts paid are unreasonable or disproportionate to the services performed by an executive officer, employee, director or principal stockholder. The Federal Reserve issued comprehensive guidance on incentive compensation policies (the “Incentive Compensation Guidance”) intended to ensure that the incentive compensation policies of banking organizations do not undermine the safety and soundness of such organizations by encouraging excessive risk-taking. The Incentive Compensation Guidance, which covers all employees that have the ability to materially affect the risk profile of an organization, either individually or as part of a group, is based upon the key principles that a banking organization’s incentive compensation arrangements should (i) provide incentives that do not

encourage risk-taking beyond the organization’s ability to effectively identify and manage risks, (ii) be compatible with effective internal controls and risk management, and (iii) be supported by strong corporate governance, including active and effective oversight by the organization’s board of directors. These three principles are incorporated into the proposed joint compensation regulations under the Dodd-Frank Act noted below. Any deficiencies in compensation practices that are identified may be incorporated into the organization’s supervisory ratings, which can affect its ability to make acquisitions or perform other actions. The Incentive Compensation Guidance states that enforcement actions may be taken against a banking organization if its incentive compensation arrangements or related risk-management control or governance processes pose a risk to the organization’s safety and soundness and the organization is not taking prompt and effective measures to correct the deficiencies.

The Dodd-Frank Act requires the federal bank regulatory agencies and the SEC to establish joint regulations or guidelines prohibiting incentive-based payment arrangements at specified regulated entities having at least $1 billion in total assets, such as M&T and M&T Bank. The agencies proposed rules to implement this requirement but these proposed rules have not been finalized. In addition, the SEC proposed in 2015, but has not finalized, rules directing national securities exchanges and associations to establish listing standards requiring companies to adopt policies that require executive officers to pay back incentive-based compensation that they were awarded erroneously. In October 2021, the SEC reopened the comment period on this proposal.

In addition, the NYSDFS issued guidance emphasizing that its regulated banking institutions, including M&T Bank, must ensure that any incentive compensation arrangements tied to employee performance indicators are subject to effective risk management, oversight and control.

Resolution Planning

Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, as amended by EGRRCPA, certain bank holding companies are required to report periodically to the Federal Reserve and the FDIC a resolution plan for their rapid and orderly resolution in the event of material financial distress or failure. In late 2019, the Federal Reserve and FDIC issued modified rules that, among other things, adjusted the review cycles and applicability of the agencies’ resolution planning requirements. Under these rules, Category IV firms such as M&T are not required to submit resolution plans.

The FDIC has separately required insured depository institutions (“IDIs”) with $50 billion or more in total assets, such as M&T Bank, to submit to the FDIC periodic plans for resolution in the event of the institution’s failure. In January 2021, the FDIC lifted its existing moratorium on resolution plans, indicating it will resume the requirement for resolution plan submissions for IDIs with $100 billion or more in assets. The FDIC also announced its intention to engage in targeted engagement and capabilities testing related to resolution planning with select firms, for which M&T Bank participated in mid-2021. In June 2021, the FDIC issued a Statement on Resolution Plans for IDI’s, which, among other things, provides general information regarding the content that filers will be expected to prepare and extends the submission frequency for specified IDI’s to a three-year resolution plan filing cycle. The FDIC has notified M&T Bank that its next resolution plan is due by no later than December 1, 2022.

Insolvency of an Insured Depository Institution or a Bank Holding Company

If the FDIC is appointed as conservator or receiver for an insured depository institution such as M&T Bank or Wilmington Trust, N.A., upon its insolvency or in certain other events without limitation, the FDIC has the power:

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to transfer any of the depository institution’s assets and liabilities to a new depository institution, including a newly formed “bridge” bank without the approval of the insolvent depository institution’s creditors or equity holders;

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to enforce the terms of the depository institution’s contracts pursuant to their terms without regard to any provisions triggered by the appointment of the FDIC in that capacity; or

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to repudiate or disaffirm any contract or lease to which the depository institution is a party, the performance of which is determined by the FDIC to be burdensome and the disaffirmance or repudiation of which is determined by the FDIC to promote the orderly administration of the depository institution.

In addition, under federal law, the claims of holders of domestic deposit liabilities and certain claims for administrative expenses against an insured depository institution would be afforded a priority over other general unsecured claims against such an institution, including claims of debt holders of the institution, in the “liquidation or other resolution” of such an institution by any receiver. As a result, whether or not the FDIC ever sought to repudiate any debt obligations of M&T Bank or Wilmington Trust, N.A., the debt holders would be treated differently from, and could receive, if anything, substantially less than, the depositors of the bank.

The Dodd-Frank Act created a new resolution regime (known as “orderly liquidation authority”) for systemically important financial companies, including bank holding companies and their affiliates. Under the orderly liquidation authority, the FDIC may be appointed as receiver for the systemically important institution, and its failed subsidiaries, for purposes of liquidating the entity if, among other conditions, it is determined at the time of the institution’s failure that it is in default or in danger of default and the failure poses a risk to the stability of the U.S. financial system.

If the FDIC is appointed as receiver under the orderly liquidation authority, then the powers of the receiver, and the rights and obligations of creditors and other parties who have dealt with the institution, would be determined under the Dodd-Frank Act provisions, and not under the insolvency law that would otherwise apply. The powers of the receiver under the orderly liquidation authority were based on the powers of the FDIC as receiver for depository institutions under the FDIA. However, the provisions governing the rights of creditors under the orderly liquidation authority were modified in certain respects to reduce disparities with the treatment of creditors’ claims under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code as compared to the treatment of those claims under the new authority. Nonetheless, substantial differences in the rights of creditors exist as between these two regimes, including the right of the FDIC to disregard the strict priority of creditor claims in some circumstances, the use of an administrative claims procedure to determine creditors’ claims (as opposed to the judicial procedure utilized in bankruptcy proceedings), and the right of the FDIC to transfer claims to a “bridge” entity.

An orderly liquidation fund will fund such liquidation proceedings through borrowings from the Treasury Department and risk-based assessments made, first, on entities that received more in the resolution than they would have received in liquidation to the extent of such excess, and second, if necessary, on bank holding companies with total consolidated assets of $50 billion or more, such as M&T. If an orderly liquidation is triggered, M&T could face assessments for the orderly liquidation fund.

The FDIC has developed a strategy under the orderly liquidation authority referred to as the “single point of entry” strategy, under which the FDIC would resolve a failed financial holding

company by transferring its assets (including shares of its operating subsidiaries) and, potentially, very limited liabilities to a “bridge” holding company; utilize the resources of the failed financial holding company to recapitalize the operating subsidiaries; and satisfy the claims of unsecured creditors of the failed financial holding company and other claimants in the receivership by delivering securities of one or more new financial companies that would emerge from the bridge holding company. Under this strategy, management of the failed financial holding company would be replaced and shareholders and creditors of the failed financial holding company would bear the losses resulting from the failure.

Depositor Preference

Under federal law, depositors and certain claims for administrative expenses and employee compensation against an insured depository institution would be afforded a priority over other general unsecured claims against such an institution in the “liquidation or other resolution” of such an institution by any receiver. If an insured depository institution fails, insured and uninsured depositors, along with the FDIC, will have priority in payment ahead of unsecured, non-deposit creditors, including depositors whose deposits are payable only outside of the United States and the parent BHC, with respect to any extensions of credit they have made to such insured depository institution.

Financial Privacy and Cyber Security

The federal banking regulators have adopted rules that limit the ability of banks and other financial institutions to disclose non-public and personally identifiable information about consumers to non-affiliated third parties. These limitations require disclosure of privacy policies to consumers and, in some circumstances, allow consumers to prevent disclosure of certain personal information to a non-affiliated third party. These regulations affect how consumer information is transmitted through diversified financial companies and conveyed to outside vendors. In addition, consumers may also prevent disclosure of certain information among affiliated companies that is assembled or used to determine eligibility for a product or service, such as that shown on consumer credit reports and asset and income information from applications. Consumers also have the option to direct banks and other financial institutions not to share information about transactions and experiences with affiliated companies for the purpose of marketing products or services. Federal law makes it a criminal offense, except in limited circumstances, to obtain or attempt to obtain customer information of a financial nature by fraudulent or deceptive means.

In November 2021, the federal banking agencies issued a final rule requiring banking organizations to notify their primary regulator as soon as possible and within 36 hours of determining that a “notification incident” has occurred. A notification incident is a “computer-security incident” that has materially disrupted or degraded, or is reasonably likely to materially disrupt or degrade, the banking organization’s ability to deliver services to a material portion of its customer base, jeopardize the viability of key operations of the banking organization, or impact the stability of the financial sector. The final rule also requires specific and immediate notifications by bank service providers that become aware of similar incidents. The rule is effective April 1, 2022, with compliance required by May 1, 2022.

Financial institutions regulated by the NYSDFS, including M&T Bank, are also subject to NYSDFS regulations on cybersecurity matters, including, among other things, requirements to (i) establish and maintain a cyber security program designed to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of their information systems; (ii) implement and maintain a written cyber security policy setting forth policies and procedures for the protection of their information systems and nonpublic information; and (iii) designate a Chief Information Security Officer.

Many states and regulators have been increasingly active in implementing privacy and cybersecurity standards and regulations, including implementing or modifying their data breach notification and data privacy requirements. One example of recent state legislation is the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which became effective on January 1, 2020 and applies to for-profit businesses that conduct business in California and meet certain revenue or data collection thresholds. November 2020 amendments expanding the scope of and requirements under the CCPA will generally become effective on January 1, 2023.

Consumer Protection Laws and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Supervision

In connection with their respective lending and leasing activities, M&T Bank, Wilmington Trust, N.A. and certain of their subsidiaries, are each subject to a number of federal and state laws designed to protect borrowers and promote lending to various sectors of the economy. Such laws include: the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Military Lending Act, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, and various state law counterparts. Furthermore, the CFPB has issued integrated disclosure requirements under the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act that relate to the provision of disclosures to borrowers. There are also consumer protection laws governing deposit taking activities (e.g. Truth in Savings Act), as well securities and insurance laws governing certain aspects of the Company’s consolidated operations.

The CFPB has broad powers to supervise and enforce most federal consumer protection laws. The CFPB has broad rule-making authority for a wide range of consumer protection laws that apply to all banks and savings institutions, including the authority to prohibit “unfair, deceptive or abusive” acts and practices. The CFPB has examination and enforcement authority over all banks and savings institutions with more than $10 billion in assets, including M&T Bank.

In addition, federal law permits states to adopt consumer protection laws and standards that are more stringent than those adopted at the federal level and, in certain circumstances, permits state attorneys general to enforce compliance with both the state and federal laws and regulations.

Community Reinvestment Act

The CRA is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, consistent with safe and sound operations. CRA examinations are conducted by the federal agencies that are responsible for supervising the relevant depository institutions: the Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the OCC. For purposes of the CRA, M&T is regulated by the Federal Reserve. A financial institution’s performance in helping to meet the credit needs of its community is evaluated in the context of information about the institution (capacity, constraints and business strategies), its community (demographic and economic data, lending, investment, and service opportunities), and its competitors and peers. Upon completion of a CRA examination, an overall CRA Rating is assigned using a four-tiered rating system. These ratings are: “Outstanding,” “Satisfactory,” “Needs to Improve” and “Substantial Noncompliance.” The CRA evaluation is used in evaluating applications for future approval of bank activities including mergers, acquisitions, charters, branch openings and deposit facilities. An unsatisfactory CRA evaluation could result in the delay or denial of acquisition or merger applications, among other activities. M&T Bank has a current rating of “Outstanding.” M&T Bank is also subject to New York State CRA examination and is assessed using a 1 to 4 scoring system. M&T Bank currently has a rating of 1, or “Outstanding” from the NYSDFS. Wilmington Trust, N.A. has been designated a special purpose trust company since March 3, 2016, and is therefore exempt from the requirements of the CRA. In September 2020, the Federal Reserve released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that sought public comment on ways to

modernize the Federal Reserve’s CRA regulation. The effects on the Company of any potential change to the CRA rules will depend on the final form of any Federal Reserve rulemaking and cannot be predicted at this time.

Bank Secrecy Act Regulation and Anti-Money Laundering Obligations

Federal laws and regulations impose obligations on U.S. financial institutions, including banks and broker/dealer subsidiaries, to implement and maintain appropriate policies, procedures and controls which are reasonably designed to prevent, detect and report instances of money laundering and the financing of terrorism and to verify the identity of their customers. These provisions also require the federal financial institution regulatory agencies to consider the effectiveness of a financial institution’s anti-money laundering activities when reviewing bank mergers and BHC acquisitions. Failure of a financial institution to maintain and implement adequate programs to combat money laundering and terrorist financing could have serious legal and reputational consequences for the institution, including the denial by federal regulators of proposed merger, acquisition, restructuring or other expansionary activity.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), which drafts regulations implementing the USA PATRIOT Act and other anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act legislation, has adopted rules that require financial institutions to, among other things, obtain beneficial ownership information with respect to legal entities with which such institutions conduct business, subject to certain exclusions and exemptions. Bank regulators are focusing their examinations on anti-money laundering compliance, and M&T continues to monitor and augment, where necessary, its Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering (“BSA/AML”) Compliance Program.

The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (“AMLA”), which amends the BSA, was enacted in January 2021. The AMLA is intended to comprehensively reform and modernize U.S. bank secrecy and anti-money laundering laws. Among other things, it codifies a risk-based approach to anti-money laundering compliance for financial institutions; requires the U.S. Department of the Treasury to promulgate priorities for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism policy; requires the development of standards for testing technology and internal processes for BSA compliance; expands enforcement and investigation-related authority, including increasing available sanctions for certain BSA violations; and expands BSA whistleblower incentives and protections. In June 2021, FinCEN issued the priorities for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism policy required under AMLA. The priorities include: corruption, cybercrime, terrorist financing, fraud, transnational crime, drug trafficking, human trafficking and proliferation financing. M&T reviews and monitors its anti-money laundering compliance program to ensure it complies with the changes reflected in the AMLA and the regulations that implement it.

Office of Foreign Assets Control Regulation

The United States has imposed economic sanctions that prohibit transactions with designated foreign countries, nationals and others. These are typically known as the “OFAC” rules based on their administration by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”). The OFAC-administered sanctions targeting countries take many different forms. Generally, however, they contain one or more of the following elements: (i) restrictions on trade with or investment in a sanctioned country, including prohibitions against direct or indirect imports from and exports to a sanctioned country and prohibitions on “U.S. persons” engaging in financial transactions relating to making investments in, or providing investment-related advice or assistance to, a sanctioned country; and (ii) a blocking of assets in which the government or specially designated nationals of the sanctioned country have an interest, by prohibiting transfers of property subject to U.S. jurisdiction (including property in the possession or control of U.S. persons). Blocked assets (e.g. property and

bank deposits) cannot be paid out, withdrawn, set off or transferred in any manner without a license from OFAC. Failure to comply with these sanctions could have serious legal and reputational consequences, including denial by federal regulators of proposed merger, acquisition, restructuring, or other expansionary activity. The OFAC rules are included as part of M&T’s BSA/AML Compliance Program, which M&T continues to monitor and augment, where necessary.

Regulation of Insurers and Insurance Brokers

The Company’s operations in the areas of insurance agency/brokerage and reinsurance of credit life insurance are subject to regulation and supervision by various state insurance regulatory authorities. Although the scope of regulation and form of supervision may vary from state to state, insurance laws generally grant broad discretion to regulatory authorities in adopting regulations and supervising regulated activities. This supervision generally includes the licensing of insurance brokers and agents and the regulation of the handling of customer funds held in a fiduciary capacity. Certain of M&T’s subsidiaries that are engaged in insurance-related activities are subject to extensive regulatory supervision and to insurance laws and regulations requiring, among other things, maintenance of capital, record keeping, reporting and examinations.

Federal Reserve Policies

The earnings of the Company are significantly affected by the monetary and fiscal policies of governmental authorities, including the Federal Reserve. Among the instruments of monetary policy used by the Federal Reserve are open-market operations in U.S. Government securities and federal funds, changes in the discount rate on member bank borrowings and changes in reserve requirements against member bank deposits. These instruments of monetary policy are used in varying combinations to influence the overall level of bank loans, investments and deposits, and the interest rates charged on loans and paid for deposits. The Federal Reserve frequently uses these instruments of monetary policy, especially its open-market operations and the discount rate, to influence the level of interest rates and to affect the strength of the economy, the level of inflation or the price of the dollar in foreign exchange markets. The monetary policies of the Federal Reserve have had a significant effect on the operating results of banking institutions in the past and are expected to continue to do so in the future. It is not possible to predict the nature of future changes in monetary and fiscal policies or the effect which they may have on the Company’s business and earnings.

Corporate Governance

M&T’s Corporate Governance Standards and the following corporate governance documents are also available on M&T’s website at the Investor Relations link: Disclosure and Regulation FD Policy; Executive Committee Charter; Nomination, Compensation and Governance Committee Charter; Audit Committee Charter; Risk Committee Charter; Financial Reporting and Disclosure Controls and Procedures Policy; Code of Ethics for CEO and Senior Financial Officers; Code of Business Conduct and Ethics; and Employee Complaint Procedures for Accounting and Auditing Matters. Copies of such governance documents are also available, free of charge, to any person who requests them. Such requests may be directed to M&T Bank Corporation, Shareholder Relations Department, One M&T Plaza, 8th Floor, Buffalo, NY 14203-2399 (Telephone: (716) 842-5138).

Human Capital Resources

M&T recognizes employees are the difference makers that drive its success. The Company’s talent strategy focuses on recruiting, developing, promoting and retaining high-performing, diverse individuals whose strengths align with M&T’s values, purpose and leadership competencies to create and maintain a highly competitive workforce.

As of December 31, 2021, the Company employed 17,569 full-time and part-time employees. The Company’s employee base is concentrated in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic United States, with approximately 58% of employees residing in New York, followed by 12% in Maryland, 10% in Delaware and the remainder primarily concentrated in the other states where M&T Bank maintains a retail bank branch presence. Approximately 4% of the Company’s employee base resides outside of its retail banking footprint. Inclusive in the above, as of December 31, 2021, the Company employed 115 international employees based in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Germany and France. The Company’s employee base includes 3,793 employees that support customers in the retail branch network. Overall, the average tenure of the Company’s employees is 10 years and the average tenure of the Company’s executive officers is 24 years.

Talent Attraction and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

M&T leverages various channels to effectively identify, develop and recruit high-caliber talent throughout its footprint. Current employees are leveraged to supplement the Company’s normal recruiting processes. The Employee Referral Program typically serves as the primary tool for generating applicants, and it accounted for 29% of new hires in 2021. In addition, the Company’s Talent Acquisition Ambassador Program, which was implemented in 2020 and currently includes approximately 60 employees throughout different business lines, dedicated over 800 hours towards promoting awareness of M&T career opportunities within the Company’s communities.

M&T’s recruitment team strives to create and maintain diverse representation at all levels and in all areas of the organization to promote a sense of belonging among employees and maintain a workforce that reflects the communities the Company serves. M&T employees attended 51 individual diversity-based recruiting events in 2021 with target audiences crossing many diversity dimensions, such as Black, LatinX, Veterans, LGBTQ+, individuals with disabilities and women. The Company also works with diversity-focused schools and organizations as part of its efforts to recruit and maintain a diverse workforce. In 2021, 41% of total corporate hires were people of color and 62% were women, 47% of summer interns were people of color, and 44% of the participants in the Company’s Technology Internship Program were people of color. As of December 31, 2021, the entire Company’s workforce consisted of approximately 60% women and 24% people of color.

To further drive diversity within the company, M&T also supports several employee resource group charters and chapters, which are voluntary, employee-driven groups organized around a particular shared interest and characteristic, such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or differing abilities. Approximately 34% of the Company’s employees and 53% of managers are involved in these groups. The Company’s diversity efforts are led by its Chief Diversity Officer, who is a member of senior leadership, and the Senior Leadership Diversity & Inclusion Council, both of which champion inclusion efforts throughout the Company. M&T’s Board of Directors also receives regular updates on the Company’s diversity, inclusion and belonging efforts.

Development and Engagement

The Company’s performance management philosophy is foundational to its employees’ success, focusing on reinforcing values, providing continuous, transparent feedback and recognizing and rewarding outstanding performance. The Company helps empower employee performance and cultivate employee development through a variety of learning offerings on topics such as technical, job-specific skills and professional development, including courses aligned with the Company’s enterprise-wide leadership competencies. Training content is made available as synchronous, asynchronous, and blended learning solutions to promote employee access. The Company also invests in creating its leaders of tomorrow through various internal programs including its Manager Acceleration Program, Management Development Program, Executive Associate Program,

Technology Development Program and two additional programs focused on the Company’s high-performing diverse employees – the Rising Leadership Development Program and Equity One.

M&T’s commitment to finding the best talent, creating a positive employee experience and fostering development results in a highly engaged employee base that drives the Company’s success. Since 2001, the Company has conducted 16 “Engagement Surveys,” with average participation rates above 90%, demonstrating a commitment to fostering candid, open and honest, two-way communication with employees to enhance the workplace. All survey results are reviewed with senior management and shared with individual managers, who identify and implement improvements based on employees’ feedback, as well as presented to M&T's Board of Directors. Employees also participate in action planning within individual work groups. In addition, M&T conducts other surveys to monitor and guide the employee experience throughout an employee’s time with the Company. Surveys are conducted at various times, such as new hire onboarding as well as in connection with key events, such as acquisitions. M&T has also conducted numerous employee surveys during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Employee engagement is also fostered through the Company’s allotment of 40 hours of volunteer time for each employee to make a difference in the communities in which they serve. Although volunteer opportunities recently have been limited by the pandemic, in 2021, M&T employees volunteered approximately 50,000 hours and served on the boards of over 170 non-profit organizations.

Compensation, Health and Wellness

The Company provides comprehensive compensation and benefits programs intended to attract, retain and incentivize its employees. In addition to base pay, these programs (which vary by country and region) include cash incentives, long term equity-based awards, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, a 401(k) Plan, healthcare and insurance benefits, health savings and flexible spending accounts, paid time off, parental leave, family care resources, flexible work schedules, employee assistance programs and tuition assistance, among others.

The Company’s wellness program provides employees and their families with resources that may be helpful in navigating life events and are designed to provide support to help improve their well-being. In addition to addressing employees’ physical needs through flexible and convenient medical plan and telemedicine options, M&T endeavors to find ways to contribute to employees’ emotional health and social well-being through various programs offered to employees. The Company partners with several of its medical partners to offer sponsored events and courses, led by medical experts, and also works to help employees manage their financial wellness through free educational resources.

As part of its ongoing response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Company continues to educate employees on safety precautions through communications and webinars while maintaining safety measures including protective equipment and increased sanitation at all work sites. The Company also continued to support work from home practices for employees capable of performing their duties remotely throughout 2021. In 2022, M&T will continue to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and take appropriate measures to protect the safety and health of employees with the goal of bringing many employees back to the office in a hybrid working model, balancing on-site collaboration with employee flexibility.

Competition

The Company faces extensive and intensive competition in the products and services it offers. The Company competes in offering commercial and personal financial and wealth services with other banking institutions and thrifts and with firms in a number of other industries, such as credit unions, personal loan companies, sales finance companies, leasing companies, securities brokerage firms,

mutual fund companies, hedge funds, wealth and investment advisory firms, insurance companies and other financial services-related entities. Furthermore, diversified financial services companies are able to offer a combination of these services to their customers on a nationwide basis. Financial technology companies, using digital, mobile and other technologies, also are increasingly offering traditional banking products and services, which has resulted in the Company contending with a broader range of competitors, including many that are not located within the geographic footprint of the Company’s banking office network.

Other Information

Through a link on the Investor Relations section of M&T’s website at www.mtb.com, copies of M&T’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, are made available, free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after electronically filing such material with, or furnishing it to, the SEC. Copies of such reports and other information are also available at no charge to any person who requests them or at www.sec.gov. Such requests may be directed to M&T Bank Corporation, Shareholder Relations Department, One M&T Plaza, 8th Floor, Buffalo, NY 14203-2399 (Telephone: (716) 842-5138).

Disclosure Pursuant to Subpart 1400 of Regulation S-K

See cross-reference sheet for disclosures incorporated elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Table 1

SELECTED CONSOLIDATED YEAR-END BALANCES

	2021			2020			2019			2018			2017
	(In thousands)

Interest-bearing deposits at banks	$	41,872,304		$	23,663,810		$	7,190,154		$	8,105,197		$	5,078,903
Federal funds sold		—			—			3,500		—			—
Trading account		468,031			1,068,581			470,129			185,584			132,909
Investment securities
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies		6,504,382			6,360,218			8,746,749			11,746,240			13,851,832
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		177			1,531			4,915			9,153			27,151
Other		651,301			683,948			745,587			937,420			785,542
Total investment securities		7,155,860			7,045,697			9,497,251			12,692,813			14,664,525
Loans and leases
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.		23,621,188			27,801,382			23,987,897			23,136,913			21,900,258
Commercial real estate		35,473,884			37,728,844			35,633,593			34,448,927			33,450,133
Residential real estate		16,077,275			16,786,673			16,193,154			17,191,566			19,640,830
Consumer		17,964,331			16,558,889			15,373,881			13,956,086			13,251,665
Total loans and leases		93,136,678			98,875,788			91,188,525			88,733,492			88,242,886
Unearned discount		(224,226	)		(339,921	)		(265,656	)		(267,015	)		(253,903	)
Loans and leases, net of unearned discount		92,912,452			98,535,867			90,922,869			88,466,477			87,988,983
Allowance for credit losses		(1,469,226	)		(1,736,387	)		(1,051,071	)		(1,019,444	)		(1,017,198	)
Loans and leases, net		91,443,226			96,799,480			89,871,798			87,447,033			86,971,785
Goodwill		4,593,112			4,593,112			4,593,112			4,593,112			4,593,112
Core deposit and other intangible assets		3,998			14,165			29,034			47,067			71,589
Real estate and other assets owned		23,901			34,668			85,646			78,375			111,910
Total assets		155,107,160			142,601,105			119,872,757			120,097,403			118,593,487

Noninterest-bearing deposits		60,131,480			47,572,884			32,396,407			32,256,668			33,975,180
Savings and interest-checking deposits		68,603,966			67,680,840			54,932,162			50,963,744			51,698,008
Time deposits		2,807,963			3,899,910			5,757,456			6,124,254			6,580,962
Deposits at Cayman Islands office		—			652,104			1,684,044			811,906			177,996
Total deposits		131,543,409			119,805,738			94,770,069			90,156,572			92,432,146
Short-term borrowings		47,046			59,482			62,363			4,398,378			175,099
Long-term borrowings		3,485,369			4,382,193			6,986,186			8,444,914			8,141,430
Total liabilities		137,203,755			126,413,822			104,156,108			104,637,212			102,342,668
Shareholders’ equity		17,903,405			16,187,283			15,716,649			15,460,191			16,250,819

Table 2

SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES AND OFFICES

Number at Year-End	2021		2020		2019		2018		2017

Shareholders		16,099		16,797		17,333		18,099		18,864
Employees		17,569		17,373		17,773		17,267		16,794
Offices		724		751		771		794		833

Table 3

CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS

	2021			2020			2019		2018			2017
	(In thousands)
Interest income
Loans and leases, including fees	$	3,748,988		$	3,975,053		$	4,442,182	$	4,164,561		$	3,742,867
Investment securities
Fully taxable		141,046			176,469			288,532		323,912			361,157
Exempt from federal taxes		116			183			321		665			1,431
Deposits at banks		47,491			32,956			141,397		108,182			61,326
Other		1,143			8,051			7,161		1,391			1,014
Total interest income		3,938,784			4,192,712			4,879,593		4,598,711			4,167,795
Interest expense
Savings and interest-checking deposits		32,998			146,701			368,003		215,411			133,177
Time deposits		18,635			66,280			95,426		51,423			61,505
Deposits at Cayman Islands office		201			4,054			21,917		5,633			1,186
Short-term borrowings		7			28			24,741		5,386			1,511
Long-term borrowings		62,165			109,332			239,242		248,556			189,372
Total interest expense		114,006			326,395			749,329		526,409			386,751
Net interest income		3,824,778			3,866,317			4,130,264		4,072,302			3,781,044
Provision for credit losses		(75,000	)		800,000			176,000		132,000			168,000
Net interest income after provision for credit losses		3,899,778			3,066,317			3,954,264		3,940,302			3,613,044
Other income
Mortgage banking revenues		571,329			566,641			457,770		360,442			363,827
Service charges on deposit accounts		402,113			370,788			432,978		429,337			427,372
Trust income		644,716			601,884			572,608		537,585			501,381
Brokerage services income		62,791			47,428			48,922		51,069			61,445
Trading account and foreign exchange gains		24,376			40,536			62,044		32,547			35,301
Gain (loss) on bank investment securities		(21,220	)		(9,421	)		18,037		(6,301	)		21,279
Other revenues from operations		482,889			470,588			469,320		451,321			440,538
Total other income		2,166,994			2,088,444			2,061,679		1,856,000			1,851,143
Other expense
Salaries and employee benefits		2,045,677			1,950,692			1,900,797		1,752,264			1,648,794
Equipment and net occupancy		326,698			322,037			324,079		298,828			295,084
Outside data processing and software		291,839			258,480			229,731		199,025			184,670
FDIC assessments		69,704			53,803			41,535		68,256			101,871
Advertising and marketing		64,428			61,904			93,472		85,710			69,203
Printing, postage and supplies		36,507			39,869			39,893		35,658			35,960
Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets		10,167			14,869			19,490		24,522			31,366
Other costs of operations		766,603			683,586			819,685		823,529			773,377
Total other expense		3,611,623			3,385,240			3,468,682		3,288,062			3,140,325
Income before income taxes		2,455,149			1,769,521			2,547,261		2,508,240			2,323,862
Income taxes		596,403			416,369			618,112		590,160			915,556
Net income	$	1,858,746		$	1,353,152		$	1,929,149	$	1,918,080		$	1,408,306
Dividends declared
Common	$	582,967		$	569,076		$	552,216	$	510,458		$	457,200
Preferred		72,915			68,228			72,482		72,521			72,734

Table 4

COMMON SHAREHOLDER DATA

	2021			2020			2019			2018			2017
Per share
Net income
Basic	$	13.81		$	9.94		$	13.76		$	12.75		$	8.72
Diluted		13.80			9.94			13.75			12.74			8.70
Cash dividends declared		4.50			4.40			4.10			3.55			3.00
Common shareholders’ equity at year-end		125.51			116.39			110.78			102.69			100.03
Tangible common shareholders’ equity at year-end		89.80			80.52			75.44			69.28			69.08
Dividend payout ratio		32.69	%		44.32	%		29.70	%		27.66	%		34.24	%

Table 5

CHANGES IN INTEREST INCOME AND EXPENSE(a)

	2021 Compared with 2020									2020 Compared with 2019
				Resulting from Changes in:									Resulting from Changes in:
	Total Change			Volume			Rate			Total Change			Volume			Rate
	(Increase (decrease) in thousands)
Interest income (a)
Loans and leases, including fees	$	(228,557	)		313			(228,870	)	$	(472,523	)		336,371			(808,894	)
Deposits at banks		14,535			30,322			(15,787	)		(108,441	)		85,334			(193,775	)
Federal funds sold and agreements to resell securities		(6,783	)		(4,294	)		(2,489	)		1,478			9,526			(8,048	)
Trading account		(169	)		(60	)		(109	)		(731	)		(358	)		(373	)
Investment securities
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies		(35,670	)		(38,576	)		2,906			(97,088	)		(74,239	)		(22,849	)
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		(95	)		(105	)		10			(173	)		(189	)		16
Other		255			(642	)		897			(14,979	)		(2,536	)		(12,443	)
Total interest income	$	(256,484	)							$	(692,457	)
Interest expense
Interest-bearing deposits
Savings and interest-checking deposits	$	(113,703	)		14,603			(128,306	)	$	(221,304	)		51,927			(273,231	)
Time deposits		(47,645	)		(17,823	)		(29,822	)		(29,146	)		(19,098	)		(10,048	)
Deposits at Cayman Islands office		(3,853	)		(2,100	)		(1,753	)		(17,863	)		(3,417	)		(14,446	)
Short-term borrowings		(21	)		4			(25	)		(24,713	)		(12,130	)		(12,583	)
Long-term borrowings		(47,167	)		(40,540	)		(6,627	)		(129,909	)		(49,983	)		(79,926	)
Total interest expense	$	(212,389	)							$	(422,935	)

(a)	Interest income data are on a taxable-equivalent basis. The apportionment of changes resulting from the combined effect of both volume and rate was based on the separately determined volume and rate changes.

Item 1A.

Risk Factors.

Risk Factors Summary

Risks Relating to the Merger with People’s United

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M&T is expected to incur significant costs related to the merger and integration.

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Combining M&T and People’s United may be more difficult, costly or time-consuming than expected, and M&T may fail to realize the anticipated benefits of the merger.

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M&T may be unable to retain M&T and/or People’s United personnel successfully.

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The COVID-19 pandemic may delay and adversely affect the completion of the merger.

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Regulatory approval from the Federal Reserve Board may not be received, may take longer than expected, or may impose conditions that are not presently anticipated or that could have an adverse effect on M&T following the merger.

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Failure to complete the merger could negatively impact M&T.

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M&T is subject to business uncertainties and contractual restrictions while the merger is pending.

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Risks Relating to COVID-19 Pandemic

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M&T’s business, financial condition, capital and results of operations have been, and will likely continue to be, adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Market Risk

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Weakness in the economy has adversely affected the Company in the past and may adversely affect the Company in the future.

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The Company’s business and financial performance is impacted significantly by market interest rates and movements in those rates. The monetary, tax and other policies of governmental agencies, including the Federal Reserve, have a significant impact on interest rates and overall financial market performance over which the Company has no control and which the Company may not be able to anticipate adequately.

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The discontinuation of LIBOR as a permissible rate index in new contracts after 2021, the formal announcement of LIBOR’s cessation date (June 30, 2023), and ongoing uncertainty related to the emergence of one or more alternative benchmark indices to replace LIBOR could adversely impact the Company’s business and results of operations.

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The Company’s business and performance is vulnerable to the impact of volatility in debt and equity markets.

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The Company’s regional concentrations expose it to adverse economic conditions in its primary retail banking office footprint.

Risks Relating to Compliance and the Regulatory Environment

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The Company is subject to extensive government regulation and supervision and this regulatory environment can be and has been significantly impacted by financial regulatory reform initiatives.

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The Company may be subject to more stringent capital and liquidity requirements.

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M&T’s ability to return capital to shareholders and to pay dividends on common stock may be adversely affected by market and other factors outside of its control and will depend, in part, on the results of supervisory stress tests administered by the Federal Reserve.

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If an orderly liquidation of a systemically important BHC or non-bank financial company were triggered, M&T could face assessments for the Orderly Liquidation Fund (“OLF”).

Credit Risk

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Deteriorating credit quality could adversely impact the Company.

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The Company may be adversely affected by the soundness of other financial institutions.

Liquidity Risk

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The Company must maintain adequate sources of funding and liquidity.

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If the Company is unable to maintain or grow its deposits, it may be subject to paying higher funding costs.

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M&T relies on dividends from its subsidiaries for its liquidity.

Strategic Risk

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The financial services industry is highly competitive and creates competitive pressures that could adversely affect the Company’s revenue and profitability.

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Difficulties in obtaining regulatory approval for acquisitions and in combining the operations of acquired entities with the Company’s own operations may prevent M&T from achieving the expected benefits from its acquisitions.

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M&T could suffer if the Company fails to attract and retain skilled personnel.

Operational Risk

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The Company is subject to operational risk which could adversely affect the Company’s business and reputation and create material legal and financial exposure.

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The Company’s information systems may experience interruptions or breaches in security, including due to events beyond the Company’s control.

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The Company could incur higher costs, experience lower revenue, and suffer reputational damage in the event of the theft, loss or misuse of information, including due to a cyber security attack.

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The Company is subject to laws and regulations relating to the privacy of the information of clients, employees or others, and any failure to comply with these laws and regulations could expose the Company to liability and/or reputational damage.

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M&T relies on other companies to provide key components of the Company’s business infrastructure.

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The Company is or may become involved from time to time in suits, legal proceedings, information-gathering requests, investigations and proceedings by governmental and self-regulatory agencies that may lead to adverse consequences.

Business Risk

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Changes in accounting standards could impact the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

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The Company’s reported financial condition and results of operations depend on management’s selection of accounting methods and require management to make estimates about matters that are uncertain.

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The Company’s models used for business planning purposes could perform poorly or provide inadequate information.

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The Company is exposed to reputational risk.

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The Company’s framework for managing risks may not be effective.

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Pandemics, acts of war or terrorism and other adverse external events could significantly impact the Company’s business.

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The Company’s assets, communities, operations, reputation and customers could be adversely affected by the impacts of climate risk

Risk Factors

M&T and its subsidiaries face a number of potential risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. As a financial institution, certain risk elements are inherent in the ordinary course of the Company’s business activities and adverse experience with those risks could have a material impact on the Company’s business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations, as well as on the values of the Company’s financial instruments and M&T’s securities, including its common stock. The following risk factors set forth some of the risks that could materially and adversely impact the Company, although there may be additional risks that are not presently material or known that may adversely affect the Company. These risk factors include risks relating to M&T’s acquisition of People’s United pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger, dated February 21, 2021, by and among M&T, Bridge Merger Corp., a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of M&T, and People’s United (the “merger agreement” and, such transaction, the “merger”).

Risks Related to the Merger with People’s United

M&T is expected to incur significant costs related to the merger and integration.

M&T has incurred and expects to incur significant, non-recurring costs in connection with negotiating the merger agreement and closing the merger. In addition, M&T will incur integration costs following the completion of the merger as M&T integrates the People’s United business, including facilities and systems consolidation costs and employment-related costs.

There can be no assurances that the expected benefits and efficiencies related to the integration of the businesses will be realized to offset these transaction and integration costs over time. M&T may also incur additional costs to maintain employee morale and to retain key employees. M&T will also incur significant legal, financial advisory, accounting, banking and consulting fees, fees relating to regulatory filings and notices, SEC filing fees, printing and mailing fees and other costs associated with the merger. Some of these costs are payable regardless of whether the merger is completed.

Combining M&T and People’s United may be more difficult, costly or time-consuming than expected, and M&T may fail to realize the anticipated benefits of the merger.

The success of the merger will depend, in part, on the ability to realize the anticipated cost savings from combining the businesses of M&T and People’s United. To realize the anticipated benefits and cost savings from the merger M&T and People’s United must integrate and combine their businesses in a manner that permits cost savings to be realized, without adversely affecting revenues and future growth. If M&T and People’s United are not able to successfully achieve these objectives, the anticipated benefits of the merger may not be realized fully or at all or may take longer to realize than expected. In addition, the actual cost savings of the merger could be less than anticipated, and integration may result in additional and unforeseen expenses.

An inability to realize the full extent of the anticipated benefits of the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, as well as any delays encountered in the integration process, could have an adverse effect upon the revenues, levels of expenses and operating results of M&T following the completion of the merger, which may adversely affect the value of M&T’s common stock following the completion of the merger.

M&T and People’s United have operated and, until the completion of the merger, must continue to operate, independently. It is possible that the integration process could result in the loss of key employees, the disruption of each company’s ongoing businesses or inconsistencies in standards, controls, procedures and policies that adversely affect the companies’ abilities to maintain relationships with clients, customers, depositors and employees or to achieve the anticipated benefits and cost savings of the merger. Integration efforts between the two companies may also divert

management attention and resources. These integration matters could have an adverse effect on M&T during this transition period and for an undetermined period after completion of the merger.

M&T may be unable to retain M&T and/or People’s United personnel successfully.

The success of the merger will depend in part on M&T’s ability to retain the talents and dedication of key employees currently employed by M&T and People’s United. It is possible that these employees may decide not to remain with M&T or People’s United, as applicable, while the merger is pending or with M&T after the merger is completed. If M&T and People’s United are unable to retain key employees, including management, who are critical to the successful integration and future operations of the companies, M&T and People’s United could face disruptions in their operations, loss of existing customers, loss of key information, expertise or know-how and unanticipated additional recruitment costs. In addition, following the merger, if key employees terminate their employment, M&T’s business activities may be adversely affected, and management’s attention may be diverted from successfully integrating M&T and People’s United to hiring suitable replacements, all of which may cause M&T’s business to suffer. In addition, M&T and People’s United may not be able to locate or retain suitable replacements for any key employees who leave either company.

The COVID-19 pandemic may delay and adversely affect the completion of the merger.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created economic and financial disruptions that have adversely affected, and are likely to continue to adversely affect, the business, financial condition, liquidity, capital and results of operations of M&T and People’s United. If the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic cause a continued or extended decline in the economic environment and the financial results of M&T or People’s United, or the business operations of M&T or People’s United are further disrupted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, efforts to complete the merger and integrate the businesses of M&T and People’s United may also be delayed and adversely affected. Additional time may be required to obtain the requisite regulatory approval, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve Board”) may impose additional requirements on M&T or People’s United that must be satisfied prior to completion of the merger, which could delay and adversely affect the completion of the merger.

Before the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement may be completed, certain regulatory approvals must be obtained. Approvals from the New York State Department of Financial Services and the State of Connecticut Department of Banking, among other regulatory approvals, have been received but the transaction remains subject to approval from the Federal Reserve Board. That approval could be delayed or not obtained at all, including due to: an adverse development in either party’s regulatory standing or in any other factors considered by regulators when granting such approval, including factors not known at the present time and factors that may arise in the future; governmental, political or community group inquiries, investigations or opposition; or changes in legislation or the political environment generally. The Federal Reserve Board has stated that if material weaknesses are identified by examiners before a banking organization applies to engage in expansionary activity, the Federal Reserve Board will expect the banking organization to resolve all such weaknesses before applying for such expansionary activity. The Federal Reserve Board has also stated that if issues arise during the processing of an application for expansionary activity, it will expect the applicant banking organization to withdraw its application pending resolution of any supervisory concerns.

Any Federal Reserve Board approval, if granted, may impose terms and conditions, limitations, obligations or costs, or place restrictions on the conduct of M&T’s business or require changes to the terms of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. There can be no assurance that the regulator will not impose any such conditions, limitations, obligations or restrictions and that such conditions, limitations, obligations or restrictions will not have the effect of delaying the completion of any of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, imposing additional material costs on or materially limiting the revenues of M&T following the merger or otherwise reduce the anticipated benefits of the merger if the merger were consummated successfully within the expected timeframe. In addition, there can be no assurance that any such conditions, terms, obligations or restrictions will not result in the delay or abandonment of the merger. Additionally, the completion of the merger is conditioned on the absence of certain orders, injunctions or decrees by any court or regulatory agency of competent jurisdiction that would prohibit or make illegal the completion of any of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement.

In addition, despite the parties’ commitments to use their reasonable best efforts to comply with conditions imposed by regulators, under the terms of the merger agreement, M&T will not be required, and People’s United will not be permitted without M&T’s prior written consent, to take actions or agree to conditions in connection with obtaining the foregoing permits, consents, approvals and authorizations of governmental entities that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on M&T and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, after giving effect to the merger.

Failure to complete the merger could negatively impact M&T.

If the merger is not completed for any reason, there may be various adverse consequences and M&T may experience negative reactions from the financial markets and from its customers and employees. For example, M&T’s business may have been impacted adversely by the failure to pursue other beneficial opportunities due to the focus of management on the merger, without realizing any of the anticipated benefits of completing the merger. Additionally, if the merger agreement is terminated, the market price of M&T common stock could decline to the extent that the current market price of M&T common stock reflects a market assumption that the merger will be beneficial to M&T and will be completed. M&T could be subject to litigation related to any failure to complete the merger or to proceedings commenced against M&T to perform its obligations under the merger agreement. If the merger agreement is terminated under certain circumstances, M&T may be required to pay a termination fee of $280 million to People’s United.

Additionally, M&T has incurred and will incur substantial expenses in connection with the negotiation and completion of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, as well as the costs and expenses of preparing, filing, printing and mailing the joint proxy statement/prospectus for the merger, and all filing and other fees paid in connection with the merger. If the merger is not completed, M&T would have incurred these expenses without realizing the expected benefits of the merger.

M&T is subject to business uncertainties and contractual restrictions while the merger is pending.

Uncertainty about the effect of the merger on employees and customers may have an adverse effect on M&T. These uncertainties may impair M&T’s ability to attract, retain and motivate key personnel until the merger is completed, and could cause customers and others that deal with M&T to seek to change existing business relationships with M&T. In addition, subject to certain exceptions, M&T has agreed to refrain from taking certain actions that may adversely affect its ability to consummate the merger on a timely basis without People’s United’s consent. These restrictions may prevent M&T from pursuing attractive business opportunities that may arise prior to the completion of the merger.

Litigation related to the merger has been filed against People’s United, the People’s United board of directors and M&T, and additional litigation may be filed against People’s United, the People’s United board of directors, M&T and the M&T board of directors in the future. Among other remedies, litigation that has been filed seeks, and additional litigation by shareholders of M&T and/or stockholders of People’s United in the future may seek damages and/or to enjoin the merger or the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. The outcome of any litigation is uncertain. If any plaintiff were successful in obtaining an injunction prohibiting M&T or People’s United from completing the merger or any other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, then such injunction may delay or prevent the effectiveness of the merger and could result in significant costs to M&T, including costs in connection with the defense or settlement of any shareholder lawsuits filed in connection with the merger. Further, such lawsuits and the defense or settlement of any such lawsuits may have an adverse effect on the financial condition and results of operations of M&T.

Risks Relating to COVID-19 Pandemic

M&T’s business, financial condition, capital and results of operations have been, and will likely continue to be, adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe disruption to the U.S. and global economy and created significant volatility in the financial markets. The duration of this disruption and impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.

The pandemic has created economic and financial disruptions that have adversely affected, and are likely to continue to adversely affect, the Company’s business, financial condition, capital and results of operations. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to negatively affect the Company’s business, financial condition, capital and results of operations will depend on future developments, including the scope and duration of the pandemic, the emergence of new variants, the effectiveness and distribution of vaccines and other public health measures, the continued effectiveness of M&T’s business continuity plans, the direct and indirect impact of the pandemic on the Company’s employees, customers, clients, counterparties, vendors, service providers and other market participants, and actions taken by governmental authorities and other third parties in response to the pandemic, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be reasonably predicted.

Although economic and market conditions have generally improved during 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic, including associated variants, has, at times, resulted in adverse economic and market conditions. Depending on the duration and severity of the pandemic on general economic and market conditions, consumer and corporate spending and investment and borrowing patterns, there is a risk that adverse conditions could occur, including the following:

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Increased unemployment levels, interrupted income of consumers and decreased consumer confidence generally, leading to an increased risk of delinquencies, defaults and foreclosures;

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Increased disruption to businesses, permanent or temporary closure of businesses and decreased business confidence generally, leading to increased risk of delinquencies, defaults and bankruptcies;

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An initial sudden and significant reduction in the valuation of the equity, fixed-income and commodity markets and the significant increase in the volatility of those markets;

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A decrease in the rates and yields on U.S. Treasury securities, which could negatively impact the Company’s net interest income and margin;

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Higher inflation and supply chain disruptions;

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Declines in collateral values;

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Increased demands on capital and liquidity;

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Heightened cybersecurity, information security and operational risks to the Company, including as a result of remote work arrangements for employees and increased digital and mobile banking activities by customers;

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Disruptions to the business operations of the Company, including temporary branch closures and disruptions to branch and office openings, supply chains and employee travel and working arrangements; and

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Disruptions to business operations at counterparties, vendors and other service providers.

The pandemic is likely to continue to contribute to these risks and impacts and could affect geographic areas in which the Company operates differently as further noted herein under “Market Risk” and “Credit Risk.” As a result, the Company’s credit, liquidity, market, operational and other risks are generally expected to remain elevated until the pandemic subsides. In addition, the Company’s business operations continue to be at risk of adverse disruption if significant portions of the Company’s workforce are unable to work effectively, including because of illness, quarantines, government actions, failures in systems or technology that disrupt remote work arrangements or other effects of the pandemic, or if the Company is unable to keep branches or offices open, including because of risk of infection. The Company faces similar risks if its counterparties, vendors and other service providers are unable to maintain operations due to pandemic-related disruptions. The pandemic may also delay or adversely affect M&T’s efforts to complete the merger and integrate the businesses of the Company and People’s United, if the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic cause a continued or extended decline in the economic environment and the financial results of M&T or People’s United or cause further disruption to the business operations of the Company or People’s United.

Governmental authorities have taken unprecedented measures to provide economic assistance to individual households and businesses, stabilize the markets and support economic growth. The success of those measures is not yet entirely known and those measures, or additional measures that may be introduced, may not be sufficient to fully mitigate the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, some measures, such as a suspension of mortgage and other loan payments and foreclosures, may have a negative impact on the Company’s business, financial condition, liquidity, capital and results of operations. If such measures are not effective in mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s borrowers, the Company may also experience higher rates of default and increased credit losses in future periods. The Company also faces an increased risk of litigation and governmental and regulatory scrutiny as a result of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on market and economic conditions and actions governmental authorities take in response to those conditions. Furthermore, various government programs such as the Paycheck Protection Program are complex and the Company’s participation may lead to litigation and governmental, regulatory and third party scrutiny, negative publicity and damage to its reputation.

The length of the pandemic and the efficacy of the measures being put in place to address it are unknown. It is unknown when there will be a return to normal business activity and a subsiding of the economic stress associated with the pandemic. Prolonged continuation of the pandemic could worsen these risks and impacts. Until the pandemic subsides, the Company may experience reduced revenues in certain of its fee-related businesses and increased customer and client defaults, including defaults in unsecured loans. Even after the pandemic subsides, the U.S. economy may experience a prolonged economic slowdown or recession, and M&T anticipates the Company’s businesses would be materially and adversely affected by a prolonged economic slowdown or recession. To the extent the pandemic adversely affects the Company’s business, financial condition, liquidity, capital or results of operations, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this “Risk Factors” section and M&T’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s business and operations following the completion of the merger with People’s United.

Market Risk

Weakness in the economy has adversely affected the Company in the past and may adversely affect the Company in the future.

Poor business and economic conditions in general or specifically in markets served by the Company could have adverse effects on the Company’s business including:

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A decrease in the demand for loans and other products and services offered by the Company.

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A decrease in net interest income derived from the Company’s lending and deposit gathering activities.

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A decrease in the value of the Company’s investment securities, loans held for sale or other assets secured by residential or commercial real estate.

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A decrease in fees from the Company’s brokerage, trust, and investment management businesses associated with declines or lack of growth in stock market prices.

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Potential higher FDIC assessments due to the DIF falling below minimum required levels.

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An impairment of certain intangible assets, such as goodwill.

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An increase in the number of customers and counterparties who become delinquent, file for protection under bankruptcy laws or default on their loans or other obligations to the Company. An increase in the number of delinquencies, bankruptcies or defaults could result in higher levels of nonperforming assets, net charge-offs, provision for credit losses as well as impairment write-downs of certain investment securities and valuation adjustments on loans held for sale.

Volatility and uncertainty related to inflation and the effects of inflation, which may lead to increased costs for businesses and consumers and potentially contribute to poor business and economic conditions generally, may also enhance or contribute to some of the risks discussed herein. For example, higher inflation, or volatility and uncertainty related to inflation, could reduce demand for the Company’s products, adversely affect the creditworthiness of the Company’s borrowers or result in lower values for the Company’s investment securities and other interest-earning assets.

As a result of the high percentage of the Company’s assets and liabilities that are in the form of interest-bearing or interest-related instruments, changes in interest rates, including in the shape of the yield curve or in spreads between different market interest rates, as well as changes linked to inflation, can have a material effect on the Company’s business and profitability and the value of the Company’s assets and liabilities.

For example, changes in interest rates or interest rate spreads may:

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Affect the difference between the interest that the Company earns on assets and the interest that the Company pays on liabilities, which impacts the Company’s overall net interest income and profitability.

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Adversely affect the ability of borrowers to meet obligations under variable or adjustable rate loans and other debt instruments, which, in turn, affects the Company’s loss rates on those assets.

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Decrease the demand for interest rate-based products and services, including loans and deposits.

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Affect the Company’s ability to hedge various forms of market and interest rate risk and may decrease the profitability or protection or increase the risk or cost associated with such hedges.

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Affect mortgage prepayment speeds and could result in the impairment of capitalized mortgage servicing assets, reduce the value of loans held for sale and increase the volatility of mortgage banking revenues, potentially adversely affecting the Company’s results of operations.

The monetary, tax and other policies of the government and its agencies, including the Federal Reserve, have a significant impact on interest rates and overall financial market performance. These governmental policies can thus affect the activities and results of operations of banking organizations such as the Company. An important function of the Federal Reserve is to regulate the national supply of bank credit and certain interest rates. The actions of the Federal Reserve influence the rates of interest that the Company charges on loans and that the Company pays on borrowings and interest-bearing deposits and can also affect the value of the Company’s on-balance sheet and off-balance sheet financial instruments. Also, due to the impact on rates for short-term funding, the Federal Reserve’s policies influence, to a significant extent, the Company’s cost of such funding.

In addition, the Company is 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 tax laws change or the tax authorities determine that management’s assumptions were inappropriate, the result and adjustments required could have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations. M&T cannot predict the nature or timing of future changes in monetary, tax and other policies or the effect that they may have on the Company’s business activities, financial condition and results of operations.

The discontinuation of LIBOR as a permissible rate index in new contracts after 2021, the formal announcement of LIBOR’s cessation date (June 30, 2023), and ongoing uncertainty related to the emergence of one or more alternative benchmark indices to replace LIBOR, could adversely impact the Company’s business and results of operations.

The Company’s floating-rate funding, certain hedging transactions and a significant portion of the Company’s products, such as floating-rate loans and mortgages, determine the applicable interest rate or payment amount by reference to a benchmark rate, such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), or to an alternative index, currency, basket or other financial metric.

In July 2017, the Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), which regulates LIBOR, announced that the FCA intended to stop persuading or compelling its panel banks to submit rates for the calculation of LIBOR after 2021. This announcement created market uncertainty as to whether and to what extent panel banks would continue to provide submissions for the calculation of LIBOR after 2021 and as to the continued existence of LIBOR after 2021. The uncertainty lessened in November 2020, when (i) public statements issued by the ICE Benchmark Administration (“IBA”), the administrator of LIBOR, and the FCA, announced a proposal to, among other things, extend the publication of the most commonly utilized tenors of USD LIBOR until June 30, 2023, and (ii) a joint-statement of the federal bank regulators, including the Federal Reserve, indicated support for the IBA proposal and encouraged banks to (a) transition away from USD LIBOR as soon as practicable, (b) cease (with limited exceptions) entering into new contracts that use USD LIBOR as a reference rate as soon as practicable and no later than December 31, 2021, and (c) for new contracts entered into before December 31, 2021, either utilize a reference rate other than USD LIBOR or include robust fallback language that includes a clearly defined alternative reference rate after USD LIBOR’s discontinuation, noting that failure to do so would create safety and soundness risks. On March 5, 2021, public statements by the FCA and IBA confirmed the future cessation (or non-representativeness) of all USD LIBOR tenors, and specifically, the June 30, 2023 cessation date for the most commonly utilized USD LIBOR tenors, after which USD LIBOR will either no longer exist or no longer be representative of the underlying market it is intended to measure.

Following the initial FCA announcement in 2017, regulators and various financial industry groups sponsored or formed committees (e.g., the Federal Reserve-sponsored Alternative Reference Rates Committee (“AARC”)) to, among other things, facilitate the identification of an alternative benchmark index to replace LIBOR, and publish recommended practices for transitioning the market away from LIBOR, including (i) the utilization of recommended fallback language for LIBOR-linked financial instruments, and (ii) development of alternative pricing methodologies for recommended alternative benchmarks such as the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). In 2020, the ARRC finalized and issued recommendations for the use of so-called “hardwired” LIBOR fallback language that, when incorporated into existing LIBOR-based loan documents, provides for, upon LIBOR’s permanent cessation (or an announcement from LIBOR’s administrator or certain governmental authorities that LIBOR is no longer representative of the underlying market), the replacement of LIBOR with SOFR as the benchmark index, with an appropriate spread adjustment that is representative of the historical difference between LIBOR and SOFR, which when added to SOFR would be intended to facilitate a value-neutral transition. In April 2021, M&T adopted hardwired fallback language modeled after the ARRC recommendations for use in all new LIBOR loans.

SOFR is a measure of the cost of borrowing cash overnight, collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities, and is based on directly observable U.S. Treasury-based repurchase transactions. The fact that SOFR is a secured overnight rate and considered a “risk free” rate, while LIBOR is an unsecured term rate that factors in credit risk, means that SOFR may perform differently than LIBOR, and those differences may be material, particularly in times of economic stress, negatively impacting the Company’s profitability.

Over the past few years, the AARC’s recommendations and proposals have evolved, and the Company has continued to monitor both ARRC and general market developments. While the ARRC has maintained its recommendation that SOFR is the preferred replacement for LIBOR, some industry participants are questioning whether a “risk free” SOFR rate is an ideal replacement for LIBOR in the commercial lending market and suggesting that a credit-sensitive component or alternative be considered and developed. One such credit sensitive alternative is the Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield Index (BSBY), which gained some increased attention and use in the business loan market in the latter half of 2021. Whether BSBY or other alternatives develop and gain any significant traction in the market are unknown and unpredictable at this time, and this adds

further uncertainty to the LIBOR transition process, both with respect to amending existing LIBOR contracts and pricing new contracts based on SOFR or an alternative reference rate going forward.

LIBOR cessation is also impacting the derivatives market. In October 2020, The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), published the IBOR Fallbacks Supplement (Supplement) and IBOR Fallbacks Protocol (Protocol). The Supplement, which became effective on January 25, 2021, amends existing standard definitions for interest rate derivatives to incorporate robust fallbacks to the SOFR benchmark for derivatives linked to LIBOR. The Protocol enables market participants to incorporate these revisions into their legacy non-cleared derivatives trades with other counterparties that choose to adhere to the Protocol. The fallbacks apply following a permanent cessation of LIBOR or following a determination by the FCA that LIBOR is no longer representative of the underlying market. M&T and M&T Bank adhered to the Protocol on November 5, 2020, and the Company is in the process of remediating its interest rate swap hedging transactions with its end user customers, i.e., borrowers who have hedged their interest rate payment obligations. If the Company is not able to agree to appropriate LIBOR fallbacks with these customers, there will be uncertainty as to how to value and effect the Company’s rights and obligations under legacy derivatives contracts. With respect to the Company’s cleared interest rate derivatives that reference LIBOR, both the CME and LCH clearinghouses have adopted the same relevant SOFR benchmark fallbacks of the Supplement and Protocol which also became effective on January 25, 2021.

The Company has outstanding issuances, or acts as an administrative (or calculation) agent or in other capacities, across various maturities of securities referencing LIBOR in which the underlying contracts do not contemplate cessation or contemplate cessation but do so in a manner that may create other risks (“Tough Legacy Contracts”). Some of these contracts provide for selecting replacement rates in a manner that presents significant challenges or that gives the Company or another party discretion to select a rate or provide for determination of a reference rate. In April 2021, the New York State legislature passed Senate Bill 297B/Assembly Bill 164B which allows certain New York State law governed Tough Legacy Contracts to transition to SOFR, as the statutory benchmark replacement rate, by operation of law. Similarly, the United States Congress is currently considering the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act of 2021 (H.R. 4616) which, if enacted, would have an analogous effect on the transition of Tough Legacy Contracts, but would expand the applicability beyond the State of New York to contracts governed by the laws of any state, the District of Columbia, or any territory or possession of the United States. Notwithstanding the availability or potential availability of statutory frameworks to address Tough Legacy Contracts, there will likely be continued uncertainty surrounding the transition as these frameworks have not been tested and their effectiveness and ultimate impact is not certain.

The discontinuation of LIBOR as a benchmark could result in changes to the Company’s risk exposures (for example, if the anticipated discontinuation of LIBOR adversely affects the availability or cost of floating-rate funding and, therefore, the Company’s exposure to fluctuations in interest rates) or otherwise result in losses on a product or having to pay more or receive less on securities that the Company has issued or owns. A substantial portion of the Company’s on- and off-balance sheet financial instruments (many of which have terms that extend beyond 2023) are indexed to LIBOR, including interest rate swap agreements and other contracts used for hedging and trading account purposes, loans to commercial customers and consumers (including mortgage loans and other loans), and long-term borrowings. Uncertainty as to the impact of the discontinuation of LIBOR, the replacement of LIBOR with an alternative index, and the operational feasibility of amending existing contracts referencing LIBOR to include hardwired LIBOR fallback language referencing a new replacement index could result in pricing volatility, loss of market share in certain products, adverse tax or accounting impacts, and compliance, legal and operational costs and risks.

The market’s transition from LIBOR to an alternative reference rate will be complex and unpredictable, giving rise to a variety of risks, including operational risks, risks of value transfer

between contract parties, the potential for customer disputes and litigation, as well as regulatory scrutiny, as the most recent regulatory announcements indicate that there will be increased regulatory focus on LIBOR transition in 2022 and beyond. The Company established an enterprise-wide LIBOR transition program in 2019, which now includes a LIBOR Transition Office with senior management level leadership and dedicated full-time employee staffing. An impact assessment has been completed to identify on- and off-balance sheet exposures, systems, processes, models, customers, and employees affected by the discontinuation of LIBOR. The Company continues to develop and execute plans to transition products and contracts associated with LIBOR to alternative reference rates.

The Company’s business and performance is vulnerable to the impact of volatility in debt and equity markets.

As most of the Company’s assets and liabilities are financial in nature, the Company’s performance is sensitive to the performance of the financial markets. Turmoil and volatility in U.S. and global financial markets can be a major contributory factor to overall weak economic conditions, leading to some of the risks discussed herein, including the impaired ability of borrowers and other counterparties to meet obligations to the Company. Financial market volatility may:

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Affect the value or liquidity of the Company’s on-balance sheet and off-balance sheet financial instruments.

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Affect the value of capitalized servicing assets.

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Affect M&T’s ability to access capital markets to raise funds. Inability to access capital markets if needed, at cost effective rates, could adversely affect the Company’s liquidity and results of operations.

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Affect the value of the assets that the Company manages or otherwise administers or services for others. Although the Company is not directly impacted by changes in the value of such assets, decreases in the value of those assets would affect related fee income and could result in decreased demand for the Company’s services.

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Impact the nature, profitability or risk profile of the financial transactions in which the Company engages.

Volatility in the markets for real estate and other assets commonly securing financial products has been and may continue to be a significant contributor to overall volatility in financial markets. In addition, unfavorable or uncertain economic and market conditions can be caused by the imposition of tariffs or other limitations on international trade and travel, as well as elevated inflation, which can result in market volatility, negatively impact client activity, and adversely affect the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

The Company’s regional concentrations expose it to adverse economic conditions in its primary retail banking office footprint.

The Company’s core banking business is largely concentrated within the Company’s retail banking office network footprint, located principally in New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Therefore, the Company is, or in the future may be, particularly vulnerable to adverse changes in economic conditions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. The credit quality of the Company’s borrowers may deteriorate for a number of reasons that are outside the Company’s control, including as a result of prevailing economic and market conditions and asset valuations. The trends and risks affecting borrower credit quality, particularly in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, have caused, and in the future may cause, the Company to experience impairment charges, which are drastic reductions

in the recoverable value of an asset, increased purchase demands, wherein customers make withdrawals with minimum notice, higher costs (e.g., servicing, foreclosure, property maintenance), additional write-downs and losses and a potential impact to engage in lending transactions based on a reduction of customer deposits, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

Risks Relating to Compliance and the Regulatory Environment

The Company is subject to extensive government regulation and supervision and this regulatory environment can be and has been significantly impacted by financial regulatory reform initiatives.

The Company is subject to extensive federal and state regulation and supervision. Banking regulations are primarily intended to protect consumers, depositors and the financial system as a whole, not securities holders, including the holders of common stock. These regulations and supervisory guidance affect the Company’s sale and lending practices, capital structure, capital distributions and dividend policy, investment practices, growth and expansionary activity, among other things. Failure to comply with laws, regulations or policies, or to meet supervisory expectations, could result in civil or criminal penalties, including monetary penalties, the loss of FDIC insurance, the revocation of a banking charter, other sanctions by regulatory agencies, and/or reputational damage, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations. In this regard, government authorities, including the bank regulatory agencies, can pursue aggressive enforcement actions with respect to compliance and other legal matters involving financial activities, which heightens the risks associated with actual and perceived compliance failures and may also adversely affect the Company’s ability to enter into certain transactions or engage in certain activities, or obtain necessary regulatory approvals in connection therewith. In general, the amounts paid by financial institutions in settlement of proceedings or investigations have increased substantially and are likely to remain elevated. In some cases, governmental authorities have required criminal pleas or admissions of wrongdoing as part of such settlements, which could have significant collateral consequences for a financial institution, including loss of customers, restrictions on the ability to access the capital markets, and the inability to operate certain businesses or offer certain products for a period of time. In addition, enforcement matters could impact the Company’s supervisory and CRA ratings, which may in turn restrict or limit the Company’s activities. A prior enforcement action also increases the risk that regulators and governmental authorities pursue formal enforcement actions in connection with the resolution of an inquiry or investigation, even if unrelated to the prior enforcement action.

Any new regulatory requirements, changes to existing requirements, or changes to interpretations of requirements could require changes to the Company’s businesses, result in increased compliance costs and affect the profitability of such businesses. Additionally, such activity could affect the behaviors of third parties with which the Company deals in the ordinary course of business, such as rating agencies, insurance companies and investors. Heightened regulatory scrutiny, requirements or expectations could affect the Company in substantial and unpredictable ways, and, in turn, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

There have been significant revisions to the laws and regulations applicable to the Company that have been enacted or proposed in recent years, and additional proposed changes are anticipated. Many of these and other rules to implement the changes have yet to be finalized, and the final timing, scope and impact of these changes to the regulatory framework applicable to financial institutions remain uncertain. For more information on the regulations to which the Company is subject and recent initiatives to reform financial institution regulation, see Part I, Item 1 — Business in this report.

M&T may be subject to more stringent capital and liquidity requirements.

Bank holding companies, including M&T, are subject to capital and liquidity requirements and standards imposed as a result of the Dodd-Frank Act (as amended by EGRRCPA) and the U.S. Basel III-based capital rules. For additional information, see “Capital Requirements” under Part I, Item 1 — Business.

Regulators have and may, from time to time, implement changes to these regulatory capital adequacy and liquidity requirements. If the Company fails to meet these minimum capital adequacy and liquidity requirements and other regulatory requirements, its business activities, including lending, and its ability to expand, either organically or through acquisitions, could be limited. It could also result in M&T being required to take steps to increase its regulatory capital that may be dilutive to shareholders or limit its ability to pay dividends or otherwise return capital to shareholders, or sell or refrain from acquiring assets. In addition, the liquidity-related provisions of the Federal Reserve’s liquidity-related enhanced prudential supervision requirements may reduce the Company’s ability to invest in other longer-term assets even if deemed more desirable from a balance sheet management perspective, which could adversely affect its net interest income and net interest margin.

The federal bank regulators have not yet released a proposal to implement the significant revisions of the Basel capital framework announced by the Basel Committee in December 2017, and the impact on the Company of these revisions will depend on the manner in which they are implemented in the U.S. with respect to firms such as M&T.

Any decision by M&T to return capital to shareholders, whether through a common stock dividend or a common stock share repurchase program, requires the approval of M&T’s Board of Directors and must comply with applicable capital regulations, including the maintenance of capital ratios exceeding specified minimum levels and applicable buffers.

For bank holding companies designated as Category IV institutions under the Tailoring Rules, including M&T, the Federal Reserve conducts biennial supervisory stress tests required under the Dodd-Frank Act whereby the BHC’s financial position is tested under assumed severely adverse economic conditions. The results of those stress tests are incorporated in the determination of M&T’s Stress Capital Buffer. As a general matter, if M&T is unable to maintain capital in excess of regulatory minimum levels inclusive of its Stress Capital Buffer, it would be subject to limitations on its ability to make capital distributions, including paying dividends and repurchasing stock. In August 2021, the Federal Reserve Board provided M&T with a Stress Capital Buffer of 2.5%, representing the floor under the regulatory capital rules, which became applicable to M&T on October 1, 2021. The results of future supervisory stress tests are uncertain, and a more severe outcome may result in a higher Stress Capital Buffer and an increase in M&T’s effective capital requirements. An increased Stress Capital Buffer may restrict M&T’s ability to return capital to shareholders, including through paying dividends, entering into acquisitions or repurchasing its common stock, which in turn could negatively impact market and investor perceptions of M&T.

In addition, during 2020 and the first half of 2021, the Federal Reserve implemented measures requiring all large bank holding companies to preserve capital through limitations on share repurchase programs and common stock dividends. While these restrictions are no longer applicable, the Federal Reserve may implement similar restrictions in the future, including in response to adverse or uncertain economic conditions. Also, if, as in June 2020, the Company is required to resubmit its capital plan, the Company generally may not make capital distributions, such as share repurchases or dividends, without the prior approval of the Federal Reserve.

If an orderly liquidation of a systemically important BHC or non-bank financial company were triggered, M&T could face assessments for the Orderly Liquidation Fund (“OLF”).

The Dodd-Frank Act created a mechanism, the OLF, for liquidation of systemically important bank holding companies and non-bank financial companies. The OLF is administered by the FDIC and is based on the FDIC’s bank resolution model. The Secretary of the U.S. Treasury may trigger a liquidation under this authority after consultation with the President of the U.S. and after receiving a recommendation from the boards of the FDIC and the Federal Reserve upon a two-thirds vote. Liquidation proceedings will be funded by the OLF, which will borrow from the U.S. Treasury and impose risk-based assessments on covered financial companies. Risk-based assessments would be first made on entities that received more in the resolution than they would have received in the liquidation to the extent of such excess, and second, if necessary, on, among others, bank holding companies with total consolidated assets of $50 billion or more, such as M&T. Any such assessments may adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations.

Credit Risk

Deteriorating credit quality could adversely impact the Company.

As a lender, the Company is exposed to the risk that customers will be unable to repay their loans and other obligations in accordance with the terms of the relevant agreements, and that any collateral securing the loans and obligations may be insufficient to assure full repayment. Credit losses are inherent in the business of making loans and entering into other financial arrangements.

Factors that influence the Company’s credit loss experience include overall economic conditions affecting businesses and consumers, generally, but also residential and commercial real estate valuations, in particular, given the size of the Company’s real estate loan portfolios. Factors that can influence the Company’s credit loss experience include: (i) the impact of residential real estate values on loans to residential real estate builders and developers and other loans secured by residential real estate; (ii) the concentrations of commercial real estate loans in the Company’s loan portfolio, including in the New York City area; (iii) the amount of commercial and industrial loans to businesses in areas of New York State outside of the New York City area and in central Pennsylvania that have historically experienced less economic growth and vitality than many other regions of the country; (iv) the repayment performance associated with first and second lien loans secured by residential real estate; and (v) 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 loans to other types of borrowers. The Company’s credit risk and the performance of its lending portfolios may be affected by concentration in an industry, geography or asset type. Also, as described further in the risk factor above, the Company’s credit risks have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and are generally expected to remain elevated until the pandemic subsides. The pandemic has created economic and financial disruptions that have adversely affected, and are likely to continue to adversely affect, customers, including businesses in the hotel and travel industry.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to support its customers, the Company offered (primarily in 2020, but also in 2021) payment deferrals and other expanded assistance to businesses and consumers, and committed in certain states in which it operates to suspend residential mortgage payments and foreclosure sales for financially impacted customers for certain periods of time. A significant number of the Company’s customers sought to suspend their mortgage payments under these programs. Suspensions of mortgage payments and foreclosures and reduced pricing under these programs may adversely affect the Company’s revenue and results of operations. In addition, if these programs are not effective in mitigating the financial consequences of COVID-19 on customers, or if customers are unable to pay their loans after these programs expire, the Company may experience

higher rates of default, increased credit losses and additional increases to the allowance for credit losses in future periods.

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. Emerging and evolving factors such as the shift to work-from-home arrangements, changing consumer preferences (including for online shopping), COVID-19-related restrictions and resulting changes in occupancy rates as a result of these and other trends can also impact such valuations over relatively short periods. Similarly, residential real estate valuations can be impacted by housing trends, the availability of financing at reasonable interest rates, governmental policy regarding housing and housing finance, and general economic conditions affecting consumers, including as impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as described above.

The Company maintains an allowance for credit losses which represents, in management’s judgment, the amount of losses expected in the loan and lease portfolio. The allowance is determined by management’s evaluation of the loan and lease portfolio based on 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, the value of any collateral and, where applicable, the existence of any guarantees or indemnifications. Management believes that the allowance for credit losses as of December 31, 2021 appropriately reflects expected credit losses in the loan and lease portfolio. However, there is no assurance that the allowance is sufficient to cover all credit losses that may occur.

The Company may be adversely affected by the soundness of other financial institutions.

Financial services institutions are interrelated as a result of trading, clearing, counterparty, or other relationships. The Company has exposure to many different industries and counterparties, and routinely executes transactions with counterparties in the financial services industry, including commercial banks, brokers and dealers, investment banks, and other institutional clients. Many of these transactions expose the Company to credit risk in the event of a default by a counterparty or client. In addition, the Company’s credit risk may be exacerbated when the collateral held by the Company cannot be realized or is liquidated at prices not sufficient to recover the full amount of the credit due to or derivative exposure of the Company. Any resulting losses could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

Liquidity Risk

The Company must maintain adequate sources of funding and liquidity.

The Company must maintain adequate funding sources in the normal course of business to support its operations and fund outstanding liabilities, as well as meet regulatory requirements and supervisory expectations. The Company primarily relies on deposits to be a low cost and stable source of funding for the loans it makes and the operations of its business. Core customer deposits, which include noninterest-bearing deposits, interest-bearing transaction accounts, savings deposits and time deposits of $250,000 or less, have historically provided the Company with a sizeable source of relatively stable and low-cost funds. In addition to customer deposits, sources of liquidity include borrowings from securities dealers, various Federal Home Loan Banks and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as well as the debt and equity capital markets.

The Company’s liquidity and ability to fund and operate the business could be materially adversely affected by a variety of conditions and factors, including financial and credit market disruptions and volatility or a lack of market or customer confidence in financial markets in general,

which may result in a loss of customer deposits or outflows of cash or collateral and/or ability to access capital markets on favorable terms. Negative news about the Company or the financial services industry generally may reduce market or customer confidence in the Company, which could in turn materially adversely affect the Company’s liquidity and funding. Such reputational damage may result in the loss of customer deposits, the inability to sell or securitize loans or other assets, and downgrades in one or more of the Company’s credit ratings, and may also negatively affect the Company’s ability to access the capital markets. A downgrade in the Company’s credit ratings, which could result from general industry-wide or regulatory factors not solely related to the Company, could adversely affect the Company’s ability to borrow funds, including by raising the cost of borrowings substantially, and could cause creditors and business counterparties to raise collateral requirements or take other actions that could adversely affect M&T’s ability to raise capital. Many of the above conditions and factors may be caused by events over which M&T has little or no control. There can be no assurance that significant disruption and volatility in the financial markets will not occur in the future.

Regulatory changes relating to liquidity and risk management may also negatively impact the Company’s results of operations and competitive position. Various regulations have been adopted to impose more stringent liquidity requirements for large financial institutions, including the Company. These regulations address, among other matters, liquidity stress testing and minimum liquidity requirements. The application of certain of these regulations to banking organizations, such as the Company, have been modified, including in connection with the implementation of the tailoring rules in the EGRRCPA. While marginal relief from certain capital and liquidity standards has been afforded to the Company (such as relief from LCR compliance), overall capital and liquidity management practices and expectations will remain unchanged for the foreseeable future.

If the Company is unable to continue to fund assets through customer bank deposits or access funding sources on favorable terms or if the Company suffers an increase in borrowing costs or otherwise fails to manage liquidity effectively, the Company’s liquidity, operating margins, financial condition and results of operations may be materially adversely affected. The Company may also need to raise additional capital and liquidity through the issuance of stock, which could dilute the ownership of existing stockholders, or reduce or even eliminate common stock dividends or share repurchases to preserve capital and liquidity.

If the Company is unable to maintain or grow its deposits, it may be subject to paying higher funding costs.

The total amount that the Company pays for funding costs is dependent, in part, on the Company’s ability to maintain or grow its deposits. If the Company is unable to sufficiently maintain or grow its deposits to meet liquidity objectives, it may be subject to paying higher funding costs. The Company competes with banks and other financial services companies for deposits. If competitors raise the rates they pay on deposits, the Company’s funding costs may increase, either because the Company raises rates to avoid losing deposits or because the Company loses deposits and must rely on more expensive sources of funding. Customers may also move noninterest-bearing deposits to interest bearing accounts, increasing the cost of those deposits. Checking and savings account balances and other forms of customer deposits may decrease when customers perceive alternative investments, such as the stock market, as providing a better risk/return tradeoff. The Company’s bank customers could withdraw their money and put it in alternative investments, causing the Company to lose a lower cost source of funding. Higher funding costs could reduce the Company’s net interest margin and net interest income.

M&T relies on dividends from its subsidiaries for its liquidity.

M&T is a separate and distinct legal entity from its subsidiaries. M&T typically receives substantially all of its revenue from subsidiary dividends. These dividends are M&T’s principal source of funds to pay dividends on common and preferred stock, pay interest and principal on its debt, and fund purchases of its common stock. Various federal and/or state laws and regulations, as well as regulatory expectations, limit the amount of dividends that M&T’s banking subsidiaries and certain non-bank subsidiaries may pay. Regulatory scrutiny of capital levels at bank holding companies and insured depository institution subsidiaries has increased in recent years and has resulted in increased regulatory focus on all aspects of capital planning, including dividends and other distributions to shareholders of banks, such as parent bank holding companies. See “Item 1 — Business, Supervision and Regulation of the Company, Distributions” for a discussion of regulatory and other restrictions on dividend declarations. Also, M&T’s right to participate in a distribution of assets upon a subsidiary’s liquidation or reorganization is subject to the prior claims of that subsidiary’s creditors. Limitations on M&T’s ability to receive dividends from its subsidiaries could have a material adverse effect on its liquidity and ability to pay dividends on its stock or interest and principal on its debt, and ability to fund purchases of its common stock.

Strategic Risk

The financial services industry is highly competitive and creates competitive pressures that could adversely affect the Company’s revenue and profitability.

The financial services industry in which the Company operates is highly competitive. The Company competes not only with commercial and other banks and thrifts, but also with insurance companies, mutual funds, hedge funds, securities brokerage firms, financial technology companies and other companies offering financial services in the U.S., globally and over the Internet. Some of the Company’s non-bank competitors are not subject to the same extensive regulations the Company is, and may have greater flexibility in competing for business. In particular, the activity and prominence of so-called marketplace lenders and other technological financial services companies has grown significantly in recent years and is expected to continue growing. The Company competes on the basis of several factors, including capital, access to capital, revenue generation, products, services, transaction execution, innovation, reputation and price. Over time, certain sectors of the financial services industry have become more concentrated, as institutions involved in a broad range of financial services have been acquired by or merged into other firms. These developments have and could continue to result in the Company’s competitors gaining greater capital and other resources, such as a broader range of products and services and geographic diversity. The Company has and may continue to experience pricing pressures as a result of these factors and as some of its competitors seek to increase market share.

Finally, technological change is influencing how individuals and firms conduct their financial affairs and is changing the delivery channels for financial services. Financial technology providers, who invest substantial resources in developing and designing new technology (in particular digital and mobile technology), are beginning to offer more traditional banking products (either directly or through bank partnerships) and may in the future be able to provide additional services by obtaining a bank-like charter, such as the OCC’s fintech charter. As a result, the Company has had and will likely continue to have to contend with a broader range of competitors including many that are not located within the geographic footprint of its banking office network. Further, along with other participants in the financial services industry, the Company frequently attempts to introduce new technology-driven products and services that are aimed at allowing the Company to better serve customers and to reduce costs. The Company may not be able to effectively implement new

technology-driven products and services that allow it to remain competitive or be successful in marketing these products and services to its customers.

M&T has expanded its business through past acquisitions and may do so in the future. The Company’s ability to complete acquisitions is in many instances subject to regulatory approval, and the Company cannot be certain when or if, or on what terms and conditions, any required regulatory approvals would be granted. Any requisite approval could be delayed or not obtained at all, including due to, among other factors, an adverse development in either party’s regulatory standing or in any other factors considered by regulators when granting such approval, including factors not known at the time of entering into the definitive agreement for the acquisition or submission of the related application for regulatory approval, and factors that may arise subsequently; governmental, political or community group inquiries, investigations or opposition; or changes in legislation or the political environment more generally.

In addition, inherent uncertainties exist when integrating the operations of an acquired entity. Acquiring other entities involves potential risks that could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations, including:

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Inability to fully achieve the Company’s strategic objectives and planned operating efficiencies in an acquisition.

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Issues arising during transition and integration.

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Disruption of the Company’s business and diversion of management’s time and attention.

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Exposure to unknown or contingent liabilities of acquired institutions.

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Loss of key employees and customers of acquired institutions.

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Dilution in the ownership percentage of holders of M&T common stock.

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Payment of a premium over book and market values that may dilute the Company’s tangible book value and earnings per common share in the short and long-term.

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Inability to realize the expected benefits of the acquisition due to lower financial results pertaining to the acquired entity (for example, the Company could experience higher credit losses, incur higher operating expenses or realize less revenue than originally anticipated related to an acquired entity).

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Changes in banking or tax laws or regulations that could impair or eliminate the expected benefits of merger and acquisition activities.

M&T could suffer if it fails to attract and retain skilled personnel.

M&T’s success depends, in large part, on its ability to attract and retain key individuals and to have a diverse workforce. Competition for qualified and diverse candidates in the activities in which the Company engages and markets that the Company serves is significant, and the Company may not be able to hire candidates and retain them. Growth in the Company’s business, including through acquisitions, may increase its need for additional qualified personnel. The Company is increasingly competing for personnel with financial technology providers and other less regulated entities who may not have the same limitations on compensation as the Company does. The increase in remote work arrangements and opportunities in regional, national and global labor markets has also increased competition for the Company to attract and retain skilled personnel. The Company’s current or future approach to in-office and remote-work arrangements may not meet the needs or expectations of current or prospective employees or may not be perceived as favorable as compared to the arrangements offered by other companies, which could adversely affect the Company’s ability

to attract and retain employees. If the Company is not able to hire or retain highly skilled and qualified individuals, it may be unable to execute its business strategies and may suffer adverse consequences to its business, financial condition and results of operations.

The Company’s compensation practices are subject to review and oversight by the Federal Reserve, the OCC, the FDIC and other regulators. The federal banking agencies have issued joint guidance on executive compensation designed to help ensure that a banking organization’s incentive compensation policies do not encourage imprudent risk taking and are consistent with the safety and soundness of the organization. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act required those agencies, along with the SEC, to adopt rules to require reporting of incentive compensation and to prohibit certain compensation arrangements. If as a result of complying with such rules the Company is unable to attract and retain qualified employees, or do so at rates necessary to maintain its competitive position, or if the compensation costs required to attract and retain employees become more significant, the Company’s performance, including its competitive position, could be materially adversely affected.

Operational Risk

The Company is subject to operational risk which could adversely affect the Company’s business and reputation and create material legal and financial exposure.

Like all businesses, the Company is subject to operational risk, which represents the risk of loss resulting from human error or misconduct, inadequate or failed internal processes and systems, and external events, including the risk of loss resulting from fraud by employees or persons outside the company, and breaches in data security. Operational risk also encompasses reputational risk and compliance and legal risk, which is the risk of loss from violations of, or noncompliance with, laws, rules, regulations, prescribed practices or ethical standards, as well as the risk of noncompliance with contractual and other obligations. The Company is also exposed to operational risk through outsourcing arrangements, and the effect that changes in circumstances or capabilities of its outsourcing vendors can have on the Company’s ability to continue to perform operational functions necessary to its business. Although the Company seeks to mitigate operational risk through a system of internal controls that are reviewed and updated, no system of controls, however well designed and maintained, is infallible. Control weaknesses or failures or other operational risks could result in charges, increased operational costs, harm to the Company’s reputation or foregone business opportunities.

As described further in the risk factor herein, the Company’s operational risks have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and are generally expected to remain elevated until the pandemic subsides.

The Company’s information systems may experience interruptions or breaches in security, including due to events beyond the Company’s control.

The Company relies heavily on communications and information systems, including those of third-party service providers, to conduct its business. Any failure, interruption or breach in security of these systems could result in disruptions to its accounting, deposit, loan and other systems, and adversely affect the Company’s customer relationships. Disruption of operating systems caused by events beyond the Company’s control may include computer viruses, electrical or telecommunications outages, quality of vulnerability patches, cyber security attacks (including Distributed Denial of Service attacks, which occur when legitimate users are unable to access information systems, devices, or other network resources due to the actions of a malicious cyber threat actor), damage to property or physical assets, or events arising from political protests or terrorist acts. While the Company has policies and procedures designed to prevent or limit the effect

of these possible events, there can be no assurance that any such failure, disruption, interruption or security breach will not occur or, if any does occur, that it can be sufficiently or timely remediated.

Information security risks for large financial institutions such as M&T have increased significantly in recent years in part because of the proliferation of new technologies, such as digital and mobile banking to conduct financial transactions, and the increased sophistication and activities of organized crime, hackers, terrorists, nation-states, activists and other external parties. There have been increasing efforts on the part of third parties, including through cyber security attacks, to breach data security at financial institutions or with respect to financial transactions. There have been numerous instances involving financial services and consumer-based companies reporting unauthorized access to and disclosure of client or customer information or the destruction or theft of corporate data, including by executive impersonation and third party vendors, or the freezing of operating systems and databases making them inaccessible or unusable. There have also been several highly publicized cases where hackers have requested “ransom” payments in exchange for not disclosing customer information or for restoring access to, or the usage of, operating systems and databases. Ransomware is a form of malicious software, known as “malware,” designed to block access to, and often encrypt, computer systems or data. Once the victim’s computer system or data is locked down and encrypted, rendering it essentially useless, the malicious cyber actor then extorts the victim by demanding a ransom payment in exchange for providing a method to decrypt it. The attacker may also copy the victim’s data in the course of the attack and threaten to sell or publish the data if the ransom is not paid. Ransomware attacks can result in a loss of business functionality and of sensitive data.

As cyber security threats continue to evolve, the Company expects to continue to expend significant additional resources to modify or enhance its layers of defense or to investigate and remediate any information security vulnerabilities. The techniques used by cyber security criminals change frequently, may not be recognized until launched and can be initiated by a variety of actors, including terrorist organizations and hostile foreign governments. These techniques may include attempts to fraudulently induce employees, customers or others to disclose sensitive information in order to gain access to data or systems. These risks may increase as the use of mobile payment and other Internet-based applications expands.

Further, third parties with which the Company does business, as well as vendors and other third parties with which the Company’s customers do business, can also be sources of information security risk to the Company, particularly where activities of customers are beyond the Company’s security and control systems, such as through the use of the Internet, personal computers, tablets, smart phones and other mobile services. Security breaches affecting the Company’s customers, or systems breakdowns, failures, security breaches or employee misconduct affecting such other third parties, may require the Company to take steps to protect the integrity of its own systems or to safeguard confidential information of the Company or its customers, thereby increasing the Company’s operational costs and adversely affecting its business. Additionally, successful cyber security attacks at other large financial institutions, whether or not the Company is impacted, could lead to a general loss of customer confidence in financial institutions that could negatively affect M&T, including harming the market perception of the effectiveness of the Company’s security measures or the financial system in general which could result in reduced use of the Company’s financial products. Though the Company has insurance against some cyber security risks and attacks, it may not be sufficient to offset the impact of a material loss event.

The Company, as well as third parties with which the Company does business, has expanded the use of cloud service providers, which providers could experience system breakdowns or failures, outages, downtime, cyber security-attacks, negative changes to financial condition, bankruptcy, or other adverse conditions, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business and reputation. Thus, increasing the amount of infrastructure that the Company or its vendors and service providers outsource to the cloud or to other parties may increase M&T’s risk exposure. The failure to properly upgrade or maintain the computer systems could result in greater susceptibility to attacks,

particularly in light of the greater frequency and severity of attacks in recent years, as well as the growing prevalence of supply chain attacks affecting software and information technology service providers. Failures related to upgrades and maintenance also increase risks related to unauthorized access and misuse, as well as the Company’s ability to achieve its business continuity and resiliency objectives.

The Company could incur higher costs, experience lower revenue, and suffer reputational damage in the event of the theft, loss or misuse of information, including due to a cyber security attack.

Like other financial services firms, the systems, networks and devices of the Company, its customers, employees, service providers or other third parties with whom the Company interacts continue to be the subject of attempted unauthorized access, denial-of-service attacks, computer viruses, hacking, malware, ransomware, phishing or other forms of social engineering, and cyber security attacks designed to obtain confidential information, destroy data, disrupt or degrade service, eliminate access or cause other damage. These threats may arise from human error, fraud on the part of employees, insiders or third parties or may result from accidental technology failure or vulnerabilities of suppliers through supply chain attacks. Further, cyber security and information security risks for financial institutions have generally increased because of, among other things, the growth of new technologies, the use of the internet and telecommunications technologies (including computers, smartphones, and other mobile devices outside the Company’s systems) by customers to conduct financial transactions, and the increased sophistication and activities of organized crime, fraudsters, hackers, terrorists, activists, instrumentalities of foreign governments and other external parties.

Although the Company believes that a robust suite of authentication and layered security controls, data encryption and tokenization, threat intelligence, anti-malware defenses and vulnerability management tools exist, the failure of any of these controls could result in a failure to detect, mitigate or remediate these risks in a timely manner. Further, as the Company expands its mobile and digital capabilities, cyber security risks increase.

A disruption or breach, including as a result of a cyber security attack, or media reports of perceived security vulnerabilities at the Company or at third-party service providers, could result in significant legal and financial exposure, regulatory intervention, remediation costs, damage to reputation or loss of confidence in the security of systems, products and services that could adversely affect the Company’s business. Like other U.S. financial services providers, M&T continues to be targeted with evolving and adaptive cyber security threats from sophisticated third parties. Although the Company is not aware of any material losses relating to cyber security incidents, there can be no assurance that unauthorized access or cyber security incidents will not become known or occur or that the Company will not suffer such losses in the future.

The Company is also subject to laws and regulations relating to the privacy of the information of clients, employees or others, and any failure to comply with these laws and regulations could expose the Company to liability and/or reputational damage. New customer privacy initiatives will impose additional operational burdens on the Company, may limit the Company’s ability to pursue desirable business initiatives and increase the risks associated with any future use of customer data. Significant examples include the General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act. Compliance with these laws and regulations may require changes to policies, procedures and technology for information security and segregation of data, which could, among other things, make the Company more vulnerable to operational failures, and to monetary penalties, litigation or regulatory enforcement actions for breach of such laws and regulations.

As privacy-related laws and regulations are implemented, they may also limit how companies like M&T can use customer data and impose obligations on companies in their management of such

data. The time and resources needed for the Company to comply with such laws and regulations, as well as its potential liability for non-compliance and reporting obligations in the case of data breaches, may significantly increase. The impacts will be greater to the extent requirements vary across jurisdictions.

M&T relies on other companies to provide key components of the Company’s business infrastructure.

Third parties provide key components of the Company’s business infrastructure such as banking services, processing, and Internet connections and network access. Any disruption in such services provided by these third parties or any failure of these third parties to handle current or higher volumes of use could adversely affect the Company’s ability to deliver products and services to clients and otherwise to conduct business. Technological or financial difficulties of a third party service provider could adversely affect the Company’s business to the extent those difficulties result in the interruption or discontinuation of services provided by that party. The Company may not be insured against all types of losses as a result of third party failures and insurance coverage may be inadequate to cover all losses resulting from system failures or other disruptions. Failures in the Company’s business infrastructure could interrupt the operations or increase the costs of doing business.

Additionally, the Company is exposed to the risk that a service disruption at a common service provider to the Company’s third-party service providers could impede their ability to provide services to the Company. Notwithstanding any attempts to diversify its reliance on third parties, the Company may not be able to effectively mitigate operational risks relating to its vendors’ use of common service providers.

Many aspects of the Company’s business and operations involve substantial risk of legal liability. M&T and/or its subsidiaries have been named or threatened to be named as defendants in various lawsuits arising from its or its subsidiaries’ business activities (and in some cases from the activities of companies M&T has acquired). In addition, from time to time, M&T is, or may become, the subject of governmental and self-regulatory agency information-gathering requests, reviews, investigations and proceedings and other forms of regulatory inquiry, including by bank and other regulatory agencies, the SEC and law enforcement authorities. The SEC has announced a policy of seeking admissions of liability in certain settled cases, which could adversely impact the defense of private litigation. M&T is also at risk with respect to its obligations to indemnify directors and officers of it and its subsidiaries in connection with certain legal matters as well as in situations where it has agreed to indemnify others for losses related to legal proceedings, including for litigation and governmental investigations and inquiries, such as in connection with the purchase or sale of a business or assets. The results of such proceedings could lead to significant civil or criminal penalties, including monetary penalties, damages, adverse judgments, settlements, fines, injunctions, restrictions on the way in which the Company conducts its business, or reputational harm.

Although the Company establishes accruals for legal proceedings when information related to the loss contingencies represented by those matters indicates both that a loss is probable and that the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated, the Company does not have accruals for all legal proceedings where it faces a risk of loss. In addition, due to the inherent subjectivity of the assessments and unpredictability of the outcome of legal proceedings, amounts accrued may not represent the ultimate loss to the Company from the legal proceedings in question. Thus, the Company’s ultimate losses may be higher, and possibly significantly so, than the amounts accrued

for legal loss contingencies, which could adversely affect the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

Many financial institutions, including the Company, have received inquiries from the United States Congress, regulators and other government authorities regarding implementation of provisions and programs under the CARES Act, and may also face the risk of litigation concerning their participation in the PPP under that Act. The Company’s involvement in these and other programs created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to additional government and regulatory inquiries and litigation in the future, any of which could negatively impact the Company’s business, reputation, financial condition and results of operations.

Business Risk

Changes in accounting standards could impact the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

The accounting standard setters, including the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), the SEC and other regulatory bodies, periodically change the financial accounting and reporting standards that govern the preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements. These changes can be difficult to predict and can materially impact how the Company records and reports its financial condition and results of operations. In some cases, the Company could be required to apply a new or revised standard retroactively, which would result in the restating of the Company’s prior period financial statements. Information about recently adopted and not as yet adopted accounting standards is included in note 27 of Notes to Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplemental Data of this Form 10-K.

Accounting policies and processes are fundamental to the Company’s reported financial condition and results of operations. Some of these policies require use of estimates and assumptions that may affect the reported amounts of assets or liabilities and financial results. Several of M&T’s accounting policies are critical because they require management to make difficult, subjective and complex judgments about matters that are inherently uncertain and because it is likely that materially different amounts would be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions. Pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles, management is required to make certain assumptions and estimates in preparing the Company’s financial statements. If assumptions or estimates underlying the Company’s financial statements are incorrect, the Company may experience material losses.

Management has identified certain accounting policies as being critical because they require management’s judgment to ascertain the valuations of assets, liabilities, commitments and contingencies. A variety of factors could affect the ultimate value that is obtained either when earning income, recognizing an expense, recovering an asset, valuing an asset or liability, or recognizing or reducing a liability. M&T has established detailed policies and control procedures that are intended to ensure these critical accounting estimates and judgments are well controlled and applied consistently. In addition, the policies and procedures are intended to ensure that the process for changing methodologies occurs in an appropriate manner. Because of the uncertainty surrounding judgments and the estimates pertaining to these matters, M&T could be required to adjust accounting policies or restate prior period financial statements if those judgments and estimates prove to be incorrect. For additional information, see Part II, Item 7 — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, “Critical Accounting Estimates” and Note 1, “Significant Accounting Policies,” of Notes to Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8.

The Company’s models used for business planning purposes could perform poorly or provide inadequate information.

The Company uses quantitative models to assist in measuring risks and estimating or predicting certain financial values, among other uses. The Company uses models throughout many of its business lines, relying on them, along with its judgement, for many decision making processes. Examples of areas where the Company uses models include determining the pricing of various products, grading loans and extending credit, measuring interest rate and other market risks, predicting or estimating losses, assessing capital adequacy, and calculating economic and regulatory capital levels. The Company also uses models to estimate the value of financial instruments and balance sheet items. Models generally evaluate the performance of various factors under anticipated future conditions, relying on historical data to help build the model and in part on assumptions as to the future, often with respect to macro-economic conditions, in order to generate the output. The models used may not accurately account for all variables and may fail to predict outcomes accurately and/or may overstate or understate certain effects. Poorly designed, implemented, or managed models or misused models, including in the choice of relevant historical data or future-looking assumptions, present the risk that the Company’s business decisions that consider information based on such models will be adversely affected due to inadequate or inaccurate information, which may damage the Company’s reputation and adversely affect its reported financial condition and results of operations. Even if the underlying assumptions used in the Company’s models are adequate, the models may be deficient due to errors in computer code, use of bad data during development or input into the model during model use, or the use of a model for a purpose outside the scope of the model’s design. As a result, the Company’s models may not fully capture or express the risks the Company faces, may suggest that the Company has sufficient capital when it may not, or may lead the Company to misjudge the business and economic environment in which it operates. If the models fail to produce reliable results on an ongoing basis, the Company may not make appropriate risk management, capital planning, or other business or financial decisions. Furthermore, strategies that the Company employs to manage and govern the risks associated with its use of models may not be effective or fully reliable, and as a result, the Company may realize losses or other lapses. Finally, information the Company provides to the public or to its regulators based on poorly designed, implemented, or managed models or misused models could be inaccurate or misleading. Some of the decisions that the Company’s regulators make, including those related to capital distributions to M&T’s stockholders, could be affected adversely due to their perception that the quality of the models used to generate the relevant information is insufficient.

The Company is exposed to reputational risk.

A negative public opinion of the Company and its business can result from any number of activities, including the Company’s lending practices, corporate governance and regulatory compliance, acquisitions and actions taken by regulators or by community organizations in response to these activities. Significant harm to the Company’s reputation could also arise as a result of regulatory or governmental actions, litigation, employee misconduct or the activities of customers, other participants in the financial services industry or the Company’s contractual counterparties, such as service providers and vendors. A service disruption of the Company’s technology platforms or an impact to the Company’s branches could have a negative impact on a customer’s access to banking services, and harm the Company’s reputation with customers. In particular, a cyber security event impacting the Company’s or its customers’ data could have a negative impact on the Company’s reputation and customer confidence in the Company and its cyber security. Damage to the Company’s reputation could also adversely affect its credit ratings and access to the capital markets.

Additionally, whereas negative public opinion once was primarily driven by adverse news coverage in traditional media, the increased use of social media platforms facilitates the rapid dissemination of information or misinformation, which magnifies the potential harm to the Company’s reputation.

The Company’s framework for managing risks may not be effective.

The Company’s risk management framework is made up of various processes and strategies to manage its risk exposure. The framework to manage risk, including the framework’s underlying assumptions, may not be effective under all conditions and circumstances. If the risk management framework proves ineffective, the Company could suffer unexpected losses and could be materially adversely affected.

The Company has established processes and procedures intended to identify, measure, monitor, report, and analyze the types of risk to which it is subject, including liquidity risk, credit risk, market risk, interest rate risk, compliance risk, strategic risk, reputation risk, and operational risk related to its employees, systems and vendors, among others. There are inherent limitations to the Company’s risk management strategies as there may exist, or develop in the future, risks that it has not appropriately anticipated or identified. In addition, the Company relies on both qualitative and quantitative factors, including models, to monitor, measure and analyze certain risks and to estimate certain financial values, which are subject to error. The Company must also develop and maintain a culture of risk management among its employees, as well as manage risks associated with third parties, and could fail to do so effectively. If the Company’s risk management framework proves ineffective, the Company could incur litigation and negative regulatory consequences, and suffer unexpected losses that could affect its financial condition or results of operations.

Pandemics, acts of war or terrorism and other adverse external events could significantly impact the Company’s business.

Pandemics, acts of war or terrorism and other adverse external events, including severe weather and other natural disasters, could have a significant impact on the Company’s ability to conduct business. Such events could affect the stability of the Company’s deposit base, impair the ability of borrowers to repay outstanding loans, impair the value of collateral securing loans, cause significant property damage, result in loss of revenue and/or cause the Company to incur additional expenses. Although the Company has established disaster recovery plans and procedures, and monitors for significant environmental effects on its properties or its investments, the occurrence of any such event could have a material adverse effect on the Company.

The Company’s assets, communities, operations, reputation and customers could be adversely affected by the impacts of climate risk.

The Company operates in regions where its businesses and the activities of its customers could be negatively impacted by climate risk.

This includes the physical risks resulting from chronic shifts in climate, such as rising average global temperatures and rising sea levels, and an increase in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events and natural disasters, including floods, wildfires, hurricanes and tornados. Such chronic shifts and events could damage or otherwise impact the value or productivity of customers’ assets and disrupt the Company’s operations and the operations of customers or third parties on which the Company relies. They could also result in market volatility, negatively impact the Company’s customers’ ability to repay outstanding loans, and damage or deteriorate the value of collateral. Over time such risks may result in both increasing premiums for and reduced availability of insurance and have a broader impact on the economy.

Further, climate risk may manifest from efforts to transition to a low-carbon economy. Transition risks may arise from changes in consumer and business preferences, legislation, regulation, policy, and technological advancement associated with the changes necessary to limit climate change. Such risks may result in increased expenses or otherwise adversely impact the Company and its customers, including the ability of customers to repay outstanding loans. The Company could experience increased expenses resulting from climate-related strategic planning and market changes, as well as litigation and reputational harm as a result of negative public sentiment, regulatory scrutiny and reduced investor and stakeholder confidence due to its climate change strategy and responses. Ongoing legislative or regulatory uncertainties and changes regarding appropriate climate risk management and practices may also result in higher regulatory, compliance and other expenses.

Discussions of the specific risks outlined above and other risks facing the Company are included within this Annual Report on Form 10-K in Part I, Item 1 “Business,” and Part II, Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Furthermore, in Part II, Item 7 under the heading “Forward-Looking Statements” is included a description of certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions identified by management that are difficult to predict and that could materially affect the Company’s financial condition and results of operations, as well as the value of the Company’s financial instruments in general, and M&T common stock, in particular.

In addition, the market price of M&T common stock may fluctuate significantly in response to a number of other factors, including changes in securities analysts’ estimates of financial performance, volatility of stock market prices and volumes, rumors or erroneous information, changes in market valuations of similar companies and changes in accounting policies or procedures as may be required by the FASB or other regulatory agencies.

Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

Item 2.

Properties.

Both M&T and M&T Bank maintain their executive offices at One M&T Plaza in Buffalo, New York. This twenty-one story headquarters building, containing approximately 300,000 rentable square feet of space, is owned by M&T Bank. M&T, M&T Bank and their subsidiaries occupy approximately 98% of the building and the remainder is leased to non-affiliated tenants. At December 31, 2021, the cost of this property (including improvements subsequent to the initial construction), net of accumulated depreciation, was $24.3 million.

M&T Bank owns and occupies an additional facility in Buffalo, New York (known as M&T Center) with approximately 395,000 rentable square feet of space. At December 31, 2021, the cost of this building (including improvements subsequent to acquisition), net of accumulated depreciation, was $10.8 million.

M&T Bank also owns and occupies three separate facilities in the Buffalo area which support certain back-office and operations functions of the Company. The total square footage of these facilities approximates 290,000 square feet and their combined cost (including improvements subsequent to acquisition), net of accumulated depreciation, was $25.5 million at December 31, 2021.

M&T Bank owns facilities in Wilmington, Delaware, with approximately 340,000 (known as Wilmington Center) and 295,000 (known as Wilmington Plaza) rentable square feet of space, respectively. M&T Bank occupies approximately 100% of Wilmington Center and approximately 8% of Wilmington Plaza. At December 31, 2021, the cost of these buildings (including

improvements subsequent to acquisition), net of accumulated depreciation, was $40.3 million and $14.0 million, respectively.

M&T Bank also owns facilities in Millsboro, Delaware and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with approximately 325,000 and 220,000 rentable square feet of space, respectively. M&T Bank occupies approximately 100% and 29% of those facilities, respectively. At December 31, 2021, the cost of those buildings (including improvements subsequent to acquisition), net of accumulated depreciation, was $15.4 million and $8.4 million, respectively.

M&T owns many other properties none which have more than 100,000 square feet of space. The Company also leases office space and other facilities to support its business operations. The cost and accumulated depreciation and amortization of the Company’s premises and equipment and information regarding the Company’s lease arrangements is detailed in note 6 of Notes to Financial Statements filed herewith in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

Of the 688 domestic banking office locations of M&T’s subsidiary banks at December 31, 2021, 268 are owned and 420 are leased.

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings.

M&T and its subsidiaries are subject in the normal course of business to various pending and threatened legal proceedings and other matters in which claims for monetary damages are asserted. On an on-going basis management, after consultation with legal counsel, assesses the Company’s liabilities and contingencies in connection with such proceedings. For those matters where it is probable that the Company will incur losses and the amounts of the losses can be reasonably estimated, the Company records an expense and corresponding liability in its consolidated financial statements. To the extent the pending or threatened litigation could result in exposure in excess of that liability, the amount of such excess is not currently estimable. Although not considered probable, the range of reasonably possible losses for such matters in the aggregate, beyond the existing recorded liability, was between $0 and $25 million. Although the Company does not believe that the outcome of pending legal matters will be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position, it cannot rule out the possibility that such outcomes will be material to the consolidated results of operations for a particular reporting period in the future.

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Executive Officers of the Registrant

Information concerning M&T’s executive officers is presented below. The year the officer was first appointed to the indicated position with M&T or its subsidiaries is shown parenthetically. In the case of each entity noted below, officers’ terms run until the first meeting of the board of directors after such entity’s annual meeting, which in the case of M&T takes place immediately following the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

René F. Jones, age 57, is chief executive officer, chairman of the board and a director of M&T and M&T Bank (2017). Previously, he was an executive vice president (2006) of M&T and a vice chairman (2014) of M&T Bank with responsibility for the Company’s Wealth and Institutional Services Division, Treasury Division, and Mortgage and Consumer Lending Divisions. Previously, Mr. Jones served as chairman of the board and a director (2014) of Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, a director (2007) of M&T Insurance Agency, chief financial officer (2005) of M&T, M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust, N.A. and had held a number of management positions within M&T Bank’s Finance Division since 1992.

Richard S. Gold, age 61, is president, chief operating officer and a director of M&T and M&T Bank (2017). Mr. Gold oversees the Consumer Banking, Business Banking, Legal and Human Resources Divisions. Previously, he was an executive vice president (2006) and chief risk officer (2014) of M&T and was a vice chairman and chief risk officer (2014) of M&T Bank. Mr. Gold had been responsible for overseeing the Company’s governance and strategy for risk management, as well as relationships with key regulators and supervisory agencies. He served as chairman, president and chief executive officer (2018) of Wilmington Trust N.A., as a senior vice president of M&T Bank from 2000 to 2006 and has held a number of management positions since he began his career with M&T Bank in 1989. Mr. Gold is a director (2017) of Wilmington Trust, N.A and a director (2020) of Wilmington Trust Company.

Kevin J. Pearson, age 60, is vice chairman (2020) and a director (2018) of M&T and is vice chairman (2014) and a director (2018) of M&T Bank. He is a member of the Directors Advisory Council (2006) of the New York City/Long Island Division of M&T Bank. Mr. Pearson has oversight of the Commercial Banking, Credit, Technology and Banking Operations, and Wealth and Institutional Services Divisions. Previously, Mr. Pearson served as an executive vice president of M&T and M&T Bank, and has held a number of management positions since he began his career with M&T Bank in 1989. He is chairman of the board and a director (2018) of Wilmington Trust Company, chairman of the board (2020) and a director (2014) of Wilmington Trust, N.A., and a director (2018) of Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors.

Robert J. Bojdak, age 66, is an executive vice president and chief credit officer (2004) for M&T Bank where he is responsible for managing the overall risk involving the bank’s loan portfolio, monitoring portfolio metrics and workout activities. He is an executive vice president (2004) of Wilmington Trust, N.A. and an executive vice president (2020) of Wilmington Trust Company. Previously from April 2002 to April 2004, Mr. Bojdak served as senior vice president and credit deputy for M&T Bank and as a director (2004) of Wilmington Trust, N.A.

John L. D’Angelo, age 59, is an executive vice president (2017) and director of environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) (2021) of M&T and M&T Bank. Mr. D’Angelo is responsible for designing, implementing and measuring the formal strategy to establish M&T Bank as a leader in ESG and sustainable business practices. He served as chief risk officer (2017), senior vice president and general auditor of M&T and M&T Bank from 2005 to 2017 and has held a number of positions since he began his career with M&T Bank in 1987.

Christopher E. Kay, age 56, is an executive vice president (2018) of M&T and M&T Bank, and is responsible for all aspects of Consumer Banking, including the Mortgage, Consumer Lending and Retail businesses, and Business Banking and Marketing. Prior to joining M&T in 2018, Mr. Kay served as chief innovation officer at Humana from 2014 to 2018 and as managing director of Citi Ventures from 2007 to 2013.

Darren J. King, age 52, is an executive vice president (2010) and chief financial officer (2016) of M&T and executive vice president (2009) and chief financial officer (2016) of M&T Bank. Mr. King has responsibility for the overall financial management of the Company and oversees the Finance and Treasury Divisions. Prior to his current role, Mr. King was the Retail Banking executive with responsibility for overseeing Business Banking, Consumer Deposits, Consumer Lending and M&T Bank’s Marketing and Communications team. Mr. King previously served as senior vice president of M&T Bank and has held a number of management positions within M&T Bank since 2000. Mr. King is an executive vice president (2009) and chief financial officer (2016) of Wilmington Trust, N.A. and a director of M&T Insurance Agency (2018).

Gino A. Martocci, age 56, is an executive vice president (2014) of M&T and M&T Bank, and is responsible for managing M&T Bank’s commercial banking lines of business. Mr. Martocci is responsible for directing strategic growth and business line development activities across the Company’s footprint for commercial customers. Previously, Mr. Martocci co-managed M&T Bank’s

commercial banking lines of business. Mr. Martocci was a senior vice president of M&T Bank from 2002 to 2013, serving in a number of management positions and was a member of the Directors Advisory Council of the New Jersey Division (2015) of M&T Bank. He is chairman of the board (2018) and a director (2009) of M&T Realty Capital, and a member of the Directors Advisory Council of the New York City/Long Island Division (2013) of M&T Bank and its Mortgage Investment Committee.

Doris P. Meister, age 66, is an executive vice president (2016) of M&T and M&T Bank, and is responsible for overseeing the Company’s wealth management business, including Wilmington Trust Wealth Management, M&T Securities and Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors. Ms. Meister is an executive vice president and a director (2016) of Wilmington Trust, N.A., an executive vice president and director of Wilmington Trust Company (2016) and chairman of the board, chief executive officer and a director (2017) of Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors. Prior to joining M&T in 2016, Ms. Meister served as President of U.S. Markets for BNY Mellon Wealth Management from 2009 to 2016 and prior to that was a Managing Director of the New York office of Bernstein Global Wealth Management.

Michael J. Todaro, age 60, is an executive vice president (2015) and chief risk officer (2021) of M&T and M&T Bank. Mr. Todaro is responsible for overseeing the Company’s governance and strategy for risk management as well as relationships with the Company’s regulators and supervisory agencies. Previously, Mr. Todaro was responsible for the Mortgage, Consumer Lending and Customer Asset Management Divisions. Most recently he was responsible for Enterprise Transformation activities. Mr. Todaro previously served as senior vice president of M&T Bank and held a number of management positions within M&T Bank’s Mortgage Division since 1995. He is an executive vice president (2015), chief risk officer (2021) and a director (2021) of Wilmington Trust, N.A. and an executive vice president (2021) and a director (2021) of Wilmington Trust Company.

Michele D. Trolli, age 60, is an executive vice president (2005) and head of corporate operations and enterprise initiatives (2018) of M&T and M&T Bank. Previously, she was chief information officer (2005) of M&T and M&T Bank. Ms. Trolli leads a wide range of the Company’s Banking Operations, which includes Banking Services, Corporate Services, Business Continuity and Enterprise Transformation and Change Management.

D. Scott N. Warman, age 56, is an executive vice president (2009) and treasurer (2008) of M&T and M&T Bank. He is responsible for managing the Company’s Treasury Division, including asset/liability management, funding, investment and derivative portfolio management, capital markets foreign exchange trading and sales. Mr. Warman previously served as senior vice president of M&T Bank and has held a number of management positions within M&T Bank since 1995. He is an executive vice president and treasurer of Wilmington Trust, N.A. (2008) and is an executive vice president and treasurer of Wilmington Trust Company (2012).

Jennifer Warren, age 57, is an executive vice president (2022) of M&T and M&T Bank. Ms. Warren is responsible for managing administrative and business development functions of Institutional Client Services within the Wealth and Institutional Services Division. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Warren was chief executive officer of Issuer Services, North America for Computershare from 2018 to 2021. Ms. Warren previously served as head of the U.S. region and president and chief executive officer of CIBC World Markets Corp., where she worked for nearly 12 years.

Tracy S. Woodrow, age 48, is an executive vice president and chief human resources officer (2020) of M&T and M&T Bank. Ms. Woodrow is responsible for managing the Company’s Human Resources Division. She is an executive vice president (2020) of Wilmington Trust, N.A. and Wilmington Trust Company. Ms. Woodrow previously served as the Bank Secrecy Act / Anti-Money Laundering / Office of Foreign Assets Control Officer (2013) for M&T, M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust, N.A.

PART II

Item 5.

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

M&T’s common stock is traded under the symbol MTB on the New York Stock Exchange. See cross-reference sheet for disclosures incorporated elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for approximate number of common shareholders at year-end, frequency and amounts of dividends on common stock and restrictions on the payment of dividends.

During the fourth quarter of 2021, M&T did not issue any shares of its common stock that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table provides information as of December 31, 2021 with respect to shares of common stock that may be issued under M&T’s existing equity compensation plans. M&T’s existing equity compensation plans include the M&T Bank Corporation 2019 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan, which has been previously approved by shareholders and the M&T Bank Corporation Deferred Bonus Plan, which did not require shareholder approval.

The table does not include information with respect to shares of common stock subject to outstanding options and rights assumed by M&T in connection with mergers and acquisitions of the companies that originally granted those options and rights. Footnote (1) to the table sets forth the total number of shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of such assumed options and rights as of December 31, 2021, and their weighted-average exercise price.

Plan Category	Number of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options or Rights		Weighted-Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options or Rights		Number of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans (Excluding Securities Reflected in Column A)
	(A)		(B)		(C)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders		635,864	$	162.73		2,299,502
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders		13,319		78.02		—
Total		649,183	$	160.99		2,299,502

(1)

As of December 31, 2021, a total of 2,450 shares of M&T common stock were issuable upon exercise of outstanding options or rights assumed by M&T in connection with merger and acquisition transactions. The weighted-average exercise price of those outstanding options or rights is $70.53 per common share.

Deferred Bonus Plan. M&T maintains a deferred bonus plan which was frozen effective January 1, 2010 and did not allow any additional deferrals after that date. Prior to January 1, 2010, the plan allowed eligible officers of M&T and its subsidiaries to elect to defer all or a portion of their annual incentive compensation awards and allocate such awards to several investment options, including M&T common stock. At the time of the deferral election, participants also elected the timing of distributions from the plan. Such distributions are payable in cash, with the exception of balances allocated to M&T common stock which are distributable in the form of shares of common stock.

Performance Graph

The following graph contains a comparison of the cumulative shareholder return on M&T common stock against the cumulative total returns of the KBW Nasdaq Bank Index, compiled by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., and the S&P 500 Index, compiled by Standard & Poor’s Corporation, for the five-year period beginning on December 31, 2016 and ending on December 31, 2021. The KBW Nasdaq Bank Index is a modified market capitalization weighted index consisting of 24 banking stocks representing leading large U.S. national money centers, regional banks and thrift institutions.

Comparison of Five-Year Cumulative Return*

Shareholder Value at Year End*

	2016		2017		2018		2019		2020		2021
M&T Bank Corporation		100		111		95		116		90		112
KBW Nasdaq Bank Index		100		119		98		133		119		165
S&P 500 Index		100		122		116		153		181		233

* Assumes a $100 investment on December 31, 2016 and reinvestment of all dividends.

In accordance with and to the extent permitted by applicable law or regulation, the information set forth above under the heading “Performance Graph” shall not be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act and shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

During the fourth quarter of 2021, M&T purchased shares of its common stock as follows:

	Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Period	(a)Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased (1)		(b)Average Price Paid per Share (or Unit)		(c)Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		(d)Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that may yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (2)

October 1 - October 31, 2021		—	$	—		—	$	800,000,000
November 1 - November 30, 2021		—		—		—		800,000,000
December 1 - December 31, 2021		—		—		—		800,000,000
Total		—	$	—		—

(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 or shares received from employees upon the vesting of restricted stock awards in satisfaction of applicable tax withholding obligations, as is permitted under M&T’s stock-based compensation plans.

(2)

On January 20, 2021, M&T’s Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program to repurchase up to $800 million of common shares, with the exact number, timing, price and terms of such repurchases to be determined at the discretion of management and subject to all regulatory limitations. No common shares were repurchased during 2021.

Item 6.

Selected Financial Data [Reserved].

Item 7.

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

Corporate Profile and Significant Developments

M&T Bank Corporation (“M&T”) is a bank holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York with consolidated assets of $155.1 billion at December 31, 2021. The consolidated financial information presented herein reflects M&T and all of its subsidiaries, which are referred to collectively as “the Company.” M&T’s wholly owned bank subsidiaries are Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (“M&T Bank”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association (“Wilmington Trust, N.A.”).

M&T Bank, with total assets of $154.7 billion at December 31, 2021, is a New York-chartered commercial bank with 688 domestic banking offices in New York State, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia, and a full-service commercial banking office in Ontario, Canada. M&T Bank and its subsidiaries offer a broad range of financial services to a diverse base of consumers, businesses, professional clients, governmental entities and financial institutions located in their markets. M&T Bank lends to consumers residing in the states noted above and to small and medium-size businesses based in those areas, although loans are also originated through offices in other states and in Ontario, Canada. Certain lending activities are also conducted in other states through various subsidiaries. Trust and other fiduciary services are offered by M&T Bank and through its wholly owned subsidiary, Wilmington Trust Company. Other subsidiaries of M&T Bank include: M&T Realty Capital

Corporation, a multifamily commercial mortgage lender; M&T Securities, Inc., which provides institutional brokerage and securities services; Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc., which serves as an investment advisor to the Wilmington Funds, a family of proprietary mutual funds, and other funds and institutional clients; and M&T Insurance Agency, Inc., an insurance agency.

Wilmington Trust, N.A. is a national bank with total assets of $12.0 billion at December 31, 2021. Wilmington Trust, N.A. and its subsidiaries offer various trust and wealth management services.

Financial results during 2020 and 2021 were adversely impacted by the effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemic. Large portions of the U.S. economy were severely impacted throughout much of those two years and as a result, many commercial and consumer customers were negatively affected. The effects of the pandemic resulted in the Company recognizing an elevated provision for credit losses during 2020 that reflected projections of credit losses based on macroeconomic forecasts that were based on then existing economic conditions. As a result, the Company recorded a provision for credit losses of $800 million in 2020. Improvements in economic conditions and forecasts throughout 2021 led the Company to recognize a provision recapture of $75 million in that year. In response to the pandemic, the Federal Reserve took actions to lower interest rates that have negatively affected the Company’s net interest income since the beginning of the pandemic.

On March 27, 2020 the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was signed into law. In addition to providing financial assistance to both businesses and consumers, the CARES Act created a forbearance program for federally-backed mortgage loans, protected borrowers from negative credit reporting due to loan accommodations resulting from the pandemic, and provided financial institutions the option to temporarily suspend certain requirements under GAAP related to troubled debt restructurings to account for the effects of COVID-19. The bank regulatory agencies likewise issued guidance encouraging financial institutions to work prudently with borrowers that were unable to meet their contractual payment obligations because of the effects of COVID-19. That guidance, with concurrence of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and provisions of the CARES Act allowed modifications made on a good faith basis in response to COVID-19 to borrowers who were generally current with their payments prior to any relief, to not be treated as troubled debt restructurings nor be reported as past due.

The CARES Act also provided funding opportunities for small businesses under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) from approved Small Business Administration (“SBA”) lenders, including M&T Bank. For commercial and consumer customers, the Company provided a host of relief options, such as payment deferrals (including maturity extensions), loan covenant waivers and low interest rate loan products. M&T Bank funded approximately $7.0 billion of PPP loans during 2020 and another $2.9 billion in 2021, of which $1.2 billion remained outstanding at December 31, 2021.

The national effort to mitigate the pandemic has resulted in a challenging environment for businesses and their employees. The Company has taken actions designed to help provide a safe environment for its customers and employees and to provide relief to customers in a variety of ways. Examples of those actions include:

• The deployment of a Pandemic Response Plan to manage the pandemic’s effects on operations, employees and customers, including seeking to ensure employee safety, maintaining continuity of operations and service levels for customers, preserving the Company’s financial strength, and complying with applicable laws and regulations. Actions have included placing restrictions on travel, implementing social distancing, health screening, sanitation and other protocols, and mandating for all employees whose jobs can be performed remotely to work from home where possible. In accordance with changes in Federal guidelines (e.g. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and state and local regulations, the Company has begun to roll back certain of these measures;

• The vast majority of the Company’s non-branch employees continued to work remotely during 2021; the Company is preparing to employ an operating model consisting of onsite, hybrid and fully remote employee work schedules when COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations stabilize;

• M&T Bank branches remain open, with open lobbies and normal access to drive-through windows and ATMs; and

• Some loan customers are still receiving COVID-19 related relief in various forms, including modification and forbearance requests as of December 31, 2021 as described herein and in note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements.

On February 22, 2021 M&T announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with People’s United Financial, Inc. (“People’s United”) under which People’s United will be acquired by M&T in an all-stock transaction. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, People’s United shareholders will receive consideration valued at .118 of an M&T share in the form of M&T common stock. People’s United outstanding preferred stock will be converted to a new series of M&T preferred stock upon completion of the acquisition. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.8 billion (with the price based on M&T’s closing price of $153.58 per share as of December 31, 2021).

As of December 31, 2021, People’s United reported $64.6 billion of assets, including $37.9 billion of loans and $10.8 billion of investment securities, $56.7 billion of liabilities, including $53.8 billion of deposits, and $7.9 billion of stockholders’ equity. The merger has been approved by the common shareholders of M&T and People’s United, the New York State Department of Financial Services and Connecticut Department of Banking but remains subject to approval by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The merger is expected to be completed promptly after the parties have obtained approval and satisfied other customary closing conditions.

Critical Accounting Estimates

The Company’s significant accounting policies conform with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and are described in note 1 of Notes to Financial Statements. In applying those accounting policies, management of the Company is required to exercise judgment in determining many of the methodologies, assumptions and estimates to be utilized. Certain of the critical accounting estimates are more dependent on such judgment and in some cases may contribute to volatility in the Company’s reported financial performance should the assumptions and estimates used change over time due to changes in circumstances. The more significant areas in which management of the Company applies critical assumptions and estimates include the following:

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Accounting for credit losses — Effective January 1, 2020 the Company adopted amended accounting guidance that impacts how the allowance for credit losses is determined. Under the new accounting guidance, the allowance for credit losses represents a valuation account that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of certain financial assets, including loans and leases, to present the net amount expected to be collected at the balance sheet date. A provision for credit losses is recorded to adjust the level of the allowance as deemed necessary by management. In estimating expected losses in the loan and lease portfolio, borrower-specific financial data and macro-economic assumptions are utilized to project losses over a reasonable and supportable forecast period. For certain loan pools that share similar risk characteristics, the Company utilizes statistically developed models to estimate amounts and timing of expected future cash flows, collateral values and other factors used to determine the borrowers’ abilities to repay obligations. Such models consider historical correlations of credit losses with various macroeconomic assumptions including unemployment, gross domestic product and real estate prices. These forecasts may be adjusted for inherent limitations or biases of the models. Subsequent to the forecast period, the Company utilizes longer-term historical loss experience to estimate

losses over the remaining contractual life of the loans. Prior to 2020, the allowance for credit losses represented the amount that in management’s judgment reflected incurred credit losses inherent in the loan and lease portfolio as of the balance sheet date. The estimation of the allowance for credit losses prior to 2020 did not consider reasonable and supportable forecasts that could have affected the collectability of the reported amounts. Changes in the circumstances considered when determining management’s estimates and assumptions could result in changes in those estimates and assumptions, which could result in adjustment of the allowance for credit losses in future periods. A discussion of facts and circumstances considered by management in determining the allowance for credit losses is included herein under the heading “Provision for Credit Losses” and in note 5 of Notes to Financial Statements.

•

Valuation methodologies — Management of the Company applies various valuation methodologies to assets and liabilities which often involve a significant degree of judgment, particularly when liquid markets do not exist for the particular items being valued. Quoted market prices are referred to when estimating fair values for certain assets, such as trading assets, most investment securities, and residential real estate loans held for sale and related commitments. However, for those items for which an observable liquid market does not exist, management utilizes significant estimates and assumptions to value such items. Examples of these items include loans, deposits, borrowings, goodwill, core deposit and other intangible assets, other assets and liabilities obtained or assumed in business combinations, capitalized servicing assets, pension and other postretirement benefit obligations, estimated residual values of property associated with leases, and certain derivative and other financial instruments. These valuations require the use of various assumptions, including, among others, discount rates, rates of return on assets, repayment rates, cash flows, default rates, costs of servicing and liquidation values. The use of different assumptions could produce significantly different results, which could have material positive or negative effects on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or disclosures of fair value information. In addition to valuation, the Company must assess whether there are any declines in value below the carrying value of assets that require recognition of a loss in the consolidated statement of income. Examples include certain investments, capitalized servicing assets, goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets, among others. Specific assumptions and estimates utilized by management are discussed in detail herein in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations and in notes 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 13, 19, 20 and 21 of Notes to Financial Statements.

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Commitments, contingencies and off-balance sheet arrangements — Information regarding the Company’s commitments and contingencies, including guarantees and contingent liabilities arising from litigation, and their potential effects on the Company’s results of operations is included in note 22 of Notes to Financial Statements. In addition, the Company is 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 tax laws change or the tax authorities determine that management’s assumptions were inappropriate, the result and adjustments required could have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations. Information regarding the Company’s income taxes is presented in note 14 of Notes to Financial Statements. The recognition or de-recognition in the Company’s consolidated financial statements of assets and liabilities held by so-called variable interest entities is subject to the interpretation and application of complex accounting pronouncements or interpretations that require management to estimate and assess the relative significance of the Company’s financial interests in those entities and

the degree to which the Company can influence the most important activities of the entities. Information relating to the Company’s involvement in such entities and the accounting treatment afforded each such involvement is included in note 20 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Overview

Net income recorded by the Company in 2021 was $1.86 billion or $13.80 of diluted earnings per common share, representing an increase of 37% and 39%, respectively, from $1.35 billion or $9.94 of diluted earnings per common share in 2020. Basic earnings per common share also increased 39% to $13.81 in 2021 from $9.94 in 2020. In connection with M&T’s pending acquisition of People’s United, the after-tax impact of merger-related expenses was $34 million ($44 million pre-tax), or $.25 of basic and diluted earnings per common share in 2021. Merger-related expenses largely consisted of professional services related to planned integration efforts associated with the merger. There were no merger-related expenses during 2020 and 2019. Net income in 2019 totaled $1.93 billion, while diluted and basic earnings per common share were $13.75 and $13.76, respectively. Expressed as a rate of return on average assets, net income in 2021 was 1.22%, compared with 1.00% in 2020 and 1.61% in 2019. The return on average common shareholders’ equity was 11.54% in 2021, 8.72% in 2020 and 12.87% in 2019.

Table 1

EARNINGS SUMMARY

Dollars in millions

Increase (Decrease)(a)																										Compound Growth Rate
2020 to 2021						2019 to 2020																				5 Years
Amount			%			Amount			%				2021			2020			2019		2018			2017		2016 to 2021

$	(256.5	)		(6	)	$	(692.4	)		(14	)	Interest income(b)	$	3,953.5		$	4,210.0		$	4,902.4	$	4,620.6		$	4,202.4		—		%
	(212.4	)		(65	)		(422.9	)		(56	)	Interest expense		114.0			326.4			749.3		526.4			386.8		(23	)
	(44.1	)		(1	)		(269.5	)		(6	)	Net interest income(b)		3,839.5			3,883.6			4,153.1		4,094.2			3,815.6		2
	(875.0	)		(109	)		624.0			355		Less: provision for credit losses		(75.0	)		800.0			176.0		132.0			168.0		—
	(11.8	)		—			(27.4	)		—		Gain (loss) on bank investment securities		(21.2	)		(9.4	)		18.0		(6.3	)		21.3		—
	90.3			4			54.2			3		Other income		2,188.2			2,097.9			2,043.7		1,862.3			1,829.9		4
												Less:
	95.0			5			49.9			3		Salaries and employee benefits		2,045.7			1,950.7			1,900.8		1,752.3			1,648.8		5
	131.4			9			(133.4	)		(9	)	Other expense		1,565.9			1,434.5			1,567.9		1,535.8			1,491.5		2
	683.0			38			(783.2	)		(30	)	Income before income taxes		2,469.9			1,786.9			2,570.1		2,530.1			2,358.5		3
												Less:
	(2.6	)		(15	)		(5.6	)		(24	)	Taxable-equivalent adjustment(b)		14.7			17.3			22.9		21.9			34.6		(11	)
	180.0			43			(201.7	)		(33	)	Income taxes		596.4			416.4			618.1		590.1			915.6		(4	)
$	505.6			37		$	(575.9	)		(30	)	Net income	$	1,858.8		$	1,353.2		$	1,929.1	$	1,918.1		$	1,408.3	7			%

(a)	Changes were calculated from unrounded amounts.

(b)

Interest income data are on a taxable-equivalent basis. The taxable-equivalent adjustment represents additional income taxes that would be due if all interest income were subject to income taxes. This adjustment, which is related to interest received on qualified municipal securities, industrial revenue financings and preferred equity securities, is based on a composite income tax rate of approximately 26% in 2018-2021 and 39% in prior years.

Financial results for 2021 and 2020 were adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Large portions of the U.S. economy were substantially curtailed for extended periods of time and, as a result, many commercial and consumer customers were adversely impacted. Specifically, those

adverse economic impacts, coupled with an accounting change noted herein, resulted in the Company recognizing significantly higher provisions for credit losses during 2020 as compared with previous years. An improvement in economic conditions during 2021 led the Company to recapture provision for credit losses of $75 million in 2021 compared with provisions for credit losses of $800 million in 2020 and $176 million in 2019. The 2020 and 2021 periods reflect the amended accounting guidance for the measurement of expected credit losses on financial instruments. Prior to 2020, the provision for credit losses reflected incurred losses only. In response to the pandemic, the Federal Reserve took actions to lower interest rates that have negatively affected the Company’s net interest income since the beginning of the pandemic. Taxable-equivalent net interest income totaled $3.84 billion, $3.88 billion and $4.15 billion in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Economic forecasts improved in 2021 resulting in a recapture of provision for credit losses in 2021 compared with significant provision for credit losses recorded in the prior year. During 2020, economic forecasts utilized during each interim period resulted in higher estimates of expected credit losses in the Company’s loan portfolio than at January 1, 2020, resulting in higher levels of the provision for credit losses in each of those quarters as compared with the comparable 2019 periods. Specifically, the level of the provision in 2020 reflected the ongoing impacts of the pandemic on economic activity in the hospitality and retail sectors, the uncertainty at December 31, 2020 as to the sufficiency and effectiveness of economic stimulus provided by the U.S. government to the economy, and concerns about ultimate collectability of real estate loans where the borrowers requested re-payment forbearance. Concerns remain about large sectors of the economy, including the hotel, healthcare and office space sectors. The allowance for credit losses for commercial real estate loans remains elevated as a result. The Company expects that it will likely continue to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic after December 31, 2021. Specifically, the Company expects that the following balance sheet and income statement categories could be affected:

• Net interest income and net interest margin – the low interest rate environment will continue to negatively affect the Company’s net interest margin until the level of general interest rates rises;

• Provision for credit losses – although the economy has experienced a recovery in 2021, it is possible that economic assumptions used to calculate the allowance for credit losses at the end of future reporting periods could deteriorate, resulting in higher levels of the provision and allowance for credit losses. In addition, the impact on borrowers’ ability to repay loans could be negatively affected, potentially leading to increased charge-offs;

• A resurgence of the pandemic or emergence of COVID-19 variants in large parts of the country may impact customer demand for many of the Company’s products and services, in particular credit and deposit-related products and services.

Effective January 1, 2020, M&T adopted amended accounting guidance for the measurement of credit losses on financial instruments. That guidance required an allowance for credit losses to be deducted from the amortized cost basis of financial assets to present the net carrying value that is expected to be collected over the contractual term of the assets considering relevant information about past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount. The accounting guidance replaced the previous incurred loss model for determining the allowance for credit losses. The adoption of the amended guidance resulted in a $132 million increase in the allowance for credit losses as of January 1, 2020. Additional information on the amended accounting guidance is provided under the heading “Provision for Credit Losses” and in note 5 of Notes to Financial Statements.

There were several notable matters during 2019 that impacted that year’s results. In the first quarter of 2019, the Company recognized an expense of $50 million (reflected in “other costs of operations”) to increase its reserve for legal matters associated with a subsidiary’s role as trustee of Employee Stock Ownership Plans in its Institutional Client Services business. That expense, on an after-tax basis, reduced net income by $37 million, or $.27 of diluted earnings per common share. In

July 2019, M&T agreed to sell its non-controlling interest in an asset manager obtained in the 2011 acquisition of Wilmington Trust Corporation that had been accounted for using the equity method of accounting and, as a result, as of June 30, 2019 recorded a $48 million charge (reflected in “other costs of operations”) to reduce the carrying value of the investment to its estimated net realizable value. Similar to other active investment managers, the investee entity had experienced a decrease in assets under management and during the second quarter of 2019 the entity’s chief executive and investment officer announced his retirement. Following that announcement, successor management submitted a proposal to M&T to restructure the organization of the entity. The after-tax impact of the charge was a reduction in net income of $36 million, or $.27 of diluted earnings per common share. The sale of M&T’s interest in the asset manager was effective September 30, 2019.

Reflecting the matters discussed previously, taxable-equivalent net interest income was $3.84 billion in 2021, compared with $3.88 billion in 2020. That decline resulted from a 40 basis point (hundredths of one percent) narrowing of the net interest margin, or taxable-equivalent net interest income expressed as an annualized percentage of average earning assets, to 2.76% in 2021 from 3.16% in 2020, partially offset by the impact of an increase in average earning assets to $139.1 billion in 2021 from $122.9 billion in 2020. The increase in average earning assets resulted from higher amounts of low-yielding balances maintained by the Company at the Federal Reserve Bank (“FRB”) of New York. Taxable-equivalent net interest income decreased 6% in 2020 from $4.15 billion in 2019. That decrease resulted from a 68 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin from 3.84% in 2019, partially offset by the impact of an increase in average earning assets from $108.2 billion in 2019 that reflected higher balances of loans and amounts held at the FRB of New York.

The provision for credit losses declined significantly in 2021 resulting in a recapture of previously recorded provisions of $75 million, compared with a provision for credit losses of $800 million recorded in 2020. The provision in 2019 was $176 million. Net charge-offs in 2021, 2020 and 2019 were $192 million, $247 million and $144 million, respectively.

Other income totaled $2.17 billion in 2021, $2.09 billion in 2020 and $2.06 billion in 2019. As compared with 2020, higher amounts of trust income, service charges on deposit accounts, and brokerage services income in 2021 were partially offset by lower trading account and foreign exchange gains, a higher loss on bank investment securities and less in distributions from Bayview Lending Group LLC (“BLG”). Comparing 2020 with 2019, a 24% rise in mortgage banking revenues, higher trust income and increased income from BLG were partially offset by a declines in service charges on deposit accounts, trading account and foreign exchange gains and loan syndication fees.

Other expense totaled $3.61 billion in 2021, compared with $3.39 billion in 2020 and $3.47 billion in 2019. Included in those amounts are expenses considered by M&T to be “nonoperating” in nature, consisting of amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets of $10 million, $15 million and $19 million in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and merger-related expenses of $44 million in 2021. No merger-related expenses were recorded in 2020 and 2019. Exclusive of those nonoperating expenses, noninterest operating expenses totaled $3.56 billion in 2021, compared with $3.37 billion in 2020 and $3.45 billion in 2019. The higher level of such expenses in 2021 as compared with 2020 was due to increased costs for salaries and employee benefits, outside data processing and software, FDIC assessments, and professional services. Contributing to the lower level of noninterest operating expenses in 2020 as compared with 2019 were decreased costs for professional services, legal-related matters, advertising and marketing, travel and entertainment, and a $48 million charge in the second quarter of 2019 associated with the sale of an equity investment in an asset manager. Those factors were partially offset by higher costs for salaries and employee benefits, outside data processing and software, increases to the valuation allowance for capitalized residential mortgage servicing rights and $14 million of expenses related to the planned transition of

the support for the Company’s retail brokerage and advisory business to the platform of LPL Financial.

The efficiency ratio measures the relationship of noninterest operating expenses to revenues. The Company’s efficiency ratio, or noninterest operating expenses (as previously defined) divided by the sum of taxable-equivalent net interest income and noninterest income (exclusive of gains and losses from bank investment securities), was 59.0% in 2021, compared with 56.3% and 55.7% in 2020 and 2019, respectively. The calculations of the efficiency ratio are presented in table 2.

The Company’s effective tax rate was 24.3% in 2021 and 2019, compared with 23.5% in 2020.

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 $4.6 billion at each of December 31, 2021 and 2020, consisting predominantly of goodwill. Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets, after-tax effect, totaled $8 million, $11 million and $14 million during 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

M&T consistently provides supplemental reporting of its results on a “net operating” or “tangible” basis, from 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) and gains (when realized) and expenses (when incurred) associated with merging acquired or to be acquired operations with and into the Company, since such items are considered by management to be “nonoperating” in nature. In 2021, those merger-related expenses generally consisted of professional services, reflecting legal expenses and technology-related efforts to prepare for the integration of People’s United’s systems with those of the Company, and printing costs associated with the production of the joint proxy statement/prospectus distributed to the shareholders of M&T and People’s United. Such expenses totaled $44 million ($34 million after-tax) in 2021. There were no merger-related gains or expenses in 2020 and 2019. 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 was $1.90 billion in 2021, $1.36 million in 2020, and $1.94 billion in 2019. Diluted net operating earnings per common share were $14.11 in 2021, $10.02 in 2020 and $13.86 in 2019.

Net operating income expressed as a rate of return on average tangible assets was 1.28% in 2021, compared with 1.04% in 2020 and 1.69% in 2019. Net operating income represented a return on average tangible common equity of 16.80% in 2021, compared with 12.79% in 2020 and 19.08% in 2019.

Reconciliations of GAAP amounts with corresponding non-GAAP amounts are presented in table 2.

Table 2

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES

	2021			2020			2019
Income statement data
Dollars in thousands, except per share
Net income
Net income	$	1,858,746		$	1,353,152		$	1,929,149
Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets(a)		7,532			10,993			14,359
Merger-related expenses(a)		33,560			—			—
Net operating income	$	1,899,838		$	1,364,145		$	1,943,508
Earnings per common share
Diluted earnings per common share	$	13.80		$	9.94		$	13.75
Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets(a)		.06			.08			.11
Merger-related expenses(a)		.25			—			—
Diluted net operating earnings per common share	$	14.11		$	10.02		$	13.86
Other expense
Other expense	$	3,611,623		$	3,385,240		$	3,468,682
Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets		(10,167	)		(14,869	)		(19,490	)
Merger-related expenses		(43,860	)		—			—
Noninterest operating expense	$	3,557,596		$	3,370,371		$	3,449,192
Merger-related expenses
Salaries and employee benefits	$	176		$	—		$	—
Equipment and net occupancy		341			—			—
Outside data processing and software		1,119			—			—
Advertising and marketing		866			—			—
Printing, postage and supplies		2,965			—			—
Other costs of operations		38,393			—			—
Other expense	$	43,860		$	—		$	—
Efficiency ratio
Noninterest operating expense (numerator)	$	3,557,596		$	3,370,371		$	3,449,192
Taxable-equivalent net interest income	$	3,839,509		$	3,883,605		$	4,153,127
Other income		2,166,994			2,088,444			2,061,679
Less: Gain (loss) on bank investment securities		(21,220	)		(9,421	)		18,037
Denominator	$	6,027,723		$	5,981,470		$	6,196,769
Efficiency ratio		59.0	%		56.3	%		55.7	%
Balance sheet data
In millions
Average assets
Average assets	$	152,669		$	135,480		$	119,584
Goodwill		(4,593	)		(4,593	)		(4,593	)
Core deposit and other intangible assets		(8	)		(21	)		(38	)
Deferred taxes		2			5			10
Average tangible assets	$	148,070		$	130,871		$	114,963
Average common equity
Average total equity	$	16,909		$	15,991		$	15,718
Preferred stock		(1,438	)		(1,250	)		(1,272	)
Average common equity		15,471			14,741			14,446
Goodwill		(4,593	)		(4,593	)		(4,593	)
Core deposit and other intangible assets		(8	)		(21	)		(38	)
Deferred taxes		2			5			10
Average tangible common equity	$	10,872		$	10,132		$	9,825
At end of year
Total assets
Total assets	$	155,107		$	142,601		$	119,873
Goodwill		(4,593	)		(4,593	)		(4,593	)
Core deposit and other intangible assets		(4	)		(14	)		(29	)
Deferred taxes		1			4			7
Total tangible assets	$	150,511		$	137,998		$	115,258
Total common equity
Total equity	$	17,903		$	16,187		$	15,717
Preferred stock		(1,750	)		(1,250	)		(1,250	)
Common equity		16,153			14,937			14,467
Goodwill		(4,593	)		(4,593	)		(4,593	)
Core deposit and other intangible assets		(4	)		(14	)		(29	)
Deferred taxes		1			4			7
Total tangible common equity	$	11,557		$	10,334		$	9,852

(a)	After any related tax effect.

Net Interest Income/Lending and Funding Activities

Taxable-equivalent net interest income was $3.84 billion in 2021, compared with $3.88 billion in 2020. The decrease in 2021 was primarily attributable to a 40 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin to 2.76% in 2021 from 3.16% in 2020 reflecting lower yields on loans offset, in part, by lower rates paid on deposits, and reduced balances of investment securities. Those net impacts were partially offset by increased deposits held at the FRB of New York that serve to increase net interest income, but, due to their low yield, reduce the reported net interest margin.

Average earnings assets were $139.1 billion and $122.9 billion in 2021 and 2020, respectively. Average loans and leases were $96.6 billion in both 2021 and 2020. Average balances of commercial loans and leases decreased $2.3 billion or 8% to $25.2 billion in 2021 from $27.5 billion in 2020. That decrease was largely the result of a decline in average balances of PPP loans due to loan forgiveness by the SBA, lower dealer floor plan balances reflecting automobile production and inventory issues experienced by the industry and subdued loan demand by commercial customers, in general. PPP loans averaged $4.1 billion in 2021 compared with $4.4 billion in 2020. Average commercial real estate loan balances were up $336 million or 1% to $37.3 billion in 2021 from $37.0 billion in 2020. Consumer loans averaged $17.3 billion in 2021, an increase of $1.4 billion or 9% from $15.9 billion in 2020, due to growth in recreational finance loans (consisting predominantly of loans secured by recreational vehicles and boats) and, to a lesser extent, automobile loans that was partially offset by declines in average outstanding balances of home equity loans and lines of credit. Average residential real estate loans were $16.8 billion and $16.2 billion in 2021 and 2020, respectively, reflecting repurchases of government-guaranteed loans from Ginnie Mae pools that are serviced by the Company. The Company repurchases government-guaranteed loans to reduce associated servicing costs, namely a requirement to advance principal and interest payments that had not been received from individual mortgagors, including payments deferred under COVID-19 forbearance arrangements. The loans repurchased from Ginnie Mae pools averaged $3.3 billion in 2021, up from $2.6 billion in 2020. Additionally, late in the third quarter of 2021 the Company began to retain recently originated residential mortgage loans in portfolio rather than sell such loans. These increases were offset by the ongoing repayments of loans by customers.

Net interest income expressed on a taxable-equivalent basis aggregated $3.88 billion in 2020, down 6% from $4.15 billion in 2019. That decline primarily resulted from a 68 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin, largely the result of declines in yields on loans and balances held at the FRB of New York, reflecting the lower interest rate environment due to actions initiated by the Federal Reserve to decrease its target Federal funds rate three times in the second half of 2019 (each by a .25% increment) and twice in March of 2020 (first by .50%, then another by 1.0%). The lower net interest margin was partially offset by the impact of a $14.6 billion, or 14%, increase in average earning assets to $122.9 billion in 2020 from $108.2 billion in 2019 that reflected increases in average loan and lease balances of $7.1 billion and in interest-bearing deposits at banks of $8.5 billion, partially offset by a decline in average balances of investment securities of $3.4 billion.

Average loans and leases rose $7.1 billion, or 8%, in 2020 from $89.5 billion in 2019. Average balances of commercial loans and leases increased $4.2 billion or 18% to $27.5 billion in 2020 from $23.3 billion in 2019. That increase was the result of average outstanding PPP loans of $4.4 billion that were predominantly funded in the second quarter of 2020. Average commercial real estate loan balances were up $2.1 billion or 6% to $37.0 billion in 2020 from $34.9 billion in 2019. Consumer loans averaged $15.9 billion in 2020, up $1.2 billion or 9% from $14.6 billion in 2019, due to growth in recreational finance loans and automobile loans that was partially offset by declines in outstanding balances of home equity loans and lines of credit. Average residential real estate loans were $16.2 billion in 2020 and $16.7 billion in 2019, reflecting ongoing payments by customers, partially offset by repurchases of government-guaranteed loan from Ginnie Mae pools. These repurchased loans averaged $2.6 billion in 2020, up from $889 million in 2019.

Table 3

AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS AND TAXABLE-EQUIVALENT RATES

	2021								2020								2019								2018								2017
	Average Balance			Interest		Average Rate			Average Balance			Interest		Average Rate			Average Balance			Interest		Average Rate			Average Balance			Interest		Average Rate			Average Balance			Interest		Average Rate
	(Average balance in millions of dollars; interest in thousands of dollars)
Assets
Earning assets
Loans and leases, net of unearned discount(a)
Commercial, financial, etc.	$	25,191		$	902,958		3.58	%		27,520			941,419		3.42	%		23,306			1,118,850		4.80	%		21,832			1,003,462		4.60	%		21,981			853,389		3.88	%
Real estate — commercial		37,321			1,498,089		3.96			36,986			1,651,448		4.39			34,885			1,842,472		5.21			33,682			1,712,247		5.01			33,196			1,481,427		4.40
Real estate — consumer		16,770			595,496		3.55			16,215			618,597		3.82			16,665			708,555		4.25			18,330			766,552		4.18			21,013			832,574		3.96
Consumer		17,331			767,167		4.43			15,884			780,803		4.92			14,638			794,913		5.43			13,555			703,919		5.19			12,625			608,253		4.82
Total loans and leases, net		96,613			3,763,710		3.90			96,605			3,992,267		4.13			89,494			4,464,790		4.99			87,399			4,186,180		4.79			88,815			3,775,643		4.25
Interest-bearing deposits at banks		35,829			47,491		.13			15,329			32,956		.21			6,783			141,397		2.08			5,614			108,182		1.93			5,578			61,326		1.10
Federal funds sold and agreements to resell securities		167			202		.12			2,717			6,985		.26			327			5,507		1.68			1			23		1.95			—			6		1.56
Trading account		50			942		1.89			53			1,111		2.10			68			1,842		2.72			58			1,479		2.55			71			1,202		1.70
Investment securities(b)
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies		5,736			128,593		2.24			7,454			164,263		2.20			10,755			261,351		2.43			12,915			299,543		2.32			14,701			336,446		2.29
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		1			30		5.87			3			125		4.98			7			298		4.48			16			747		4.58			43			1,951		4.62
Other		672			12,548		1.87			708			12,293		1.74			788			27,272		3.46			763			24,454		3.21			794			25,791		3.25
Total investment securities		6,409			141,171		2.20			8,165			176,681		2.16			11,550			288,921		2.50			13,694			324,744		2.37			15,538			364,188		2.34
Total earning assets		139,068			3,953,516		2.84			122,869			4,210,000		3.43			108,222			4,902,457		4.53			106,766			4,620,608		4.33			110,002			4,202,365		3.82
Allowance for credit losses		(1,620	)							(1,503	)							(1,030	)							(1,019	)							(1,012	)
Cash and due from banks		1,446								1,327								1,294								1,312								1,295
Other assets		13,775								12,787								11,098								9,900								10,575
Total assets	$	152,669								135,480								119,584								116,959								120,860
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Interest-bearing liabilities
Interest-bearing deposits
Savings and interest-checking deposits	$	70,879			32,999		.05			63,590			146,700		.23			54,610			368,004		.67			52,102			215,411		.41			53,399			133,177		.25
Time deposits		3,263			18,635		.57			4,960			66,280		1.34			6,309			95,426		1.51			6,025			51,423		.85			8,161			61,505		.75
Deposits at Cayman Islands office		181			201		.11			1,117			4,054		.36			1,367			21,917		1.60			394			5,633		1.43			185			1,186		.64
Total interest-bearing deposits		74,323			51,835		.07			69,667			217,034		.31			62,286			485,347		.78			58,521			272,467		.47			61,745			195,868		.32
Short-term borrowings		68			7		.01			62			28		.05			1,059			24,741		2.34			331			5,386		1.63			205			1,511		.74
Long-term borrowings		3,537			62,165		1.76			5,803			109,333		1.88			7,703			239,242		3.11			8,845			248,556		2.81			8,302			189,372		2.28
Total interest-bearing liabilities		77,928			114,007		.14			75,532			326,395		.43			71,048			749,330		1.05			67,697			526,409		.78			70,252			386,751		.55
Noninterest-bearing deposits		55,666								41,683								30,763								31,893								32,520
Other liabilities		2,166								2,274								2,055								1,739								1,793
Total liabilities		135,760								119,489								103,866								101,329								104,565
Shareholders’ equity		16,909								15,991								15,718								15,630								16,295
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	152,669								135,480								119,584								116,959								120,860
Net interest spread							2.70								3.00								3.48								3.55								3.27
Contribution of interest-free funds							.06								.16								.36								.28								.20
Net interest income/margin on earning assets				$	3,839,509		2.76	%					3,883,605		3.16	%					4,153,127		3.84	%					4,094,199		3.83	%					3,815,614		3.47	%

(a)	Includes nonaccrual loans.

(b)	Includes available-for-sale investment securities at amortized cost.

Table 4 summarizes average loans and leases outstanding in 2021 and percentage changes in the major components of the portfolio over the past two years.

Table 4

AVERAGE LOANS AND LEASES

(Net of unearned discount)

			Percent Increase
			(Decrease) from

	2021		2020 to 2021				2019 to 2020
	(In millions)

Commercial, financial, etc.	$	25,191		(8	)	%		18		%
Real estate — commercial		37,321		1				6
Real estate — consumer		16,770		3				(3	)
Consumer
Recreational finance		7,680		21				31
Automobile		4,449		14				4
Home equity lines and loans		3,725		(12	)			(9	)
Other		1,477		5				2
Total consumer		17,331		9				9
Total	$	96,613		—		%		8		%

Commercial loans and leases, excluding loans secured by real estate, totaled $23.5 billion at December 31, 2021, representing 25% of total loans and leases. Table 5 presents information on commercial loans and leases as of December 31, 2021 relating to geographic area, size, borrower industry and whether the loans are secured by collateral or unsecured. Of the $23.5 billion of commercial loans and leases outstanding at the end of 2021, approximately $19.9 billion, or 85%, were secured, while 35%, 17% and 28% were granted to businesses in New York State, Pennsylvania and in the Mid-Atlantic area (which includes Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia), respectively. The Company provides financing for leases to commercial customers, primarily for equipment. Commercial leases included in total commercial loans and leases at December 31, 2021 aggregated $1.0 billion, of which 48% were secured by collateral located in New York State, 14% were secured by collateral in Pennsylvania and another 20% were secured by collateral in the Mid-Atlantic area.

Table 5

COMMERCIAL LOANS AND LEASES, NET OF UNEARNED DISCOUNT

(Excludes Loans Secured by Real Estate)

December 31, 2021

										Mid-											Percent of
	New York				Pennsylvania				Atlantic(a)				Other				Total				Total
		(Dollars in millions)

Services		$	1,390			$	674			$	1,363			$	524			$	3,951			17	%
Manufacturing			1,284				711				788				627				3,410			14	%
Motor vehicle and recreational finance dealers			859				507				422				1,233				3,021			13	%
Financial and insurance			1,197				257				627				913				2,994			13	%
Wholesale			642				546				631				418				2,237			9	%
Retail			384				254				533				329				1,500			6	%
Construction			478				351				580				84				1,493			6	%
Real estate investors			736				172				488				56				1,452			6	%
Transportation, communications, utilities			343				227				443				335				1,348			6	%
Health services			582				183				501				60				1,326			6	%
Public administration			91				38				22				14				165			1	%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, etc.			28				56				33				10				127			1	%
Other			141				144				71				93				449			2	%
Total		$	8,155			$	4,120			$	6,502			$	4,696			$	23,473			100	%
Percent of total			35	%			17	%			28	%			20	%			100	%
Percent of dollars outstanding
Secured			73	%			83	%			81	%			91	%			81	%
Unsecured		21				14				16				5				15
Leases		6				3				3				4				4
Total			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%
Percent of dollars outstanding by size of loan
Less than $1 million			26	%			21	%			25	%			12	%			22	%
$1 million to $5 million		25				24				21				20				23
$5 million to $10 million		12				17				11				15				14
$10 million to $20 million		11				16				12				16				12
$20 million to $30 million		7				11				8				11				9
$30 million to $50 million		7				6				9				11				8
Greater than $50 million		12				5				14				15				12
Total			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%

(a)	Includes Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

International loans included in commercial loans and leases totaled $116 million and $100 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Included in such amounts at each of those dates were $94 million of loans at M&T Bank’s commercial banking office in Ontario, Canada. The remaining international loans were predominantly to domestic companies with foreign operations.

Loans secured by real estate, including outstanding balances of home equity loans and lines of credit which the Company classifies as consumer loans, represented approximately 59% of the loan and lease portfolio during each of 2021 and 2020, compared with 63% in 2019. At December 31, 2021, the Company held approximately $35.4 billion of commercial real estate loans (including $425 million held for sale), $16.1 billion of consumer real estate loans secured by one-to-four family residential properties (including $474 million of loans held for sale) and $3.6 billion of outstanding balances of home equity loans and lines of credit, compared with $37.6 billion, $16.8 billion and $4.0 billion, respectively, at December 31, 2020. Included in commercial real estate loans at December 31, 2021 and 2020 were construction loans of $9.3 billion and $10.0 billion, respectively, including amounts due from builders and developers of residential real estate aggregating $1.4 billion and $1.3 billion at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Commercial real estate loans included loans held for sale totaling $425 million and $278 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. International loans included in commercial real estate loans totaled $74 million at December 31, 2021 and $60 million at December 31, 2020.

Commercial real estate loans originated by the Company include both fixed and variable rate instruments with monthly payments and a balloon payment of the remaining unpaid principal at maturity. Maturity dates generally range from five to ten years and, for borrowers in good standing, the terms of such loans may be extended by the customer following maturity at the then-current market rate of interest. Adjustable-rate commercial real estate loans represented approximately 69% of the commercial real estate loan portfolio at the 2021 year-end. Table 6 presents commercial real estate loans by geographic area, type of collateral and size of the loans outstanding at December 31, 2021. New York City area commercial real estate loans totaled $8.2 billion at December 31, 2021. The $7.1 billion of investor-owned commercial real estate loans in the New York City area were largely secured by multifamily residential properties, retail space and office space. The Company’s experience has been that office, retail and service-related properties tend to demonstrate more volatile fluctuations in value through economic cycles and changing economic conditions than do multifamily residential properties. Approximately 67% of the aggregate dollar amount of New York City area loans were for loans with outstanding balances of $30 million or less, while loans of more than $50 million made up approximately 18% of the total.

Commercial real estate loans secured by properties located in other parts of New York State, Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic area tend to have a greater diversity of collateral types and include a significant amount of lending to customers who use the mortgaged property in their trade or business (owner-occupied). Approximately 93% of the aggregate dollar amount of commercial real estate loans in New York State secured by properties located outside of the New York City area were for loans with outstanding balances of $30 million or less. Of the outstanding balances of commercial real estate loans in Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic area, approximately 81% and 77%, respectively, were for loans with outstanding balances of $30 million or less.

Commercial real estate loans secured by properties located outside of Pennsylvania, the Mid-Atlantic area and New York State comprised 22% of total commercial real estate loans as of December 31, 2021.

Commercial real estate construction and development loans made to investors presented in table 6 totaled $8.9 billion at December 31, 2021, or 10% of total loans and leases. Approximately 82% of those construction loans had adjustable interest rates. Included in such loans at the 2021 year-end were $1.4 billion of loans to builders and developers of residential real estate properties. The remainder of the commercial real estate construction loan portfolio was comprised of loans made for various purposes, including the construction of office buildings, multifamily residential housing, retail space and other commercial development.

Table 6

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LOANS, NET OF UNEARNED DISCOUNT

December 31, 2021

		New York State
	New York								Penn-				Mid-												Percent of
	City				Other				sylvania				Atlantic(a)				Other				Total				Total
		(Dollars in millions)
Investor-owned
Permanent finance by property type
Retail/Service		$	1,468			$	632			$	409			$	906			$	912			$	4,327				12	%
Apartments/Multifamily			1,080				1,115				407				532				779				3,913				11
Office			889				896				481				1,023				567				3,856				11
Health facilities			512				472				434				638				638				2,694				8
Hotel			574				369				220				765				653				2,581				7
Industrial/Warehouse			213				217				265				426				306				1,427				4
Other			147				25				13				70				—				255				1
Total permanent			4,883				3,726				2,229				4,360				3,855				19,053				54	%
Construction/Development
Commercial
Construction			1,929				460				539				2,001				2,011				6,940				20	%
Land/Land development			154				25				12				164				151				506				1
Residential builder and developer
Construction			116				18				55				179				588				956			3
Land/Land development			37				11				40				96				266				450			1
Total construction/ development			2,236				514				646				2,440				3,016				8,852				25	%
Total investor-owned			7,119				4,240				2,875				6,800				6,871				27,905				79	%
Owner-occupied by industry(b)
Other services			248				393				212				568				84				1,505				4	%
Motor vehicle and recreational finance dealers			191				233				339				331				360				1,454				4
Retail			175				172				282				415				205				1,249				3
Health services			106				280				64				170				10				630				2
Wholesale			98				73				143				243				127				684				2
Manufacturing			102				204				92				135				35				568				2
Real estate investors			57				88				78				216				38				477				1
Other			146				190				211				348				23				918				3
Total owner-occupied			1,123				1,633				1,421				2,426				882				7,485				21	%
Total commercial real estate		$	8,242			$	5,873			$	4,296			$	9,226			$	7,753			$	35,390				100	%
Percent of total			23	%			17	%			12	%			26	%			22	%			100	%
Percent of dollars outstanding by size of loan
Less than $1 million			4	%			14	%			11	%			10	%			8	%			9	%
$1 million to $5 million		15				25				21				18				11				17
$5 million to $10 million		15				21				18				15				12				16
$10 million to $30 million		33				33				31				34				34				33
$30 million to $50 million		15				4				18				16				21				15
$50 million to $100 million		15					—			1				4				7				6
Greater than $100 million		3				3					—			3				7				4
Total			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%

(a)	Includes Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

(b)	Includes $405 million of construction loans.

M&T Realty Capital Corporation, a commercial real estate lending subsidiary of M&T Bank, participates in the Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (“DUS”) program of Fannie Mae, pursuant to which commercial real estate loans are originated in accordance with terms and conditions specified by Fannie Mae and sold. Under this program, loans are sold with partial credit recourse to M&T Realty Capital Corporation. The amount of recourse is generally limited to one-third of any credit loss incurred by the purchaser on an individual loan, although in some cases the recourse amount is less than one-third of the outstanding principal balance. The Company’s maximum credit risk for recourse associated with sold commercial real estate loans was approximately $4.0 billion at each of December 31, 2021 and 2020. There have been no material losses incurred as a result of those recourse arrangements. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, commercial real estate loans serviced by the Company for other investors were $23.7 billion and $22.2 billion, respectively. Reflected in commercial real estate loans serviced for others were loans sub-serviced for others that had outstanding balances of $3.5 billion and $3.3 billion at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Real estate loans secured by one-to-four family residential properties were $16.1 billion at December 31, 2021, including approximately 36% secured by properties located in New York State, 7% secured by properties located in Pennsylvania, 17% secured by properties in New Jersey and 17% secured by properties located in other Mid-Atlantic areas. Included in residential real estate loans were loans repurchased by the Company from Ginnie Mae pools as previously described. Those repurchased loans totaled $2.8 billion at December 31, 2021 and $2.7 billion at December 31, 2020. The Company’s portfolio of limited documentation residential real estate loans held for investment totaled $1.3 billion at December 31, 2021, compared with $1.6 billion at December 31, 2020. That portfolio consisted predominantly of limited documentation loans acquired in a prior business combination. Such loans represent loans that at origination typically included some form of limited borrower documentation requirements as compared with more traditional residential real estate loans. The acquired loans that were eligible for limited documentation processing were available in amounts up to 65% of the lower of the appraised value or purchase price of the property. Loans to individuals to finance the construction of one-to-four family residential properties totaled $57 million at December 31, 2021 and $77 million at December 31, 2020, or approximately .1% of total loans and leases at each of those dates. Information about the credit performance of the Company’s residential real estate loans is included herein under the heading “Provision For Credit Losses.”

Consumer loans comprised approximately 19% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2021 and 17% at December 31, 2020. Outstanding balances of recreational finance loans represented the largest component of the consumer loan portfolio at December 31, 2021 and totaled $8.1 billion or approximately 9% of total loans, up from $7.1 billion or 7% at December 31, 2020. That growth reflects continued consumer demand for such loans. Home equity loans and lines of credit outstanding at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were $3.6 billion and $4.0 billion, respectively. Approximately 41% of home equity loans and lines of credit outstanding at December 31, 2021 were secured by properties in New York State, 22% in Maryland, 21% in Pennsylvania and 5% in New Jersey. Outstanding automobile loan balances rose to $4.7 billion at December 31, 2021 from $4.1 billion at December 31, 2020. That increase also reflects continued consumer demand for motor vehicles despite recent supply chain disruptions.

Table 7 presents the composition of the Company’s loan and lease portfolio at the end of 2021, including outstanding balances to businesses and consumers in New York State, Pennsylvania, the Mid-Atlantic area and other states.

Table 7

LOANS AND LEASES, NET OF UNEARNED DISCOUNT

December 31, 2021

				Percent of Dollars Outstanding
										Mid-Atlantic
			New				Penn-						New
	Outstandings		York				sylvania			Maryland			Jersey			Other(a)			Other
	(In millions)
Real estate
Residential	$	16,074			36	%		7	%		9	%		17	%		8	%		23	%
Commercial		35,390			40			12			10			7			9			22
Total real estate		51,464			39	%		10	%		10	%		10	%		8	%		23	%
Commercial, financial, etc.		22,471			34	%		18	%		13	%		7	%		8	%		20	%
Consumer
Recreational finance		8,053			10	%		6	%		3	%		4	%		5	%		72	%
Home equity lines and loans		3,563			41			21			22			5			9			2
Automobile		4,679			27			18			12			7			15			21
Other secured or guaranteed		677			27			8			9			3			19			34
Other unsecured		1,003			38			19			26			3			11			3
Total consumer		17,975			23	%		13	%		11	%		4	%		9	%		40	%
Total loans		91,910			34	%		13	%		11	%		8	%		9	%		25	%
Commercial leases		1,002			48	%		14	%		12	%		6	%		2	%		18	%
Total loans and leases	$	92,912			35	%		13	%		11	%		8	%		9	%		24	%

(a)	Includes Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

The investment securities portfolio averaged $6.4 billion in 2021, down from $8.2 billion and $11.6 billion in 2020 and 2019, respectively. The decline in average balances of investment securities in 2021 and 2020 was predominantly due to maturities and pay downs of mortgage-backed securities and maturities of U.S. Treasury notes. During 2021 the Company purchased approximately $1.6 billion of fixed rate residential mortgage-backed securities and approximately $680 million of U.S. Treasury notes. There were no significant purchases of investment securities during 2020. During 2019, the Company purchased $500 million of U.S. Treasury notes. Sales of investment securities were not significant in 2021, 2020 or 2019. The Company routinely has increases and decreases in its holdings of capital stock of the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) of New York and the FRB of New York. Those holdings are accounted for at cost and are adjusted based on the amounts of outstanding borrowings and available lines of credit with those entities.

The investment securities portfolio is largely comprised of residential mortgage-backed securities and shorter-term U.S. Treasury and federal agency notes. When purchasing investment securities, the Company considers its liquidity position and its overall interest-rate risk profile as well as the adequacy of expected returns relative to risks assumed, including prepayments. The Company may occasionally sell investment securities as a result of changes in interest rates and spreads, actual or anticipated prepayments, credit risk associated with a particular security, or as a result of restructuring its investment securities portfolio in connection with a business combination. The amounts of investment securities held by the Company are influenced by such factors as available yield in comparison with alternative investments, demand for loans, which generally yield more than

investment securities, ongoing repayments, the levels of deposits, and management of liquidity and balance sheet size and resulting capital ratios.

Fair value changes in equity securities with readily determinable fair values are recognized in the consolidated statement of income. Net unrealized losses on such equity securities were $21 million in 2021 and $9 million in 2020, compared with net unrealized gains of $18 million in 2019. Those gains and losses were predominantly related to the Company’s holdings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac preferred stock.

The Company regularly reviews its debt investment securities for declines in value below amortized cost that might be indicative of credit-related losses. In light of such reviews, there were no credit-related losses on debt investment securities recognized in 2021, 2020 or 2019. Based on management’s assessment of future cash flows associated with individual investment securities as of December 31, 2021, the Company did not expect to incur any material credit-related losses in its portfolios of debt investment securities. A further discussion of fair values of investment securities is included herein under the heading “Capital.” Additional information about the investment securities portfolio is included in notes 3 and 21 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Other earning assets include interest-bearing balances at the FRB of New York and other banks, trading account assets, federal funds sold and agreements to resell securities. Those other earning assets in the aggregate averaged $36.0 billion in 2021, $18.1 billion in 2020 and $7.2 billion in 2019. Interest-bearing deposits at banks averaged $35.8 billion in 2021, compared with $15.3 billion in 2020 and $6.8 billion in 2019. The amounts of interest-bearing deposits at banks at the respective dates were predominantly comprised of deposits held at the FRB of New York. The levels of those deposits often fluctuate due to changes in trust-related deposits of commercial entities, purchases or maturities of investment securities, or borrowings to manage the Company’s liquidity. The higher amount in 2021 as compared with 2020 and 2019 reflects increased commercial and consumer deposit balances. Agreements to resell securities averaged $167 million, $2.7 billion, $327 million in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The higher average balance in 2020 reflects the temporary investment by the Company of increased customer deposit levels.

Table 8

AVERAGE CORE DEPOSITS


			Percent Increase
			(Decrease) from
			2020 to				2019 to
	2021		2021				2020
	(In millions)

Savings and interest-checking deposits	$	67,048		12		%		15		%
Time deposits		2,861		(33	)			(18	)
Noninterest-bearing deposits		55,666		34				35
Total	$	125,575		19		%		20		%

The most significant source of funding for the Company is core deposits. The Company considers noninterest-bearing deposits, interest-bearing transaction accounts, savings deposits and time deposits of $250,000 or less as core deposits. The Company’s branch network is its principal source of core deposits, which generally carry lower interest rates than wholesale funds of comparable maturities. Average core deposits were $125.6 billion in 2021, compared with $105.7 billion in 2020 and $87.9 billion in 2019. Average balances of savings and interest-checking core deposits rose $7.3 billion or 12% in 2021 to $67.0 billion from $59.8 billion in 2020. Average noninterest-bearing deposits increased $14.0 billion or 34% to $55.7 billion in 2021 from $41.7 billion in 2020. A continuance of the trend observed in 2020, those increases were largely due to

higher average deposits of commercial and consumer customers. Average core deposits in 2020 were up 20% as compared with 2019. Average savings and interest-checking core deposit balances rose $7.9 billion or 15% in 2020 from $51.9 billion in 2019. Average noninterest-bearing deposits in 2020 increased $10.9 billion or 35% from $30.8 million in 2019. Funding provided by core deposits represented 90% of average earning assets in 2021, compared with 86% in 2020 and 81% in 2019. Table 8 summarizes average core deposits in 2021 and percentage changes in the components of such deposits over the past two years. Core deposits totaled $128.0 billion and $114.2 billion at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Table 9

AVERAGE DEPOSITS

	Retail		Trust		Commercial and Other		Total
	(In millions)
2021
Savings and interest-checking deposits	$	33,964	$	6,021	$	30,894	$	70,879
Time deposits		3,062		25		176		3,263
Noninterest-bearing deposits		8,379		10,529		36,758		55,666
Deposits at Cayman Islands office		—		—		181		181
Total	$	45,405	$	16,575	$	68,009	$	129,989

2020
Savings and interest-checking deposits	$	29,072	$	5,631	$	28,887	$	63,590
Time deposits		4,657		50		253		4,960
Noninterest-bearing deposits		6,572		5,406		29,705		41,683
Deposits at Cayman Islands office		—		—		1,117		1,117
Total	$	40,301	$	11,087	$	59,962	$	111,350

2019
Savings and interest-checking deposits	$	26,814	$	6,453	$	21,343	$	54,610
Time deposits		5,739		46		524		6,309
Noninterest-bearing deposits		5,352		4,219		21,192		30,763
Deposits at Cayman Islands office		—		—		1,367		1,367
Total	$	37,905	$	10,718	$	44,426	$	93,049

The Company also receives funding from other deposit sources, including branch-related time deposits over $250,000, brokered deposits and, prior to June 30, 2021, deposits associated with the Company’s Cayman Islands office. Time deposits over $250,000 averaged $402 million in 2021, $683 million in 2020 and $956 million in 2019. The decline in such deposits from 2019 through 2021 was predominantly the result of maturities of time deposits and, due to the low interest rate environment, a reduced demand from customers for time deposit products. Cayman Islands office deposits averaged $181 million in 2021, $1.1 billion in 2020 and $1.4 billion in 2019. Those deposits consisted predominantly of balances swept from lower-yielding commercial customer accounts. During the second quarter of 2021, the Company introduced a new interest-bearing sweep product (included in savings and interest-bearing deposits) that replaced the Eurodollar sweep product previously recorded as Cayman Islands office deposits. As a result, there were no outstanding deposits at the Cayman Islands office as of December 31, 2021 and the office is closed. The Company had brokered savings and interest-bearing transaction accounts that averaged $3.8 billion in each of 2021 and 2020, compared with $2.7 billion in 2019. Brokered time deposits were not a

significant source of funding in any of the three years discussed herein. Additional brokered deposits may be added in the future depending on market conditions, including demand by customers and other investors for those deposits, and the cost of funds available from alternative sources at the time. Time deposits over $250,000 were $345 million and $454 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Total uninsured deposits were estimated to be $69.1 billion at December 31, 2021.

The Company also uses borrowings from banks, the FHLB of New York, the FRB of New York and others as sources of funding. Short-term borrowings represent arrangements that at the time they were entered into had a contractual maturity of one year or less. Average short-term borrowings were $68 million in 2021, $62 million in 2020 and $1.1 billion in 2019.

Long-term borrowings averaged $3.5 billion in 2021, $5.8 billion in 2020 and $7.7 billion in 2019. Average balances of outstanding senior notes were $2.4 billion in 2021, compared with $3.8 billion and $5.3 billion in 2020 and 2019, respectively. Unsecured senior notes totaled $2.4 billion and $2.8 billion at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. In January 2021, $350 million of variable rate senior notes of M&T Bank matured. During 2020, M&T Bank redeemed $2.1 billion of fixed rate senior notes that were within thirty days of scheduled maturity and, thereby, eligible for redemption. Also included in average long-term borrowings were amounts borrowed from FHLBs of $2 million in 2021 and 2020, compared with $241 million in 2019 and subordinated capital notes of $581 million in 2021, compared with $1.4 billion in each of 2020 and 2019. In March 2021, M&T Bank redeemed $500 million of subordinated capital notes that were due to mature on December 1, 2021 and during December 2020, $409 million of subordinated capital notes of M&T Bank matured. Junior subordinated debentures associated with trust preferred securities that were included in average long-term borrowings were $530 million in 2021, $527 million in 2020 and $524 million in 2019. Additional information regarding long-term borrowings, including information regarding contractual maturities of such borrowings, is provided in note 9 of Notes to Financial Statements.

The Company has utilized interest rate swap agreements to modify the repricing characteristics of certain components of its loans and long-term debt. As of December 31, 2021, interest rate swap agreements were used as fair value hedges of approximately $1.65 billion of outstanding fixed rate long-term borrowings. Additionally, interest rate swap agreements with a notional amount of $13.35 billion were used as cash flow hedges of interest payments associated with variable rate commercial real estate loans. Further information on interest rate swap agreements is provided herein and in note 19 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Changes in the composition of the Company’s earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, as discussed 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 2.70% in 2021, compared with 3.00% in 2020 and 3.48% in 2019. The yield on the Company’s earning assets decreased 59 basis points to 2.84% in 2021 from 3.43% in 2020 and the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities decreased 29 basis points to .14% in 2021 from .43% in 2020. During 2019, the yield on earning assets was 4.53% and the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities was 1.05%. The lower net interest spreads in 2021 and 2020 as compared with 2019 also reflect the effect of decreases in short-term interest rates initiated by the Federal Reserve and the impact of a higher proportion of low-yielding balances at the FRB of New York to total average earning assets. While those low-yielding balances add to net interest income, they have the effect of reducing the yield on total average earning assets and, as a result, the net interest spread.

Net interest-free funds consist largely of noninterest-bearing demand deposits and shareholders’ 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 $61.1 billion in 2021, $47.3 billion in 2020 and $37.2 billion in 2019. The increase in net interest-free funds in 2021 and in 2020 reflects higher average balances of noninterest-bearing deposits. Those deposits averaged $55.7 billion in 2021, $41.7 billion in 2020 and $30.8 billion in 2019. The increase in such balances since

2019 was largely due to higher levels of deposits of commercial customers. Shareholders’ equity averaged $16.9 billion, $16.0 billion and $15.7 billion in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets averaged $4.6 billion in each of 2021, 2020 and 2019. The cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance averaged $1.86 billion in 2021, $1.84 billion in 2020 and $1.81 billion in 2019. Increases in the cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance 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 .06% in 2021, .16% in 2020 and .36% in 2019. The reduced contribution of net interest-free funds to net interest margin in 2021 and 2020 reflects the lower rates on interest-bearing liabilities used to value net interest-free funds.

Reflecting the changes to the net interest spread and the contribution of net interest-free funds as described herein, the Company’s net interest margin was 2.76% in 2021, 3.16% in 2020 and 3.84% in 2019. 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.

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 has utilized interest rate swap agreements to modify the repricing characteristics of certain portions of its earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. Periodic settlement amounts arising from these agreements are reflected in either the yields on earning 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 $15.0 billion (excluding $8.4 billion of forward-starting swap agreements) at December 31, 2021, $19.0 billion (excluding $32.1 billion of forward-starting swap agreements) at December 31, 2020 and $17.2 billion (excluding $40.4 billion of forward-starting swap agreements) at December 31, 2019. Under the terms of those interest rate swap agreements, the Company received payments based on the outstanding notional amount at fixed rates and made payments at variable rates. At December 31, 2021, interest rate swap agreements with notional amounts of $13.35 billion were serving as cash flow hedges of interest payments associated with variable rate commercial real estate loans, compared with $17.35 billion at December 31, 2020 and $13.35 billion at December 31, 2019. Interest rate swap agreements with notional amounts of $1.65 billion at each of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and $3.80 billion at December 31, 2019 were serving as fair value hedges of fixed rate long-term borrowings. The Company has entered into the forward-starting interest rate swap agreements predominantly to extend the term of its interest rate swap agreements serving as cash flow hedges, and provide a hedge against changing interest rates on certain of its variable rate loans.

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 as an adjustment to the interest income or interest expense of the respective hedged item. The amounts of hedge ineffectiveness recognized in 2021, 2020 and 2019 were not material to the Company’s consolidated results of operations. In a cash flow hedge, 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. Information regarding cash flow hedges is presented in note 16 of Notes to Financial Statements. Information regarding the fair value of interest rate swap agreements and hedge ineffectiveness is presented in note 19 of Notes to Financial Statements. The changes in the fair values of the interest rate swap agreements and the hedged items primarily result from the effects of changing interest rates and

spreads. 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 interest rates paid or received on those swap agreements are presented in table 10.

Table 10

INTEREST RATE SWAP AGREEMENTS

	Year Ended December 31
.	2021							2020							2019
	Amount			Rate(a)				Amount			Rate(a)				Amount			Rate(a)
	(Dollars in thousands)
Increase (decrease) in:
Interest income	$	252,397			.18		%	$	271,971			.22		%	$	13,011			.01	%
Interest expense		(34,810	)		(.03	)			(40,145	)		(.05	)			15,136			.02
Net interest income/margin	$	287,207			.20		%	$	312,116			.25		%	$	(2,125	)		—	%
Average notional amount (c)	$	18,282,192						$	16,985,246						$	16,248,356
Rate received (b)					1.75		%					2.51		%					2.40	%
Rate paid (b)					.18		%					.67		%					2.42	%

(a)	Computed as a percentage of average earning assets or interest-bearing liabilities.

(b)	Weighted-average rate paid or received on interest rate swap agreements in effect during the year.

(c)	Excludes forward-starting interest rate swap agreements not in effect during the year.

Provision for Credit Losses

As described in note 5 of Notes to Financial Statements, effective January 1, 2020 the Company adopted amended accounting guidance for the measurement of credit losses on financial instruments. That guidance requires an allowance for credit losses to be deducted from the amortized cost basis of financial assets to present the net carrying value that is expected to be collected over the contractual term of the assets considering relevant information about past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount. The guidance replaced the previous incurred loss model for determining the allowance for credit losses. The adoption of the amended guidance resulted in a $132 million increase in the allowance for credit losses at January 1, 2020. Increases in the allowance for residential real estate loans and consumer loans, reflecting the longer-dated maturities of such portfolios, were offset somewhat by net decreases in the allowance for commercial loans resulting from lower loss estimates on demand loan products due to the assumption that the Company could require full repayment of such loans in the near-term. Table 11 depicts the changes in the allowance for credit losses by loan category resulting from the adoption of the amended guidance.

Table 11

IMPACT OF ADOPTION OF AMENDED ACCOUNTING GUIDANCE ON

ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES


	Balance December 31, 2019		Impact of Adoption Increase (Decrease)			Balance January 1, 2020
	(In thousands)

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.	$	366,094	$	(61,474	)	$	304,620
Commercial real estate		322,201		23,656			345,857
Residential real estate		56,033		53,896			109,929
Consumer		229,118		194,004			423,122
Unallocated		77,625		(77,625	)		—
Total	$	1,051,071	$	132,457		$	1,183,528

The amended guidance requires estimated credit losses on loans acquired at a discount to be reflected in the allowance for credit losses. Previously, such losses were netted in the carrying value of the loans unless there was an increased loss expectation subsequent to their acquisition. The gross-up of the estimated losses on loans acquired at a discount that was previously not recognized in the allowance for credit losses was $18 million on January 1, 2020. Prior to January 1, 2020, the Company generally recognized interest income on loans acquired at a discount regardless of the borrowers’ repayment status. Effective with the adoption of the accounting guidance, the Company’s nonaccrual loan policy applied to loans acquired at a discount. Loans acquired at a discount at December 31, 2019 included $171 million of loans that, effective with the adoption of the guidance, were classified as non-accrual loans on January 1, 2020.

A provision for credit losses is recorded to adjust the level of the allowance to reflect expected credit losses that are based on economic forecasts as of each reporting date. A provision for credit loss recapture of $75 million was recorded in 2021, compared with provisions for credit losses of $800 million in 2020 and $176 million in 2019. As noted earlier, the recapture in 2021 and the significant increase in the provision in 2020 as compared with 2019 follows the adoption of accounting guidance on January 1, 2020 and reflects economic assumptions and projections that considered the macroeconomic outlook associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recovery. The Company’s estimates of expected losses reflect the ongoing impacts of the pandemic on economic activity, generally, and concerns about commercial real estate values and the ultimate collectability of real estate loans for which borrowers had previously received forbearance as a result of the pandemic. Net charge-offs of loans were $192 million in 2021, $247 million in 2020 and $144 million in 2019. Net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans and leases outstanding were .20% in 2021, compared with .26% in 2020 and .16% in 2019. A summary of the Company’s loan charge-offs, provision and allowance for credit losses is presented in table 12 and in note 5 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Table 12

LOAN CHARGE-OFFS, PROVISION AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES

	2021			2020			2019			2018			2017
	(Dollars in thousands)
Allowance for credit losses beginning balance	$	1,736,387		$	1,051,071		$	1,019,444		$	1,017,198		$	988,997
Adoption of new accounting standard		—			132,457			—			—			—
Charge-offs during year
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.		122,651			135,083			58,244			60,414			64,941
Commercial real estate		101,306			35,891			12,664			12,286			7,931
Residential real estate		10,904			10,283			12,711			15,345			20,799
Consumer		103,293			152,250			154,089			143,196			130,927
Total charge-offs		338,154			333,507			237,708			231,241			224,598
Recoveries during year
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.		41,082			15,765			24,581			27,903			21,196
Commercial real estate		30,651			4,550			3,936			21,037			12,582
Residential real estate		8,857			7,116			8,204			6,664			8,983
Consumer		65,403			58,935			56,614			45,883			42,038
Total recoveries		145,993			86,366			93,335			101,487			84,799
Net charge-offs		192,161			247,141			144,373			129,754			139,799
Provision for credit losses		(75,000	)		800,000			176,000			132,000			168,000
Allowance for credit losses ending balance	$	1,469,226		$	1,736,387		$	1,051,071		$	1,019,444		$	1,017,198
Net charge-offs as a percent of:
Provision for credit losses	NM(a)				30.89	%		82.03	%		98.30	%		83.21	%
Average loans and leases, net of unearned discount		.20	%		.26	%		.16	%		.15	%		.16	%
Allowance for credit losses as a percent of:
Loans and leases, net of unearned discount, at year-end		1.58	%		1.76	%		1.16	%		1.15	%		1.16	%
Nonaccrual loans, at year-end		71.32	%		91.71	%		109.13	%		114.08	%		115.25	%

(a)	Not meaningful

Nonaccrual loans aggregated $2.06 billion at December 31, 2021, compared with $1.89 billion and $963 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As a percentage of total loans and leases outstanding, nonaccrual loans represented 2.22% at December 31, 2021, compared with 1.92% and 1.06% at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The higher level of nonaccrual loans at December 31, 2021 as compared with December 31, 2020 reflects the continuing impact of the pandemic on borrowers’ ability to make contractual payments on their loans, most notably loans in the hospitality sector. The higher level at December 31, 2020 as compared with December 31, 2019 reflects the addition in 2020 of $530 million of loans associated with hotels as well as other additions that, in general, resulted from the economic conditions in 2020. A summary of nonperforming assets and certain past due, renegotiated and impaired loan data and credit quality ratios is presented in table 13.

Table 13

NONPERFORMING ASSET AND PAST DUE, RENEGOTIATED AND IMPAIRED LOAN DATA



December 31	2021			2020			2019			2018			2017
	(Dollars in thousands)

Nonaccrual loans	$	2,060,083			1,893,299			963,112			893,608			882,598
Real estate and other foreclosed assets		23,901			34,668			85,646			78,375			111,910
Total nonperforming assets	$	2,083,984			1,927,967			1,048,758			971,983			994,508
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more(a)	$	963,399			859,208			518,728			222,527			244,405
Government guaranteed loans included in totals above:
Nonaccrual loans	$	51,429			48,820			50,891			34,667			35,677
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more(a)		927,788			798,121			479,829			192,443			235,489
Renegotiated loans	$	230,408			238,994			234,424			245,367			221,513
Acquired accruing loans past due 90 days or more(b)	N/A			N/A				39,632			39,750			47,418
Purchased impaired loans(c):
Outstanding customer balance	N/A			N/A				415,413			529,520			688,091
Carrying amount	N/A			N/A				227,545			303,305			410,015

Nonaccrual loans to total loans and leases, net of unearned discount		2.22	%		1.92	%		1.06	%		1.01	%		1.00	%
Nonperforming assets to total net loans and leases and real estate and other foreclosed assets		2.24	%		1.96	%		1.15	%		1.10	%		1.13	%
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more(a) to total loans and leases, net of unearned discount		1.04	%		.87	%		.57	%		.25	%		.28	%

(a)	Predominantly residential real estate loans. Prior to 2020, excludes loans acquired at a discount.

(b)	Prior to 2020, loans acquired at a discount that were recorded at fair value at acquisition date. This category does not include purchased impaired loans that are presented separately.

(c)	Prior to 2020, accruing loans acquired at a discount that were impaired at acquisition date and recorded at fair value.

Accruing loans past due 90 days or more were $963 million or 1.04% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2021 and $859 million or .87% at December 31, 2020. Accruing loans past due 90 days or more (excluding loans acquired at a discount) were $519 million or .57% at December 31, 2019. Accruing loans past due 90 days or more included loans guaranteed by government-related entities of $928 million, $798 million and $480 million at December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. 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. Despite the loans being purchased by the Company, the insurance or guarantee by the applicable government-related entity remains in force. The outstanding principal balances of the repurchased loans included in the amounts noted above that are guaranteed by government-related entities totaled $889 million at December 31, 2021, $764 million at December 31, 2020 and $452 million at December 31, 2019. The increase in such loans as compared with December 31, 2019 reflects loans repurchased during 2021 and 2020. The remaining accruing loans past due 90 days or more not guaranteed by government-related entities were loans considered to be with creditworthy borrowers

that were in the process of collection or renewal. In addition to the past due loans, the Company also has $974 million of government-guaranteed residential mortgage loans as of December 31, 2021 that are not considered delinquent because the borrower has requested and received a COVID-19 related payment deferral. In general, those loans were also repurchased to reduce associated servicing costs as described above and also remain covered by the insurance or guarantee of the applicable government-related entity, but are not considered to be past due in accordance with the accounting treatment afforded under the CARES Act and related regulatory and financial accounting guidance as described below and in note 1 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Loans that were 30-89 days past due were $846 million at December 31, 2021, compared with $662 million at December 31, 2020 and $1.2 billion at December 31, 2019. Loans that are still subject to a COVID-19 related payment deferral are classified as current in accordance with regulatory guidance and, as a result, did not contribute to incremental additions to loans categorized as 30-89 days past due. COVID-19 related modified loans that exit the deferral period and subsequently fail to make contractual payments in accordance with the modified terms are reported in the applicable delinquency classification per M&T Bank’s credit policy. Information about delinquent loans at December 31, 2021 and 2020 is included in note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Prior to the adoption of the new accounting standard on January 1, 2020, the Company reported purchased impaired loans. Those loans were impaired at the date of acquisition, were recorded at estimated fair value and were generally delinquent in payments, but, in accordance with GAAP, the Company continued to accrue interest income on such loans based on the estimated expected cash flows associated with the loans. The amended accounting guidance requires estimated credit losses on loans acquired at a discount to now be reflected in the allowance for credit losses and effective with the adoption of the guidance, the Company’s nonaccrual loan policy applies to such loans. The carrying amount of purchased impaired loans was $228 million at December 31, 2019.

The direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a dramatic reduction in 2020 in economic activity that severely hampered the ability of some businesses and consumers to meet their repayment obligations. The CARES Act, in addition to providing financial assistance to both businesses and consumers, created a forbearance program for federally-backed mortgage loans, protected borrowers from negative credit reporting due to loan accommodations related to the pandemic, and provided financial institutions the option to temporarily suspend certain requirements under GAAP related to troubled debt restructurings for a limited period of time to account for the effects of COVID-19. The banking regulatory agencies likewise issued guidance encouraging financial institutions to work prudently with borrowers who are, or may be, unable to meet their contractual payment obligations because of the effects of COVID-19. That guidance, with concurrence of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and provisions of the CARES Act, allowed modifications made on a good faith basis in response to COVID-19 to borrowers who were generally current with their payments prior to any relief, to not be treated as delinquent or as troubled debt restructurings. Modifications included payment deferrals (including extensions of maturity dates), covenant waivers and fee waivers. The Company worked with its customers affected by COVID-19 and granted modifications across many of its loan portfolios. To the extent that such modifications met the criteria previously described, such modifications have not been classified as delinquent or as troubled debt restructurings. A summary of loans for which COVID-19 forbearances are still in effect and which are not considered past due is included in note 4 of Notes to the Financial Statements.

The Company also modified the terms of select loans in an effort to assist borrowers that were not related to the COVID-19 pandemic. If the borrower was experiencing financial difficulty and a concession was granted, the Company considered such modifications as troubled debt restructurings. Loan modifications included such actions as the extension of loan maturity dates and the lowering of

interest rates and monthly payments. The objective of the modifications was to increase loan repayments by customers and thereby reduce net charge-offs. Information about modifications of loans that are considered troubled debt restructurings is included in note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Residential real estate loans modified under specified loss mitigation programs prescribed by government guarantors that were not related to the COVID-19 pandemic have not been included in renegotiated loans because the loan guarantee remains in full force and, accordingly, the Company has not granted a concession with respect to the ultimate collection of the original loan balance. Such loans totaled $425 million and $342 million at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

Charge-offs of commercial loans and leases, net of recoveries, aggregated $82 million in 2021, $119 million in 2020 and $34 million in 2019. As a percentage of average commercial loans, those net charge-offs were .32%, .43%, and .14% in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Commercial loans and leases in nonaccrual status were $221 million at December 31, 2021, $307 million at December 31, 2020 and $347 million at December 31, 2019. Net charge-offs of commercial real estate loans totaled $71 million during 2021, compared with $31 million during 2020 and $9 million in 2019 or .19% in 2021, .08% in 2020 and .03% in 2019 of average commercial real estate loans. The higher levels of net charge-offs in 2021 and 2020 of commercial loans and commercial real estate loans reflect the impact of the pandemic on borrowers’ abilities to repay loans. In the commercial real estate portfolio, those charged-off loans were mostly associated with the retail, office building and hospitality sectors. Commercial real estate loans classified as nonaccrual were $1.2 billion at December 31, 2021, $891 million at December 31, 2020 and $195 million at December 31, 2019. Nonaccrual commercial real estate loans included construction-related loans of $114 million, $115 million and $37 million at the end of 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The increase in commercial real estate loans in nonaccrual status since December 31, 2019 was largely reflective of loans in the hospitality sector. Hotel-related commercial real estate loans (including construction) in nonaccrual status at December 31, 2021 and 2020 were $696 million and $607 million, respectively.

Net charge-offs of residential real estate loans were $2 million in 2021, $3 million in 2020 and $5 million in 2019 representing .01% of average residential real estate loans in 2021, compared with .02% in 2020 and .03% in 2019. Residential real estate loans in nonaccrual status at December 31, 2021 were $479 million, compared with $513 million and $319 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Nonaccrual limited documentation first mortgage loans aggregated $123 million at December 31, 2021, compared with $147 million and $83 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Limited documentation first mortgage loans represent loans secured by residential real estate that at origination typically included some form of limited borrower documentation requirements as compared with more traditional loans. The Company no longer originates limited documentation loans. Residential real estate loans past due 90 days or more and accruing interest (excluding loans acquired at a discount prior to 2020) totaled $920 million at December 31, 2021, $793 million at December 31, 2020 and $487 million at December 31, 2019. A substantial portion of such amounts related to guaranteed loans repurchased from government-related entities, including the previously noted higher level of repurchases of loans associated with the Company’s loan servicing portfolio. However, loans that have been granted forbearances related to COVID-19 that are still in effect are not considered to be past due in accordance with the previously noted regulatory guidance and provisions of the CARES Act. Information about the location of nonaccrual and charged-off residential real estate loans as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021 is presented in table 14.

Table 14

SELECTED RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE-RELATED LOAN DATA

								Year Ended
	December 31, 2021							December 31, 2021
			Nonaccrual					Net Charge-offs (Recoveries)

											Percent of
					Percent of						Average
	Outstanding				Outstanding						Outstanding
	Balances		Balances		Balances			Balances			Balances
	(Dollars in thousands)
Residential mortgages:
New York	$	5,198,808	$	136,280		2.62	%	$	1,312			.03	%
Pennsylvania		1,036,187		13,670		1.32			465			.04
Maryland		1,434,464		15,996		1.12			600			.04
New Jersey		2,279,024		91,744		4.03			(60	)		—
Other Mid-Atlantic (a)		1,202,368		21,645		1.80			(19	)		—
Other		3,602,456		76,149		2.11			583			.02
Total	$	14,753,307	$	355,484		2.41	%	$	2,881			.02	%
Residential construction loans:
New York	$	19,292	$	146		.76	%	$	—			—	%
Pennsylvania		5,727		228		3.98			—			—
Maryland		7,466		—		—			—			—
New Jersey		10,017		—		—			—			—
Other Mid-Atlantic (a)		11,019		—		—			—			—
Other		3,543		—		—			—			—
Total	$	57,064	$	374		.66	%	$	—			—	%
Limited documentation first mortgages:
New York	$	579,421	$	54,636		9.43	%	$	53			.01	%
Pennsylvania		23,098		3,471		15.03			21			.07
Maryland		13,880		1,970		14.19			(27	)		(.16	)
New Jersey		467,010		37,523		8.03			—			—
Other Mid-Atlantic (a)		11,681		1,393		11.93			(2	)		(.02	)
Other		168,984		23,895		14.14			(879	)		(.45	)
Total	$	1,264,074	$	122,888		9.72	%	$	(834	)		(.06	%)
First lien home equity loans and lines of credit:
New York	$	910,565	$	16,600		1.82	%	$	372			.04	%
Pennsylvania		550,228		9,372		1.70			428			.07
Maryland		447,690		9,358		2.09			305			.07
New Jersey		64,951		621		.96			(11	)		(.02	)
Other Mid-Atlantic (a)		160,577		2,610		1.63			25			.01
Other		23,459		1,228		5.23			41			.15
Total	$	2,157,470	$	39,789		1.84	%	$	1,160			.05	%
Junior lien home equity loans and lines of credit:
New York	$	553,611	$	13,676		2.47	%	$	(595	)		(.10	%)
Pennsylvania		189,189		2,616		1.38			(599	)		(.30	)
Maryland		350,891		9,388		2.68			(1,222	)		(.32	)
New Jersey		95,785		1,105		1.15			(1,485	)		(1.59	)
Other Mid-Atlantic (a)		173,894		3,271		1.88			59			.03
Other		39,047		459		1.18			(416	)		(1.04	)
Total	$	1,402,417	$	30,515		2.18	%	$	(4,258	)		(.29	%)
Limited documentation junior lien:
New York	$	372	$	21		5.65	%	$	(7	)		(1.85	%)
Pennsylvania		149		24		16.11			10			6.08
Maryland		515		25		4.85			(1	)		(.16	)
New Jersey		115		—		—			—			—
Other Mid-Atlantic (a)		248		32		12.90			—			—
Other		1,305		82		6.28			(182	)		(9.56	)
Total	$	2,704	$	184		6.80	%	$	(180	)		(4.95	%)

(a)	Includes Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Net charge-offs of consumer loans aggregated $38 million in 2021, compared with $93 million in 2020 and $97 million in 2019. As a percentage of average consumer loans those net charge-offs were .22% in 2021, .59% in 2020 and .67% in 2019. Included in net charge-offs of consumer loans were: net recoveries of automobile loans of $2 million in 2021, compared with net charge-offs of $22 million in 2020 and $24 million in 2019; recreational finance loan net charge-offs of $13 million, $27 million and $26 million during 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively; and net recoveries of home equity loans and lines of credit secured by one-to-four family residential properties of $3 million in 2021, compared with net charge-offs of $3 million in 2020 and $6 million in 2019. The reduced level of net charge-offs of consumer loans in 2021 reflects the improving economy, in general, and the level of prices associated with motor vehicles, recreational vehicles and residential real estate. Nonaccrual consumer loans were $177 million at December 31, 2021, compared with $183 million and $102 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Included in nonaccrual consumer loans at the 2021, 2020 and 2019 year-ends were: automobile loans of $34 million, $39 million and $21 million, respectively; recreational finance loans of $28 million, $26 million and $14 million, respectively; and outstanding balances of home equity loans and lines of credit of $70 million, $79 million and $63 million, respectively. Information about the location of nonaccrual and charged-off home equity loans and lines of credit as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021 is presented in table 14. Information about past due and nonaccrual loans as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is also included in note 5 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Real estate and other foreclosed assets totaled $24 million at December 31, 2021, compared with $35 million at December 31, 2020 and $86 million at December 31, 2019. The decline in 2020 and 2021 is largely reflective of foreclosure moratoriums imposed by government authorities in numerous jurisdictions. Net gains or losses associated with real estate and other foreclosed assets were not material in 2021, 2020 or 2019. At December 31, 2021, foreclosed assets are comprised entirely of the Company’s holding of residential real estate-related properties.

Beginning in 2020, management determined the allowance for credit losses under amended accounting guidance that requires estimating the amount of current expected credit losses over the remaining contractual term of the loan and lease portfolio. Prior to 2020, the allowance for credit losses represented the amount that in management’s judgment reflected incurred credit losses inherent in the loan and lease portfolio as of the balance sheet date. A description of the methodologies used by the Company to estimate its allowance for credit losses can be found in note 5 of Notes to Financial Statements.

In establishing the allowance for credit losses subsequent to December 31, 2019, the Company estimates losses attributable to specific troubled credits identified through both normal and targeted credit review processes and also estimates losses for other loans and leases with similar risk characteristics on a collective basis. For purposes of determining the level of the allowance for credit losses, the Company evaluates its loan and lease portfolio by type. Despite recent improvements in macroeconomic forecasts, at the time of the Company’s analysis regarding the determination of the allowance for credit losses as of December 31, 2021, concerns persisted about the somewhat uneven and incomplete recovery evident in the economy, the emergence of new COVID-19 variants (including the recent emerging variant commonly referred to as Omicron) that may further disrupt a recovery, the ultimate effectiveness of economic stimulus being provided by the U.S. government that has contributed to increased deficit spending and raised inflation concerns; disruptions to supply chains and the related impacts to businesses and consumers; the volatile nature of global markets, including the impact international economic conditions could have on the U.S. economy; Federal Reserve positioning of monetary policy; the extent to which borrowers, in particular commercial real estate borrowers may continue to be negatively affected by pandemic-related and general economic conditions; and continued stagnant population and economic growth in the upstate New York and central Pennsylvania regions (approximately 48% of the Company’s loans and leases are to customers in New York State and Pennsylvania) that could see lingering effects of the economic

downturn. The Company utilizes a loan grading system to differentiate risk amongst its commercial loans and commercial real estate loans. Loans with a lower expectation of default are assigned one of ten possible “pass” loan grades while specific loans determined to have an elevated level of credit risk are classified as “criticized.” A criticized loan may be classified as “nonaccrual” if the Company no longer expects to collect all amounts according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement or the loan is delinquent 90 days or more. During 2021 and 2020, the Company re-graded significant portions of its commercial loans and commercial real estate loans based on financial results and projections of specific borrowers, particularly those that were affected by COVID-19 impacts. Criticized commercial loans and commercial real estate loans totaled $9.0 billion at December 31, 2021, compared with $7.2 billion at December 31, 2020 and $2.5 billion at December 31, 2019. The rise in criticized loans reflects the impact of the pandemic on borrowers’ financial condition and the re-grading of loans by the Company, and is reflective of the provision for expected credit losses recorded by the Company in 2020 as the pandemic unfolded. The increases in such loans since December 31, 2020 were largely attributable to investor-owned permanent commercial real estate loans in the hotel, office and healthcare sectors and commercial real estate construction loans in the hotel and healthcare sectors. On the overall basis, weighted-average loan-to-stabilized value (“LTV”) ratios for investor-owned commercial real estate properties do not vary significantly by asset class or sector, and at December 31, 2021 were generally within the range of 55% to 65% with an overall weighted-average LTV ratio of approximately 57%. Investor-owned commercial real estate loans comprised $7.0 billion, or 78% of total criticized loans of $9.0 billion at December 31, 2021.

The COVID-19 pandemic and related governmental responses led to a significant reduction in economic activity that was detrimental to many borrowers across the Company’s geographic regions, particularly commercial borrowers in the hotel, health care-related and office sectors and residential mortgage borrowers. Many of these borrowers have been and could likely continue to be adversely impacted by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 related modifications with payment deferrals at December 31, 2021 totaled $1.2 billion and consisted predominantly of residential real estate loans, including $974 million of government-guaranteed loans. Substantially all of those deferrals are scheduled to expire during 2022 and/or are in the process of formal modification of repayment terms for previously deferred payments.

As commercial loans and commercial real estate loans were approved for modifications related to COVID-19, the Company assessed loans considering the credit worthiness of the borrower, collateral values, the financial condition of any guarantors, and the expected collectability of contractual principal and interest payments. Loan-to-collateral values on investor-owned loans are generally relatively low and oftentimes the loans include some form of recourse. Loans secured by residential real estate with a COVID-19 payment forbearance were evaluated for collectability based on the borrower’s ability to repay considering past performance and estimated collateral values. If collectability was considered doubtful, loans were classified as nonaccrual.

Loan officers in different geographic locations with the support of the Company’s credit department personnel review and reassign loan grades based on their detailed knowledge of individual borrowers and their judgment of the impact on such borrowers resulting from changing conditions in their respective regions. The Company re-assessed its loan grades for those borrowers most impacted by COVID-19. The Company’s policy is that, at least annually, updated financial information is obtained from commercial borrowers associated with pass grade loans and additional analysis performed. On a quarterly basis, the Company’s centralized credit department reviews all criticized commercial loans and commercial real estate loans greater than $1 million to determine the appropriateness of the assigned loan grade, including whether the loan should be reported as accruing or nonaccruing. For criticized nonaccrual loans, additional meetings are held with loan officers and their managers, workout specialists and senior management to discuss each of the relationships. In analyzing criticized loans, borrower-specific information is reviewed, including operating results, future cash flows, recent developments and the borrower’s outlook, and other pertinent data. The

timing and extent of potential losses, considering collateral valuation and other factors, and the Company’s potential courses of action are contemplated.

With regard to residential real estate loans, the Company’s loss identification and estimation techniques make reference to loan performance and house price data in specific areas of the country where collateral securing the Company’s residential real estate loans is located. For residential real estate-related loans, including home equity loans and lines of credit, the excess of the loan balance over the net realizable value of the property collateralizing the loan is charged-off when the loan becomes 150 days delinquent. That charge-off is based on recent indications of value from external parties that are generally obtained shortly after a loan becomes nonaccrual. Loans to consumers that file for bankruptcy are generally charged off to estimated net collateral value shortly after the Company is notified of such filings. At December 31, 2021, approximately 61% of the Company’s home equity portfolio consisted of first lien loans and lines of credit. Of the remaining junior lien loans in the portfolio, approximately 56% (or approximately 22% of the aggregate home equity portfolio) consisted of junior lien loans that were behind a first lien mortgage loan that was not owned or serviced by the Company. To the extent known by the Company, if a senior lien loan would be on nonaccrual status because of payment delinquency, even if such senior lien loan was not owned by the Company, the junior lien loan or line that is owned by the Company is placed on nonaccrual status. In monitoring the credit quality of its home equity portfolio for purposes of determining the allowance for credit losses, the Company reviews delinquency and nonaccrual information and considers recent charge-off experience. When evaluating individual home equity loans and lines of credit for charge off and for purposes of determining the allowance for credit losses, the Company considers the required repayment of any first lien positions related to collateral property. Home equity line of credit terms vary but such lines are generally originated with an open draw period of ten years followed by an amortization period of up to twenty years. At December 31, 2021, approximately 85% of all outstanding balances of home equity lines of credit related to lines that were still in the draw period, the weighted-average remaining draw periods were approximately five years, and approximately 10% were making contractually allowed payments that do not include any repayment of principal.

The Company generally estimates current expected credit losses on loans with similar risk characteristics on a collective basis. To estimate expected losses, the Company utilizes statistically developed models to project principal balances over the remaining contractual lives of the loan portfolios and determine estimated credit losses through a reasonable and supportable forecast period. The Company’s approach for estimating current expected credit losses for loans and leases has included utilizing macro-economic assumptions to project losses over a two-year reasonable and supportable forecast period. Subsequent to the forecast period, the Company reverted to longer-term historical loss experience, over a period of one year, to estimate expected credit losses over the remaining contractual life. Forward-looking estimates of certain macro-economic variables are determined by the M&T Scenario Development Group, which is comprised of senior management business leaders and economists. Among the assumptions utilized as of December 31, 2021 was that the national unemployment rate will average 4.6% through the first year of the reasonable and

supportable forecast period before gradually improving to 3.7% in the latter half of 2023. The forecast also assumed gross domestic product grows during 2022 at a 3.1% annual rate and during 2023 at a 2.7% average rate. Commercial real estate and residential real estate prices were assumed to cumulatively grow 11.1% and 5.9%, respectively, over the two-year reasonable and supportable forecast period. The assumptions utilized in estimating the allowance for credit losses as of December 31, 2020 included an estimated unemployment rate averaging 6.9% through 2021 followed by a gradual return to long-term historical averages by the end of 2022. Gross domestic product was assumed to grow at a 4.1% annual rate during 2021 resulting in a return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2022. Commercial real estate prices were assumed to decline by approximately 6.8% in 2021, followed by improvement. Residential real estate prices were not assumed to fluctuate significantly. In most instances the actual macroeconomic conditions experienced in 2021 were favorable in comparison to the forecasts made at December 31, 2020. Such improvements contributed to the recapture of provision for credit losses during 2021 of $75 million. The assumptions utilized as of January 1, 2020 at the time of the adoption of the expected credit loss accounting standard were significantly less severe. Those assumptions anticipated unemployment rates that averaged under 4% and steady growth in gross domestic product of 3.3% over the eight-quarter forecast period. Forecasted changes in real estate prices as of that date were not significant. The assumptions utilized were based on information available to the Company at or near December 31, 2021, December 31, 2020 and January 1, 2020 (at the time it was preparing its estimate of expected credit losses as of those dates).

In establishing the allowance for credit losses the Company also considers the impact of portfolio concentrations, changes in underwriting practices, product expansions into new markets, imprecision in its economic forecasts, and other risk factors that influence its loss estimation process. With respect to economic forecasts, the Company assessed the likelihood of alternative economic scenarios during the two-year reasonable and supportable time period. Economic forecasts have changed rapidly in the recent past due to the uncertain impacts of COVID-19. Generally, an increase in unemployment rate or a decrease in any of the rate of change in gross domestic product, commercial real estate prices or home prices would have an adverse impact on expected credit losses and would likely result in an increase in the allowance for credit losses. Forward looking economic forecasts are subject to inherent imprecision and future events may differ materially from actual events. In consideration of such uncertainty, the following alternative economic scenarios were considered to estimate the possible impact on modeled credit losses.

•A potential downside economic scenario assumed the unemployment rate reaches 9.0% in 2022 before declining to 7.1% by the end of the reasonable and supportable forecast period. The scenario also assumed gross domestic product contracts 2.1% in 2022 before recovering to recently experienced levels by the third quarter of 2023, commercial real estate prices cumulatively decline 12.4% by the end of 2023, and residential real estate prices decline modestly in 2022 and remain flat during 2023.

•A potential upside economic scenario assumed the unemployment rate declines to 3.0% in 2022’s fourth quarter where it stays for the remainder of the reasonable and supportable forecast period. The scenario also assumes gross domestic product grows 4.8% in 2022 and 1.5% in 2023, while commercial real estate and residential real estate prices cumulatively rise 16.9% and 7.6%, respectively, over the two-year reasonable and supportable forecast period.

The scenario analyses resulted in an additional $222 million of modeled credit losses under the assumptions of the downside economic scenario, whereas under the assumptions of the upside economic scenario a $56 million reduction in modeled credit losses could occur. These examples are only a few of the numerous possible economic scenarios that could be utilized in assessing the sensitivity of expected credit losses. The estimated impacts on credit losses in such scenarios pertain

only to modeled credit losses and do not include consideration of other factors the Company may evaluate when determining its allowance for credit losses.

As a result, it is possible that the Company may, at another point in time, reach different conclusions regarding credit loss estimates. The Company’s process for determining the allowance for credit losses undergoes quarterly and periodic evaluations by independent risk management personnel, which among many other considerations, evaluate the reasonableness of management’s methodology and significant assumptions. Further information about the Company’s methodology to estimate expected credit losses is included in note 5 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Prior to 2020, the allowance for credit losses represented the amount that in management’s judgment reflected incurred credit losses inherent in the loan and lease portfolio as of the balance sheet date. The allowance was determined by management’s evaluation of the loan and lease portfolio based on such factors as the differing economic risks associated with each loan category, the current financial condition of specific borrowers, the current 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. The estimation of the allowance for credit losses prior to 2020 did not consider reasonable and supportable forecasts that could have affected the collectability of the reported amounts.

A comparative allocation of the allowance for credit losses for each of the past five year-ends is presented in table 15. Amounts were allocated to specific loan categories based on information available to management at the time of each year-end assessment and using the methodologies described herein. Variations in the allocation of the allowance by loan category as a percentage of those loans reflect the impact of the new accounting rules effective January 1, 2020 as well as changes in management’s estimate of credit losses in light of economic developments. Furthermore, the Company’s allowance is general in nature and is available to absorb losses from any loan or lease category. Additional information about the allowance for credit losses is included in note 5 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Table 15

ALLOCATION OF THE ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES TO LOAN CATEGORIES

December 31	2021			2020			2019			2018			2017
	(Dollars in thousands)

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.	$	283,899		$	405,846		$	366,094		$	330,055		$	328,599
Commercial real estate		557,239			670,719			322,201			341,655			374,085
Residential real estate		71,726			103,590			56,033			69,125			65,405
Consumer		556,362			556,232			229,118			200,564			170,809
Unallocated		—			—			77,625			78,045			78,300
Total	$	1,469,226		$	1,736,387		$	1,051,071		$	1,019,444		$	1,017,198
As a Percentage of Loans and Leases Outstanding, Net of Unearned Discount

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.		1.21	%		1.47	%		1.54	%		1.44	%		1.51	%
Commercial real estate	1.57			1.78			.91			.99			1.12
Residential real estate	.45			.62			.35			.40			.33
Consumer		3.10		3.36			1.49			1.44			1.29
Total	1.58			1.76			1.16			1.15			1.16

Management believes that the allowance for credit losses at December 31, 2021 appropriately reflected expected credit losses inherent in the portfolio as of that date. The allowance for credit losses totaled $1.47 billion at December 31, 2021, $1.74 billion at December 31, 2020, and $1.18 billion at January 1, 2020 when amended guidance became effective. The allowance for credit losses was $1.05 billion at December 31, 2019. The decrease in the allowance in 2021 reflects improved financial forecasts as compared with those as of December 31, 2020. The increase in the allowance in 2020 as compared with 2019 reflected the $132 million addition attributable the adoption of the new accounting standard as well as the expected impact of forecasted economic conditions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic on borrowers’ abilities to repay loans. As a percentage of loans outstanding, the allowance was 1.58% at December 31, 2021, 1.76% at December 31, 2020 and 1.16% at December 31, 2019. Excluding the impact of $1.2 billion and $5.4 billion of government-guaranteed PPP loans outstanding at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, the allowance as a percentage of total loans and leases was 1.60% and 1.86%, respectively. The level of the allowance reflects management’s evaluation of the loan and lease portfolio using the methodology and considering the factors as described herein. Should the various economic forecasts and credit factors considered by management in establishing the allowance for credit losses change and should management’s assessment of losses in the loan portfolio also change, the level of the allowance as a percentage of loans could increase or decrease in future periods. The reported level of the allowance reflects management’s evaluation of the loan and lease portfolio as of each respective date.

The ratio of the allowance for credit losses to total nonaccrual loans at the end of 2021, 2020 and 2019 was 71%, 92% and 109%, respectively. Given the Company’s general position as a secured lender and its practice of charging off loan balances when collection is deemed doubtful, that ratio and changes in the ratio are generally not an indicative measure of the adequacy of the Company’s allowance for credit losses, nor does management rely upon that ratio in assessing the adequacy of the Company’s allowance for credit losses.

The Company had no concentrations of credit extended to any specific industry that exceeded 10% of total loans at December 31, 2021, however residential real estate loans comprised approximately 17% of the loan portfolio. Outstanding loans to foreign borrowers aggregated $197 million at December 31, 2021, or .2% of total loans and leases.

Other Income

Other income aggregated $2.17 billion in 2021, up from $2.09 billion and $2.06 billion in 2020 and 2019, respectively. The rise in other income from 2020 to 2021 was largely attributable to higher trust income, service charges on deposit accounts, brokerage services income, merchant discount and credit card fees and letter of credit and other credit-related fees, partially offset by lower trading account and foreign exchange gains, higher valuation losses on investment securities and a decline in the level of distributions from BLG. The growth experienced from 2019 to 2020 reflected higher mortgage banking revenues and trust income, partially offset by declines in service charges on deposit accounts, trading account and foreign exchange gains and letter of credit and other credit-related fees.

Mortgage banking revenues aggregated $571 million in 2021, $567 million in 2020 and $458 million in 2019. Mortgage banking revenues are comprised of both residential and commercial mortgage banking activities. The Company’s involvement in commercial mortgage banking activities includes the origination, sales and servicing of loans under the multifamily loan programs of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Residential mortgage banking revenues, consisting of realized gains from sales of residential real estate loans and loan servicing rights, unrealized gains and losses on residential real estate loans

held for sale and related commitments, residential real estate loan servicing fees, and other residential real estate loan-related fees and income, were $406 million in 2021, $424 million in 2020 and $317 million in 2019. The higher residential mortgage banking revenues in 2021 and 2020 as compared with 2019 resulted from higher gains associated with loans held for sale, reflecting higher origination volumes and improved margins. Late in the third quarter of 2021, the Company began to originate the majority of its residential real estate loans to retain in its loan portfolio rather than for sale, contributing to the reduction in residential mortgage banking revenues from 2020.

New commitments to originate residential real estate loans to be sold were approximately $3.9 billion in 2021, compared with $4.5 billion in 2020 and $2.7 billion in 2019. The decrease in 2021 from 2020 reflects the retention of originated residential real estate loans beginning late in the third quarter of 2021. Realized gains from sales of residential real estate loans and loan servicing rights and recognized net unrealized gains or losses attributable to residential real estate loans held for sale, commitments to originate loans for sale and commitments to sell loans aggregated to gains of $164 million in 2021, $191 million in 2020 and $72 million in 2019.

Loans held for sale that were secured by residential real estate totaled $474 million and $777 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Commitments to sell residential real estate loans and commitments to originate residential real estate loans for sale at pre-determined rates totaled $617 million and $233 million, respectively, at December 31, 2021, $1.47 billion and $1.03 billion, respectively, at December 31, 2020 and $713 million and $423 million, respectively, at December 31, 2019. Net recognized unrealized gains on residential real estate loans held for sale, commitments to sell loans and commitments to originate loans for sale were $10 million at December 31, 2021, compared with $52 million at December 31, 2020 and $12 million at December 31, 2019. Changes in such net unrealized gains are recorded in mortgage banking revenues and resulted in a net decrease in revenue of $16 million in 2021, compared with net increases of $40 million and $5 million in 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Revenues from servicing residential real estate loans for others totaled $242 million in 2021 compared with $233 million in 2020 and $245 million in 2019. Residential real estate loans serviced for others aggregated $97.9 billion at December 31, 2021, $94.4 billion a year earlier and $95.1 billion at December 31, 2019. Reflected in residential real estate loans serviced for others were loans sub-serviced for others of $74.7 billion, $68.1 billion and $62.8 billion at December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Revenues earned for sub-servicing loans totaled $153 million in 2021, compared with $129 million in 2020 and $125 million in 2019. The contractual servicing rights associated with loans sub-serviced by the Company were predominantly held by affiliates of BLG. Information about the Company’s relationship with BLG and its affiliates is included in note 25 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Capitalized residential mortgage servicing assets totaled $217 million at December 31, 2021 (net of a $24 million valuation allowance), compared with $201 million (net of a $30 million valuation allowance) and $237 million (net of a $7 million valuation allowance) at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Reflecting changes in fair value of some of the servicing rights in comparison to the amortized cost of such rights, a $6 million reversal of the valuation allowance for impairment of capitalized residential mortgage servicing rights was recorded in 2021, compared with provisions of $23 million and $7 million recorded in 2020 and 2019, respectively. Additional information about the Company’s capitalized residential mortgage servicing assets, including information about the calculation of estimated fair value, is presented in note 7 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Commercial mortgage banking revenues totaled $165 million in 2021, compared with $143 million in 2020 and $141 million in 2019. Included in such amounts were revenues from loan origination and sales activities of $89 million in 2021, $84 million in 2020 and $81 million in 2019. Commercial real estate loans originated for sale to other investors totaled approximately $4.0 billion

in each of 2021 and 2019, compared with $3.4 billion in 2020. Loan servicing revenues totaled $76 million in 2021, $59 million in 2020 and $60 million in 2019. The higher servicing revenues in 2021 were reflective of fees received from customers who repaid loans prior to maturity. Capitalized commercial mortgage servicing assets were $133 million at each of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 and $131 million at December 31, 2019. Commercial real estate loans serviced for other investors totaled $23.7 billion at December 31, 2021, $22.2 billion at December 31, 2020 and $21.0 billion at December 31, 2019, and included $4.0 billion at each of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 and $3.9 billion at December 31, 2019 of loan balances for which investors had recourse to the Company if such balances are ultimately uncollectable. Included in commercial real estate loans serviced for others were loans sub-serviced for others of $3.5 billion at December 31, 2021, $3.3 billion at December 31, 2020. and $3.4 billion at December 31, 2019. Commitments to sell commercial real estate loans and commitments to originate commercial real estate loans for sale aggregated $751 million and $325 million, respectively, at December 31, 2021, $641 million and $364 million, respectively, at December 31, 2020 and $193 million and $164 million, respectively, at December 31, 2019. Commercial real estate loans held for sale were $425 million, $278 million and $28 million at December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The higher balances at December 31, 2021 and 2020, as compared with December 31, 2019, reflect loans originated later in each year that had not been delivered to investors by year end.

Service charges on deposit accounts totaled $402 million in 2021, compared with $371 million in 2020 and $433 million in 2019. The lower service charges in 2020 as compared with 2021 and 2019 reflect reduced consumer service charges, predominantly resulting from COVID-19 related fee waivers and lower customer transaction activity. The decrease from 2019 to 2020 also reflected lower commercial service charges, largely due to higher customer deposit levels that could be used by those customers to offset transaction related fees. In February 2022, the Company announced it will be eliminating non-sufficient funds fees and overdraft protection transfer charges from linked deposit accounts as well as reducing overdraft fees and limiting daily fee assessments to once per day. The Company estimates these changes will reduce income from service charges on deposit accounts by approximately $40 million in 2022.

Trust income includes fees related to two significant businesses. The Institutional Client Services (“ICS”) business provides a variety of trustee, agency, investment management and administrative services for corporations and institutions, investment bankers, corporate tax, finance and legal executives, and other institutional clients who: (i) use capital markets financing structures; (ii) use independent trustees to hold retirement plan and other assets; and (iii) need investment and cash management services. The Wealth Advisory Services (“WAS”) business offers personal trust, planning, fiduciary, asset management, family office and other services designed to help high net worth individuals and families grow, preserve and transfer wealth. Trust income was $645 million in 2021, compared with $602 million in 2020 and $573 million in 2019. Revenues associated with the ICS business were $375 million in 2021, $342 million in 2020 and $311 million in 2019. The increases in ICS revenue in 2021 and 2020 reflect sales activities and increased retirement services income resulting from growth in collective fund balances. Revenues attributable to WAS totaled $255 million in 2021 and $233 million in each of 2020 and 2019. As compared with the previous two years, revenue in 2021 reflected an increase related to equity market performance. Revenue in 2021 and 2020 was offset by proprietary fund money market fee waivers as a result of the low interest rate environment. Trust assets under management were $165.6 billion and $135.8 billion at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Trust assets under management include the Company’s proprietary mutual funds’ assets of $13.2 billion at December 31, 2021 and $12.9 billion at December 31, 2020. Additional trust income from investment management activities was $15 million, $27 million and $29 million in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and includes fees earned from retail customer investment accounts.

Brokerage services income, which includes revenues from the sale of mutual funds and annuities and securities brokerage fees and, since June 2021, sales of select investment products of LPL Financial (as described below), totaled $63 million in 2021, compared with $47 million in 2020 and $49 million in 2019. The increase in brokerage services income in 2021 reflects a change in June 2021 in product delivery to retail brokerage and certain trust customers related to the LPL Financial relationship. Revenues associated with the sale of investment products of LPL Financial, an independent financial services broker, are included in “brokerage services income.” Prior to the transition to LPL Financial’s product platform, revenues earned by the Company from providing those customers with proprietary trust products managed by the Company were reported as trust income. Trading account and foreign exchange activity resulted in gains of $24 million in 2021, $41 million in 2020 and $62 million in 2019. The decline in gains resulted predominantly from decreased activity related to interest rate swap agreements with commercial customers. The Company enters into interest rate swap agreements and foreign exchange contracts with customers who need such services and concomitantly enters into offsetting trading positions with third parties to minimize the risks involved with these types of transactions. Information about the notional amount of interest rate, foreign exchange and other contracts entered into by the Company for trading account purposes is included in note 19 of Notes to Financial Statements and herein under the heading “Liquidity, Market Risk, and Interest Rate Sensitivity.”

The Company recognized net losses on investment securities of $21 million and $9 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively, compared with net gains of $18 million in 2019. The gains and losses represented unrealized gains and losses on investments in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac preferred stock.

Other revenues from operations totaled $483 million in 2021, compared with $471 million in 2020 and $469 million in 2019. Comparing 2021 with 2020, higher merchant discount, credit card interchange and letter of credit and credit-related fees, largely loan syndication fees, were partially offset by lower income received from BLG during 2021. Comparing 2020 with 2019, higher income received from BLG during 2020 was offset by declines in letter of credit and credit-related fees, predominantly loan syndication fees.

Included in other revenues from operations were the following significant components. Letter of credit and other credit-related fees totaled $128 million, $109 million and $124 million in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The increased level of such fees in 2021 and 2019 resulted largely from higher loan syndication fees as compared with 2020. Revenues from merchant discount and credit card fees were $140 million in 2021, $111 million in 2020 and $117 million in 2019. The higher level of such revenues in 2021 was the result of increased customer transaction activity reflecting lessened pandemic related restrictions on business and customer activity as compared with 2020. Tax-exempt income earned from bank owned life insurance, which includes increases in the cash surrender value of life insurance policies and benefits received, aggregated $47 million in 2021, $48 million in 2020 and $50 million in 2019. Insurance-related sales commissions and other revenues totaled $47 million in each of 2021, 2020 and 2019. Automated teller machine usage fees aggregated $11 million in 2021, $9 million in 2020 and $13 million in 2019.

M&T’s investment in BLG resulted in cash distributions declared and paid by BLG that are included in “other revenues from operations” of $30 million in 2021, $53 million in 2020 and $37 million in 2019. During 2017, the operating losses of BLG resulted in M&T reducing the carrying value of its investment in BLG to zero. Subsequently, M&T has received cash distributions when declared by BLG that result in the recognition of income by M&T. M&T expects cash distributions from BLG in the future, but the timing and amount of those distributions cannot be estimated. BLG is entitled to receive distributions from its affiliates that provide asset management and other services that are available for distribution to BLG’s owners, including M&T. Information about the

Company’s relationship with BLG and its affiliates is included in note 25 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Other Expense

Other expense aggregated $3.61 billion in 2021, compared with $3.39 billion in 2020 and $3.47 billion in 2019. Included in those amounts are expenses considered to be “nonoperating” in nature consisting of amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets of $10 million, $15 million and $19 million in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively and merger-related expenses of $44 million in 2021. No merger-related expenses were incurred in 2020 and 2019. Exclusive of those nonoperating expenses, noninterest operating expenses aggregated $3.56 billion in 2021, $3.37 billion in 2020 and $3.45 billion in 2019. The higher level of noninterest operating expenses in 2021 as compared with the prior year reflected increased costs for salaries and employee benefits (predominantly incentive compensation), outside data processing and software, FDIC assessments, and professional services expenses, partially offset by a reduction in the valuation allowance for capitalized mortgage servicing rights as compared to an increase in 2020. Contributing to the lower level of noninterest operating expense in 2020 as compared with 2019 were decreased costs for professional services, legal-related matters, advertising and marketing, and travel and entertainment. Additionally, a $48 million charge was recorded in 2019 to reduce the carrying value of an investment in an asset manager that had been accounted for using the equity method of accounting to its estimated realizable value. Those factors were partially offset by higher costs for salaries and employee benefits, outside data processing and software, increases to the valuation allowance for capitalized residential mortgage servicing rights and $14 million of expenses related to the planned transition of the support for the Company’s retail brokerage and advisory business to the platform of LPL Financial.

Salaries and employee benefits expense aggregated $2.05 billion in 2021, compared with $1.95 billion and $1.90 billion in 2020 and 2019, respectively. The higher levels of expenses in 2021 as compared with 2020 reflect the impact of higher incentive compensation, including commissions, as well as merit and other increases for employees. Stock-based compensation totaled $85 million in 2021, compared with $80 million in 2020 and $76 million in 2019. The number of full-time equivalent employees were 17,421 and 17,076 at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, compared with 17,503 at December 31, 2019.

The Company provides pension and other postretirement benefits for its employees, including pension, retirement savings and post-retirement benefit plans. Expenses related to such benefits totaled $128 million in 2021, $118 million in 2020 and $76 million in 2019. The amounts recorded in salaries and employee benefits expense and other costs of operations, respectively, from the preceding sentence were as follows: $125 million and $3 million in 2021; $118 million and ($329,000) in 2020; and $98 million and ($22) million in 2019. The Company sponsors both defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans. Pension benefit expense for those plans was $68 million in 2021, $60 million in 2020 and $31 million in 2019. Components of pension expense include the amortization of net unrecognized gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income. Such net unrecognized gains and losses have generally been amortized over the average remaining service periods of active participants in the plan. If all or substantially all of the plan’s participants are inactive, GAAP provides for the average remaining life expectancy of the participants to be used instead of average remaining service periods. Substantially all of the participants in the Company’s qualified defined benefit pension plan were inactive and, beginning in 2022, the average remaining life expectancy will be utilized prospectively to amortize the net unrecognized gains and losses of the Plan existent at each measurement date. The change is expected to increase the amortization period by approximately sixteen years beginning in 2022 and, accordingly, reduce the amount of amortization of unrecognized losses recorded in the 2022 net periodic pension expense that otherwise would have been recorded by approximately $35 million.

Information about the Company’s pension plans, including significant assumptions utilized in completing actuarial calculations for the plans, is included in note 13 of Notes to Financial Statements.

The Company’s retirement savings plan (“RSP”) is a defined contribution plan in which eligible employees of the Company may defer up to 50% of qualified compensation via contributions to the plan. RSP expense reflecting the Company’s employer matching contribution totaled $63 million in 2021, $62 million in 2020 and $48 million in 2019.

Excluding the nonoperating expense items already noted, nonpersonnel operating expenses were $1.51 billion in 2021, $1.42 billion in 2020 and $1.55 billion in 2019. The increase in such expenses in 2021 as compared with 2020 reflects a rise in expenditures for outside data processing and software, FDIC assessments and professional services, partially offset by a reduction in the valuation allowance for capitalized mortgage servicing rights as compared to an increase in 2020. The decrease in nonpersonnel operating expenses from 2019 to 2020 reflected lower expenditures for professional services, legal-related matters, advertising and marketing, and travel and entertainment. Additionally, a $48 million charge from the 2019 sale of an investment in an asset manager contributed to the higher expenses in 2019. Those factors were partially offset by higher costs for outside data processing and software, increases to the valuation allowance for capitalized residential mortgage servicing rights and $14 million of expenses related to the planned transition of the support for the Company’s retail brokerage and advisory business to the platform of LPL Financial. During 2019 the Company increased its reserve for legal matters, predominantly related to a subsidiary’s role as trustee of Employee Stock Ownership Plans in its Institutional Client Services business. The Company made contributions to The M&T Charitable Foundation of $28 million and $8 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively. There were no similar contributions in 2019.

Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes was $596 million in 2021, $416 million in 2020 and $618 million in 2019. The effective tax rates were 24.3% in each of 2021 and 2019 and 23.5% in 2020. The effective tax rate is affected by the level of income earned that is exempt from tax relative to the overall level of pre-tax income, the level of income allocated to the various state and local jurisdictions where the Company operates, because tax rates differ among such jurisdictions, and the impact of any large discrete or infrequently occurring items. The Company’s effective tax rate in future periods will also be affected by any change in income tax laws or regulations and 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. Information about amounts accrued for uncertain tax positions and a reconciliation of income tax expense to the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to pre-tax income is provided in note 14 of Notes to Financial Statements.

International Activities

Assets and revenues associated with international activities represent less than 1% of the Company’s consolidated assets and revenues. International assets included $197 million and $170 million of loans to foreign borrowers at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. During the second quarter of 2021, the Company introduced a new interest-bearing sweep product (included in savings and interest-bearing deposits) that replaced the Eurodollar sweep product previously recorded as Cayman Islands office deposits. As a result, there were no outstanding deposits at the Cayman Islands office at December 31, 2021 and the office is closed. Deposits in the Company’s office in the Cayman Islands aggregated $652 million at December 31, 2020. Loans at M&T Bank’s commercial banking office in Ontario, Canada included in international assets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 totaled $153 million and $149 million, respectively. Deposits at that office were $32 million at each of

December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The Company also offers trust-related services in Europe. Revenues from providing such services during 2021, 2020 and 2019 were approximately $38 million, $36 million and $32 million, respectively.

Liquidity, Market Risk, and Interest Rate Sensitivity

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 other corporate purposes. Liquidity risk arises whenever the maturities of financial instruments included in assets and liabilities differ.

The most significant source of funding for the Company is core deposits, which are generated from a large base of consumer, corporate and institutional customers. That customer base has, over the past several years, become more geographically diverse as a result of expansion of the Company’s businesses. Nevertheless, the Company faces competition in offering products and services from a large array of financial market participants, including banks, thrifts, mutual funds, securities dealers and others. Core deposits financed 90% of the Company’s earning assets at December 31, 2021, compared with 88% at December 31, 2020 and 83% at December 31, 2019.

The Company supplements funding provided through core deposits with various short-term and long-term wholesale borrowings, including overnight federal funds purchased, short-term advances from the FHLB of New York, brokered deposits and longer-term borrowings. At December 31, 2021, M&T Bank had short-term and long-term credit facilities with the FHLBs aggregating $16.2 billion. Outstanding borrowings under FHLB credit facilities totaled $2 million at each of December 31, 2021 and 2020. Such borrowings were secured by loans and investment securities. M&T Bank had an available line of credit with the FRB of New York that totaled approximately $13.8 billion at December 31, 2021. The amount of that line is dependent upon the balances of loans and securities pledged as collateral. There were no borrowings outstanding under such line of credit at December 31, 2021 and 2020. Senior notes issued and outstanding totaled $2.4 billion at December 31, 2021 and $2.8 billion at December 31, 2020. On January 25, 2021, $350 million of variable rate senior notes of M&T Bank matured. In addition, on March 1, 2021, M&T Bank redeemed $500 million of subordinated notes that were due to mature on December 1, 2021.

The Company has, from time to time, issued subordinated capital notes and junior subordinated debentures associated with trust preferred securities to provide liquidity and enhance regulatory capital ratios. Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, the Company’s junior subordinated debentures associated with trust preferred securities have been removed from the definition of Tier 1 capital but, similar to other subordinated capital notes, are considered Tier 2 capital and are includable in total regulatory capital. Information about the Company’s borrowings is included in note 9 of Notes to Financial Statements.

The Company has also benefited from the placement of brokered deposits. The Company has brokered savings and interest-bearing checking deposit accounts that aggregated $3.2 billion and $4.5 billion at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Brokered time deposits were not a significant source of funding as of those dates.

The Company’s ability to obtain funding from these 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. Information about the credit ratings

of M&T and M&T Bank is presented in table 16. Additional information regarding the terms and maturities of all of the Company’s short-term and long-term borrowings is provided in note 9 of Notes to Financial Statements. 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.

Table 16

DEBT RATINGS

	Moody’s	Standard and Poor’s	Fitch
M&T Bank Corporation
Senior debt	A3	BBB+	A
Subordinated debt	A3	BBB	A-
M&T Bank
Short-term deposits	Prime-1	A-2	F1
Long-term deposits	Aa3	A-	A+
Senior debt	A3	A-	A
Subordinated debt	A3	BBB+	A-

Certain customers of the Company obtain financing through the issuance of variable rate demand bonds (“VRDBs”). The VRDBs are generally enhanced by 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 account 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 was not material at December 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020. The total amount of VRDBs outstanding backed by M&T Bank letters of credit was $662 million and $725 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. M&T Bank also serves as remarketing agent for most of those bonds.

Table 17

MATURITY DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS AND LEASES(a)

December 31, 2021	Demand		2022		2023 - 2026		2027 - 2036		After 2036
	(In thousands)

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.	$	5,492,359	$	4,219,626	$	12,395,898	$	1,170,961	$	119,074
Commercial real estate		100,704		13,080,694		18,058,994		2,960,580		89,210
Residential real estate		46,966		852,195		2,683,556		5,987,321		6,008,251
Consumer		502,772		1,625,451		6,161,602		6,120,006		3,377,688
Total	$	6,142,801	$	19,777,966	$	39,300,050	$	16,238,868	$	9,594,223

Floating or adjustable interest rates:
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.					$	7,377,411	$	298,217	$	2,127
Commercial real estate						12,468,282		1,580,905		36,038
Residential real estate						449,620		1,109,820		1,348,893
Consumer						650,713		312,697		2,535,347
Fixed or predetermined interest rates:
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.						5,018,487		872,744		116,947
Commercial real estate						5,590,712		1,379,675		53,172
Residential real estate						2,233,936		4,877,501		4,659,358
Consumer						5,510,889		5,807,309		842,341
Total					$	39,300,050	$	16,238,868	$	9,594,223

(a)	The data do not include nonaccrual loans.

The Company enters into contractual obligations in the normal course of business that require future cash payments. The contractual amounts and timing of those payments as of December 31, 2021 are summarized in table 18. 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 discussion of these commitments is provided in note 22 of Notes to Financial Statements. Table 18 summarizes the Company’s other commitments as of December 31, 2021 and the timing of the expiration of such commitments.

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Table 18

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND OTHER COMMITMENTS

December 31, 2021	Less Than One Year		One to Three Years		Three to Five Years		Over Five Years		Total
	(In thousands)
Payments due for contractual obligations
Time deposits	$	2,300,825	$	376,848	$	130,290	$	—	$	2,807,963
Short-term borrowings		47,046		—		—		—		47,046
Long-term borrowings		903,864		775,636		749,740		1,056,129		3,485,369
Operating leases		94,566		145,692		91,454		99,400		431,112
Other		279,570		109,568		17,005		18,401		424,544
Total	$	3,625,871	$	1,407,744	$	988,489	$	1,173,930	$	7,196,034
Other commitments
Commitments to extend credit (a)	$	17,060,039	$	8,170,578	$	5,459,006	$	3,629,521	$	34,319,144
Standby letters of credit		1,279,387		542,887		228,757		100,564		2,151,595
Commercial letters of credit		14,142		666		17,173		—		31,981
Financial guarantees and indemnification contracts		41,988		282,282		734,726		3,152,801		4,211,797
Commitments to sell real estate loans		1,214,036		153,487		—		—		1,367,523
Total	$	19,609,592	$	9,149,900	$	6,439,662	$	6,882,886	$	42,082,040

(a)	Amounts exclude discretionary funding commitments to commercial customers of $10.8 billion that the Company has the unconditional right to cancel prior to funding.

M&T’s primary source of funds to pay for operating expenses, shareholder 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 bank subsidiary to M&T are limited by the amount of earnings of the subsidiary in the current year and the two preceding years. For purposes of that test, at December 31, 2021 approximately $1.6 billion was available for payment of dividends to M&T from banking subsidiaries. M&T also may obtain funding through long-term borrowings. Outstanding senior notes of M&T at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were $766 million and $783 million, respectively. Junior subordinated debentures of M&T associated with trust preferred securities outstanding at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 totaled $532 million and $528 million, respectively.

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Table 19

MATURITY AND TAXABLE-EQUIVALENT YIELD OF INVESTMENT SECURITIES

December 31, 2021	One Year or Less			One to Five Years			Five to Ten Years			Over Ten Years			Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Investment securities available for sale(a)
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies
Carrying value	$	5,165		$	673,525		$	—		$	—		$	678,690
Yield		1.14	%		.82	%		—			—			.83	%
Mortgage-backed securities(b)
Government issued or guaranteed
Carrying value		311,207			1,317,943			906,798			619,364			3,155,312
Yield		2.28	%		2.28	%		2.27	%		2.23	%		2.27	%
Other debt securities
Carrying value		1,778			7,302			86,205			26,517			121,802
Yield		2.34	%		3.39	%		2.70	%		4.00	%		3.04	%
Total investment securities available for sale
Carrying value		318,150			1,998,770			993,003			645,881			3,955,804
Yield		2.26	%		1.78	%		2.31	%		2.31	%		2.04	%
Investment securities held to maturity
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies
Carrying value		3,052			—			—			—			3,052
Yield		.12	%		—			—			—			.12	%
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
Carrying value		177			—			—			—			177
Yield		4.87	%		—			—			—			4.87	%
Mortgage-backed securities(b)
Government issued or guaranteed
Carrying value		120,585			504,540			609,850			1,432,353			2,667,328
Yield		2.16	%		2.16	%		2.16	%		2.16	%		2.16	%
Privately issued
Carrying value		3,813			15,265			19,079			23,398			61,555
Yield		2.72	%		2.72	%		2.72	%		2.60	%		2.66	%
Other debt securities
Carrying value		—			—			—			2,562			2,562
Yield		—			—			—			4.32	%		4.32	%
Total investment securities held to maturity
Carrying value		127,627			519,805			628,929			1,458,313			2,734,674
Yield		2.13	%		2.18	%		2.18	%		2.17	%		2.17	%
Equity and other securities
Equity securities
Carrying Value														77,640
Yield														.50	%
Other investment securities
Carrying Value														387,742
Yield														2.90	%
Total investment securities
Carrying value	$	445,777		$	2,518,575		$	1,621,932		$	2,104,194		$	7,155,860
Yield		2.22	%		1.86	%		2.25	%		2.21	%		2.12	%

(a)	Investment securities available for sale are presented at estimated fair value. Yields on such securities are based on amortized cost.

(b)	Maturities are reflected based upon contractual payments due. Actual maturities are expected to be significantly shorter as a result of loan repayments in the underlying mortgage pools.

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Table 20

MATURITY OF TIME DEPOSITS WITH BALANCES OVER $250,000

	December 31,
	2021
	(In thousands)

3 months or less	$	182,077
Over 3 through 6 months		124,165
Over 6 through 12 months		29,210
Over 12 months		9,736
Total	$	345,188

Management closely monitors the Company’s liquidity position on an ongoing basis 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. 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 the 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. The Company has entered into interest rate swap agreements to help manage exposure to interest rate risk. At December 31, 2021, the aggregate notional amount of interest rate swap agreements entered into for interest rate risk management purposes that were currently in effect was $15.0 billion. In addition, the Company has entered into $8.4 billion of forward-starting interest rate swap agreements. Information about interest rate swap agreements entered into for interest rate risk management purposes is included herein under the heading “Net Interest Income/Lending and Funding Activities” and in note 19 of Notes to Financial Statements.

The Company’s Asset-Liability 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

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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.

Table 21 displays as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 the estimated impact on net interest income in the base scenario described above resulting from parallel changes in interest rates across repricing categories during the first modeling year.

Table 21

SENSITIVITY OF NET INTEREST INCOME TO CHANGES IN INTEREST RATES

	Calculated Increase (Decrease) in Projected Net Interest Income
Changes in interest rates	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
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+200 basis points	$	533,317			324,684
+100 basis points		297,573			182,661
-100 basis points		(204,760	)		(61,792	)

The Company utilized many assumptions to calculate the impact that changes in interest rates may have on net interest income. The more significant of those 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 interest rates during a twelve-month period as compared with the base scenario. In the declining rate scenario, the rate changes may be limited to lesser amounts such that interest rates remain at or above zero on all points of the yield curve. 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 from those presented 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. The sensitivity of net interest income to changes in interest rates increased as of December 31, 2021 as compared with December 31, 2020 due to the low interest rate environment and composition of the Company’s portfolios of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, in particular the increased balance of interest-bearing deposits at banks.

Table 22 presents cumulative totals of net assets (liabilities) repricing on a contractual basis within the specified time frames, as adjusted for the impact of interest rate swap agreements entered into for interest rate risk management purposes. Management believes that this measure does not appropriately depict interest rate risk since changes in interest rates do not necessarily affect all

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categories of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities equally nor, as assumed in the table, on the contractual maturity or repricing date. Furthermore, this static presentation of interest rate risk fails to consider the effect of ongoing lending and deposit gathering activities, projected changes in balance sheet composition or any subsequent interest rate risk management activities the Company is likely to implement.

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CONTRACTUAL REPRICING DATA

December 31, 2021	Three Months or Less			Four to Twelve Months			One to Five Years			After Five Years			Total
	(Dollars in thousands)

Loans and leases, net	$	47,499,655		$	6,871,241		$	19,866,684		$	18,674,872		$	92,912,452
Investment securities		212,554			92,732			737,854			6,112,720			7,155,860
Other earning assets		41,921,266			783			—			—			41,922,049
Total earning assets		89,633,475			6,964,756			20,604,538			24,787,592			141,990,361
Savings and interest- checking deposits		68,603,966			—			—			—			68,603,966
Time deposits		1,071,254			1,229,571			507,138			—			2,807,963
Total interest- bearing deposits		69,675,220			1,229,571			507,138			—			71,411,929
Short-term borrowings		47,046			—			—			—			47,046
Long-term borrowings		—			903,864			1,525,376			1,056,129			3,485,369
Total interest- bearing liabilities		69,722,266			2,133,435			2,032,514			1,056,129			74,944,344
Interest rate swap agreements		(15,000,000	)		8,150,000			6,350,000			500,000			—
Periodic gap	$	4,911,209		$	12,981,321		$	24,922,024		$	24,231,463
Cumulative gap		4,911,209			17,892,530			42,814,554			67,046,017
Cumulative gap as a % of total earning assets		3.5	%		12.6	%		30.2	%		47.2	%

A significant amount of the Company’s interest-earning assets, interest-bearing liabilities, preferred equity instruments and interest rate swap agreements have contractual repricing terms that reference the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Various regulatory bodies have encouraged banks to transition away from LIBOR as soon as practicable, generally cease entering new contracts that use LIBOR as a reference rate no later than December 31, 2021, and for new contracts entered into before December 31, 2021 to utilize a reference rate other than LIBOR or include robust language that includes a clearly defined alternative reference rate after LIBOR’s discontinuation. Certain tenors of LIBOR have ceased publication at December 31, 2021 and complete cessation of LIBOR publication is expected by June 30, 2023. Effective December 31, 2021, the Company has essentially discontinued entering into new LIBOR-based contracts.

The Company established an enterprise-wide LIBOR transition program in 2019, which includes a LIBOR Transition Office with senior management level leadership and dedicated full-time employee staffing. Progress on the LIBOR transition effort is monitored by executive management as well as the Risk Committee of the Board of Directors. At December 31, 2021 the Company had LIBOR-based commercial loans and leases and commercial real estate loans of $37.7 billion and residential mortgage and consumer loans of $1.9 billion outstanding. As of that date, approximately

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half of such loans either mature before June 30, 2023 or have been amended to include appropriate alternative language to be effective upon cessation of LIBOR publication. Approximately $979 million of borrowings and $850 million of preferred equity instruments reference LIBOR. The Company’s interest rate swap agreements primarily reference LIBOR. In October 2020, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. published the IBOR Fallbacks Supplement (“Supplement”) and the IBOR Fallback Protocol (“Protocol”). The Protocol enables market participants to incorporate certain revisions into their legacy non-cleared derivative trades with other counterparties that also choose to adhere to the Protocol. M&T adhered to the Protocol in November 2020 and is in the process of remediating its interest rate swap transactions with its end-user customers. With respect to the Company’s cleared interest rate swap agreements that reference LIBOR, clearinghouses have adopted the same relevant Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) benchmark alternatives of the Supplement and Protocol.

As loans mature and new originations occur a larger percentage of the Company’s variable-rate loans are expected to reference SOFR or other indexes, including the Bloomberg Short Term Bank Yield Index (“BSBY”). At December 31, 2021, the Company had approximately $3.6 billion and $55 million of outstanding loan balances that reference SOFR and BSBY, respectively. Additionally, as of December 31, 2021 the Company had $5.0 billion of notional amount of interest rate swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges of commercial real estate loans, including $3.5 billion of forward-starting interest rate swap agreements that become effective in 2022 and 2023, and notional amounts of $1.0 billion of interest rate contracts in the trading account that are referenced to SOFR. The Company’s usage of interest rate swap agreements referenced to SOFR or BSBY is expected to increase in response to the discontinuation of LIBOR. The Company continues to work with its customers and other counterparties to remediate LIBOR-based agreements which expire after June 30, 2023 by incorporating alternative language, negotiating new agreements, or other means. The discontinuation of LIBOR and uncertainty relating to the emergence of one or more alternative benchmark indexes to replace LIBOR could materially impact the Company’s interest rate risk profile and its management thereof.

In addition to the effect of interest rates, changes in fair value of the Company’s financial instruments can also result from a lack of trading activity for similar instruments in the financial markets. That impact is most notable on the values assigned to some of the Company’s investment securities. Information about the fair valuation of investment securities is presented in notes 3 and 21 of Notes to Financial Statements.

The Company engages in limited trading account activities to meet the financial needs of customers and to fund the Company’s obligations under certain deferred compensation plans. Financial instruments utilized for trading account activities consist predominantly of interest rate contracts, such as interest rate swap agreements, and forward and futures contracts related to foreign currencies. The Company generally mitigates the foreign currency and interest rate risk associated with trading account activities by entering into offsetting trading positions that are also included in the trading account. The fair values of trading account positions associated with interest rate contracts and foreign currency and other option and futures contracts are presented in note 19 of Notes to Financial Statements. The amounts of gross and net trading account positions, as well as the type of trading account 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 account activities.

The notional amounts of interest rate contracts entered into for trading account purposes totaled $32.6 billion at December 31, 2021 and $37.8 billion at December 31, 2020. The notional amounts of foreign currency and other option and futures contracts entered into for trading account purposes were $1.1 billion and $776 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Although the notional amounts of these contracts are not recorded in the consolidated balance sheet, the unsettled

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fair values of all financial instruments used for trading account activities are recorded in the consolidated balance sheet. The fair values of all trading account assets and liabilities were $468 million and $83 million, respectively, at December 31, 2021 and $1.1 billion and $117 million, respectively, at December 31, 2020. The fair value asset and liability amounts at December 31, 2021 have been reduced by contractual settlements of $54 million and $305 million, respectively, and at December 31, 2020 by contractual settlements of $6 million and $806 million, respectively. The lower balance of trading account assets at December 31, 2021 as compared with 2020 was largely the result of decreased values associated with interest rate swap agreements entered into with commercial customers that are not subject to periodic variation margin settlement payments. Included in trading account assets at each of December 31, 2021 and 2020 were $21 million of assets related to deferred compensation plans. 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 each of December 31, 2021 and 2020 were $24 million of liabilities related to deferred compensation plans. 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. Also included in trading account assets were investments in mutual funds and other assets that the Company was required to hold under terms of certain non-qualified supplemental retirement and other benefit plans that were assumed by the Company in various acquisitions. Those assets totaled $29 million at each of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

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 account activities was not material, however, as previously noted, the Company is exposed to credit risk associated with counterparties to transactions related to the Company’s trading account activities. Additional information about the Company’s use of derivative financial instruments in its trading account activities is included in note 19 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Capital

Shareholders’ equity was $17.9 billion at December 31, 2021 and represented 11.54% of total assets, compared with $16.2 billion or 11.35% at December 31, 2020 and $15.7 billion or 13.11% at December 31, 2019.

Included in shareholders’ equity was preferred stock with financial statement carrying values of $1.75 billion at December 31, 2021, compared with $1.25 billion at each of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019. On August 17, 2021, M&T issued 50,000 shares of Series I Perpetual Fixed-Rate Reset Non-cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 and liquidation preference of $10,000 per share. Through August 31, 2026 holders of the Series I preferred stock are entitled to receive, only when, as and if declared by M&T’s Board of Directors, non-cumulative cash dividends at an annual rate of 3.5%, payable semiannually in arrears. Subsequent to August 31, 2026 holders will be entitled to receive, only when, as and if declared by M&T’s Board of Directors, non-cumulative cash dividends at an annual rate of the five-year U.S. Treasury Rate plus 2.679%, payable semiannually in arrears. The Series I preferred stock may be redeemed at M&T’s option, in whole or in part, on any dividend payment date on or after September 1, 2026 or, in whole but not in part, at any time within 90 days following a regulatory capital treatment event whereby the full liquidation value of the shares no longer qualifies as “additional Tier 1 capital”. On July 30, 2019, M&T issued 40,000 shares of Series G Perpetual Fixed-Rate Reset Non-cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share and liquidation preference of $10,000 per share. Through July 31, 2024 holders of the Series G preferred stock are entitled to receive, only when, as and if declared by M&T’s Board of Directors, non-cumulative cash dividends at an annual rate of 5.0%, payable semiannually in arrears. Subsequent to July 31, 2024 holders will be entitled to receive, only when, as and if declared by M&T’s Board of Directors, non-cumulative cash dividends at an annual rate of the five-year U.S.

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Treasury Rate plus 3.174%, payable semiannually in arrears. The Series G preferred stock may be redeemed at M&T’s option, in whole or in part, on any dividend payment date on or after August 1, 2024 or, in whole but not in part, at any time within 90 days following a regulatory capital treatment event whereby the full liquidation value of the shares no longer qualifies as “additional Tier 1 capital.” On August 30, 2019 M&T redeemed the 230,000 shares of the Series A and 151,500 shares of the Series C Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, $1,000 liquidation preference per share, having received the approval of the Federal Reserve to redeem such shares after issuing the Series G preferred stock. Further information concerning M&T’s preferred stock can be found in note 10 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Common shareholders’ equity totaled $16.2 billion, or $125.51 per share, at December 31, 2021, compared with $14.9 billion, or $116.39 per share, at December 31, 2020 and $14.5 billion, or $110.78 per share, at December 31, 2019. Tangible equity per common share, which excludes goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets and applicable deferred tax balances, was $89.80 at December 31, 2021, compared with $80.52 and $75.44 at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company’s ratio of tangible common equity to tangible assets was 7.68% at December 31, 2021, compared with 7.49% and 8.55% at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Reconciliations of total common shareholders’ equity and tangible common equity and total assets and tangible assets as of December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 are presented in table 2. During 2021, 2020 and 2019, the ratio of average total shareholders’ equity to average total assets was 11.08%, 11.80% and 13.14%, respectively. The ratio of average common shareholders’ equity to average total assets was 10.13%, 10.88% and 12.08% in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Shareholders’ 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, remaining unrealized losses on held-to-maturity securities transferred from available for sale that have not yet been amortized, gains or losses associated with interest rate swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges, foreign currency translation adjustments and adjustments to reflect the funded status of defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. Net unrealized gains on investment securities reflected in shareholders’ equity, net of applicable tax effect, were $78 million, or $.60 per common share, at December 31, 2021, $145 million, or $1.13 per common share, at December 31, 2020, and $37 million, or $.29 per common share, at December 31, 2019. Changes in unrealized gains and losses on investment securities are predominantly reflective of the impact of changes in interest rates on the values of such securities. Information about unrealized gains and losses as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is included in note 3 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Reflected in the carrying amount of available-for-sale investment securities at December 31, 2021 were pre-tax effect unrealized gains of $115 million on securities with an amortized cost of $3.1 billion and pre-tax effect unrealized losses of $9 million on securities with an amortized cost of $709 million. Information concerning the Company’s fair valuations of investment securities is provided in notes 3 and 21 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Each reporting period the Company reviews its available-for-sale investment securities for declines in value that might be indicative of credit-related losses through an analysis of the creditworthiness of the issuer or the credit performance of the underlying collateral supporting the bond. If the Company does not expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis of a debt security a credit loss is recognized in the consolidated statement of income. A loss is also recognized if the Company intends to sell a bond or it more likely than not will be required to sell a bond before recovery of the amortized cost basis.

As of December 31, 2021, based on a review of each of the securities in the available-for-sale investment securities portfolio, the Company concluded that it expected to realize the amortized cost basis of each security. As of December 31, 2021, the Company did not intend to sell nor is it anticipated that it would be required to sell any securities for which fair value was less than the

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amortized cost basis of the security. The Company intends to continue to closely monitor the performance of its securities because changes in their underlying credit performance or other events could cause the amortized cost basis of those securities to become uncollectable.

On January 1, 2020 the Company adopted amended accounting guidance that requires investment securities held to maturity to be presented at their net carrying value that is expected to be collected over their contractual term. The Company estimated no material allowance for credit losses for its investment securities classified as held-to-maturity at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 as the substantial majority of such investment securities were obligations backed by the U.S. government or its agencies. The Company assessed the potential for expected credit losses on privately issued mortgage-backed securities in the held-to-maturity portfolio by performing internal modeling to estimate bond-specific cash flows considering recent performance of the mortgage loan collateral and utilizing assumptions about future defaults and loss severity. These bond-specific cash flows also reflect the placement of the bond in the overall securitization structure and the remaining subordination levels. In total, at December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company had in its held-to-maturity portfolio privately issued mortgage-backed securities with an amortized cost basis of $62 million and $77 million, respectively, and a fair value of $57 million and $70 million, respectively. At December 31, 2021, 81% of the mortgage-backed securities were in the most senior tranche of the securitization structure. The mortgage-backed securities are generally collateralized by residential and small-balance commercial real estate loans originated between 2004 and 2008. After considering the repayment structure and estimated future collateral cash flows of each individual bond, the Company has concluded that as of December 31, 2021, it expected to recover the amortized cost basis of those privately issued mortgage-backed securities. Nevertheless, it is possible that adverse changes in the estimated future performance of mortgage loan collateral underlying such securities could impact the Company’s conclusions.

Adjustments to reflect the funded status of defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans, net of applicable tax effect, reduced accumulated other comprehensive income by $267 million, or $2.08 per common share, at December 31, 2021, $481 million, or $3.75 per common share, at December 31, 2020 and $342 million, or $2.62 per common share, at December 31, 2019. Information about the funded status of the Company’s pension and other postretirement benefit plans is included in note 13 of Notes to Financial Statements.

On January 20, 2021, M&T’s Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase plan to repurchase up to $800 million of shares of M&T’s common stock subject to all applicable regulatory limitations. There were no repurchases pursuant to that authorization during 2021. Pursuant to previously approved capital plans and authorizations by M&T’s Board of Directors, M&T repurchased 2,577,000 common shares for $374 million in 2020 and 8,257,000 common shares for $1.3 billion during 2019.

During the fourth quarter of 2021, M&T’s Board of Directors authorized an increase in the quarterly common stock dividend to $1.20 per common share from the previous rate of $1.10 per common share. During 2019, M&T’s Board of Directors authorized an increase in the quarterly common stock dividend to $1.10 per common share in the fourth quarter from the previous rate of $1.00 per common share. Cash dividends declared on M&T’s common stock totaled $584 million in 2021, compared with $569 million and $552 million in 2020 and 2019, respectively. Dividends per common share totaled $4.50 in 2021, compared with $4.40 and $4.10 in 2020 and 2019, respectively. Dividends of $73 million in 2021, $68 million in 2020 and $72 million in 2019 were declared on preferred stock in accordance with the terms of each series.

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M&T and its subsidiary banks are required to comply with applicable capital adequacy standards established by the federal banking agencies. Pursuant to those regulations, the minimum capital ratios are as follows:

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4.5% Common Equity Tier 1 (“CET1”) to risk-weighted assets (each as defined in the capital regulations);

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6.0% Tier 1 capital (that is, CET1 plus Additional Tier 1 capital) to risk-weighted assets (each as defined in the capital regulations);

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8.0% Total capital (that is, Tier 1 capital plus Tier 2 capital) to risk-weighted assets (each as defined in the capital regulations); and

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4.0% Tier 1 capital to average consolidated assets as reported on consolidated financial statements (known as the “leverage ratio”), as defined in the capital regulations.

Capital regulations require buffers in addition to the minimum risk-based capital ratios noted above. M&T is subject to a stress capital buffer requirement that is determined through the Federal Reserve’s supervisory stress tests and M&T’s bank subsidiaries are subject to a capital conservation buffer requirement. The buffer requirement for each entity is currently 2.5% of risk-weighted assets and must be composed entirely of CET1. The federal bank regulatory agencies have issued rules that allow banks and bank holding companies to phase-in the impact of adopting the expected credit loss accounting model on regulatory capital. Those rules allow banks and bank holding companies to delay for two years the day one impact on retained earnings of adopting the expected loss accounting standard and 25% of the cumulative change in the reported allowance for credit losses subsequent to the initial adoption, followed by a three-year transition period. M&T and its subsidiary banks adopted these rules and the impact is reflected in regulatory capital ratios as of December 31, 2021. The regulatory capital amounts and ratios of M&T and its bank subsidiaries as of December 31, 2021 are presented in note 24 of Notes to Financial Statements. A detailed discussion of the regulatory capital rules is included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-K under the heading “Capital Requirements.”

The Company is subject to the comprehensive regulatory framework applicable to bank and financial holding companies and their subsidiaries, which includes examinations by a number of regulators. Regulation of financial institutions such as M&T and its subsidiaries is intended primarily for the protection of depositors, the Deposit Insurance Fund of the FDIC and the banking and financial system as a whole, and generally is not intended for the protection of shareholders, investors or creditors other than insured depositors. Changes in laws, regulations and regulatory policies applicable to the Company’s operations can increase or decrease the cost of doing business, limit or expand permissible activities or affect the competitive environment in which the Company operates, all of which could have a material effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and in M&T’s ability to pay dividends. For additional information concerning this comprehensive regulatory framework, refer to Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-K.

Fourth Quarter Results

Net income in the fourth quarter of 2021 was $458 million, compared with $471 million in the year-earlier quarter. Diluted and basic earnings per common share were each $3.37 in the final 2021 quarter, compared with diluted and basic earnings per common share of $3.52 in the corresponding quarter of 2020. The annualized rates of return on average assets and average common shareholders’ equity for the final quarter of 2021 were 1.15% and 10.91%, respectively, compared with 1.30% and 12.07%, respectively, in the corresponding quarter of 2020.

Net operating income during 2021’s fourth quarter was $475 million, compared with $473 million in the year-earlier quarter. Diluted net operating earnings per common share were $3.50 and $3.54 in the fourth quarters of 2021 and 2020, respectively. The annualized net operating returns on

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average tangible assets and average tangible common equity in the final three months of 2021 were 1.23% and 15.98%, respectively, compared with 1.35% and 17.53%, respectively, in the similar 2020 period. Reconciliations of GAAP results with non-GAAP results for the quarterly periods of 2021 and 2020 are provided in table 24.

Taxable-equivalent net interest income aggregated $937 million in the final quarter of 2021, compared with $993 million in the year-earlier period. That decline was attributable to lower average outstanding loan balances and a reduced net interest margin. Reflecting the impact of persistently low market interest rates and increased holdings of low-yielding balances at the FRB of New York, the net interest margin narrowed 42 basis points to 2.58% in the fourth quarter of 2021 from 3.00% in the final three months of 2020. Average earning assets were $131.9 billion in the final quarter of 2020 and $144.4 billion in 2021’s fourth quarter. The $12.5 billion increase in average earning assets was driven by a $22.1 billion rise in low-yielding deposit balances at the FRB of New York and other banks, partially offset by a $5.4 billion reduction in average outstanding loans. Average balances of commercial loans and leases were $22.3 billion in the recent quarter, down $5.4 billion or 19% from $27.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020. That decline was largely the result of decreased average balances of PPP loans, due to loan forgiveness by the Small Business Administration, lower dealer floor plan balances, reflecting automobile production and inventory issues experienced by the industry, and subdued loan demand by commercial customers, in general. PPP loans averaged $1.6 billion in 2021’s final quarter, compared with $6.2 billion in the year-earlier quarter. Average commercial real estate loan balances aggregated $36.7 billion in the final quarter of 2021, down $990 million or 3% from $37.7 billion in the year-earlier quarter. Included in those totals were average balances of loans held for sale of $535 million in the final three months of 2021, compared with $307 million in the corresponding period of 2020. Average residential real estate loan balances decreased $471 million to $16.3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021 from $16.8 billion in the year-earlier quarter, reflecting ongoing repayments of loans obtained in the acquisition of Hudson City. Also contributing to the decrease were loans held for sale that averaged $485 million and $645 million in the final quarters of 2021 and 2020, respectively. Consumer loans averaged $17.9 billion in the last three months of 2021, $1.4 billion or 9% higher than in the year-earlier quarter. That increase resulted from a rise in average balances of recreational finance loans of $1.0 billion and automobile loans of $624 million. The net interest spread narrowed in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 2.52%, down 38 basis points from 2.90% in the corresponding quarter of 2020. The yield on earning assets in the last three months of 2021 was 2.64%, down 51 basis points from the year-earlier quarter. The rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities in the 2021’s final quarter was .12%, down 13 basis points from .25% in the similar quarter of 2020. The contribution of net interest-free funds to the Company’s net interest margin was .06% and .10% in the fourth quarters of 2021 and 2020, respectively. As a result, the Company’s net interest margin narrowed to 2.58% in the fourth quarter of 2021 from 3.00% in the year-earlier period.

A recapture of provision for credit losses of $15 million was recorded for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, compared with a $75 million provision for credit losses in the year-earlier period. Net loan charge-offs were $31 million in the last three months of 2021, representing an annualized .13% of average loans and leases outstanding, compared with $97 million or .39% during the similar 2020 period. Net charge-offs in the fourth quarters of 2021 and 2020 included: net charge-offs of commercial loans of $25 million in 2021 and $67 million in 2020; net recoveries of commercial real estate loans of $7 million in 2021 compared with net charge-offs of $12 million in 2020; net charge-offs of residential real estate loans of $2 million in 2021 and net recoveries of $1 million in 2020; and net charge-offs of consumer loans of $11 million in 2021 and $19 million in 2020.

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Other income rose to $579 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 from $551 million in the similar 2020 period. The increased level in the recent quarter resulted largely from higher trust income, service charges on deposit accounts and brokerage services income.

Other expense totaled $928 million during the recent quarter, compared with $845 million in the final quarter of 2020. Included in such amounts are expenses considered to be “nonoperating” in nature consisting of amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets of $2 million and $3 million during the quarters ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively and merger-related expenses of $21 million in fourth quarter of 2021. No merger-related expenses were incurred in the year-earlier quarter. Exclusive of those nonoperating expenses, noninterest operating expenses were $904 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 and $842 million in the corresponding 2020 quarter. Factors contributing to the higher level of expenses in the recent quarter as compared with the fourth quarter of 2020 were predominantly related to increased costs for salaries and employee benefits (including higher incentive compensation), outside data processing and software, and professional services. The Company’s efficiency ratio during the final quarters of 2021 and 2020 was 59.7% and 54.6%, respectively. Table 24 includes a reconciliation of other expense to noninterest operating expense and the calculation of the efficiency ratio for each of the quarters of 2021 and 2020.

Segment Information

In accordance with GAAP, the Company’s reportable segments have been determined based upon its internal profitability reporting system, which is organized by strategic business unit. 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 Business Banking, 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 23 of Notes to Financial Statements. 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 GAAP. As a result, reported segments and the financial information of the reported segments are not necessarily comparable with similar information reported by other financial institutions. Furthermore, changes in management structure or allocation methodologies and procedures may result in changes in reported segment financial data. Financial information about the Company’s segments is presented in note 23 of Notes to Financial Statements.

The Business Banking segment provides a wide range of services to small businesses and professionals within markets served by the Company through the Company’s branch network, business banking centers and other delivery channels such as telephone banking, Internet banking and automated teller machines. Services and products offered by this segment include various business loans and leases, including loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration, business credit cards, deposit products, and financial services such as cash management, payroll and direct deposit, merchant credit card and letters of credit. Net income of the Business Banking segment aggregated $213 million in 2021, up 34% from $159 million in 2020. Higher net interest income of $56 million, a $15 million decline in the provision for credit losses and higher merchant discount and credit card fees of $12 million in 2021 were partially offset by higher personnel-related costs of $11 million. The higher net interest income reflected a 127 basis point widening of the net interest margin on loans and higher average deposit balances of $3.3 billion, partially offset by a 57 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits. The widening margin on loans resulted from a higher level of PPP fee income resulting from the forgiveness of loans by the SBA. The increase in average deposits resulted from a continued desire by the customers of the Business Banking segment

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to maintain liquidity during the pandemic and amid the low interest rate environment. This segment recorded net income of $168 million in 2019. The 6% decline in 2020 as compared with 2019 resulted from a $10 million decrease in service charges on deposit accounts, a $9 million increase in the provision for credit losses, due largely to higher net charge-offs, and higher personnel-related costs of $7 million. Those unfavorable factors were partially offset by an $11 million increase in net interest income. The growth in net interest income reflected an increase in average outstanding deposit and loan balances of $3.0 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively, partially offset by a narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits and loans of 89 basis points and 17 basis points, respectively.

The Commercial Banking segment provides a wide range of credit products and banking services for middle-market and large commercial customers, mainly within the markets served by the Company. Services provided by this segment include commercial lending and leasing, letters of credit, deposit products, and cash management services. The Commercial Banking segment recorded net income of $494 million in 2021, compared with $508 million in 2020. The most significant factors contributing to the 3% decline in net income from 2020 to 2021 included a higher provision for credit losses of $28 million, an increase of $13 million in centrally allocated costs associated with data processing, risk management and other support services provided to the Commercial Banking segment, and a $10 million decrease in net interest income. The impact of those items on net income was partially offset by higher letter of credit and other credit-related fees of $22 million and higher merchant discount and credit card fees of $13 million. The decrease in net interest income reflected lower average outstanding loan balances of $1.8 billion and a 52 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits offset, in part, by a widening of the net interest margin on loans of 22 basis points and higher average deposit balances of $5.4 billion. Net income for the Commercial Banking segment totaled $520 million in 2019. The decline in net income in 2020 from 2019 was predominantly driven by a $48 million increase in the provision for credit losses, due to higher loan balances and net charge-offs, and a $9 million write-down of equipment in 2020 that was leased to customers. Offsetting the noted unfavorable factors were a $35 million increase in net interest income and an $11 million decrease in centrally-allocated costs associated with data processing, risk management and other support services provided to the Commercial Banking segment. The increased net interest income reflected higher average outstanding deposit and loan balances of $6.2 billion and $2.2 billion, respectively, partially offset by an 84 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits.

The Commercial Real Estate segment provides credit and deposit services to its customers. Commercial real estate loans may be secured by apartment/multifamily buildings, office, retail and industrial space or other types of collateral. Activities of this segment also include the origination, sales and servicing of commercial real estate loans through the Fannie Mae DUS program and other programs. Commercial real estate loans held for sale are included in this segment. Net income for the Commercial Real Estate segment was $372 million in 2021, compared with $382 million in 2020. The $10 million, or 2%, decrease was primarily attributable to a $30 million decline in net interest income, reflecting a 58 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits and lower average loan balances of $237 million. Additionally, lower trading account and foreign exchange gains of $12 million, resulting from decreased activity related to interest rate swap agreements executed on behalf of commercial customers, a $7 million increase in the amortization of capitalized commercial mortgage servicing rights, a $7 million increase in centrally-allocated costs associated with data processing, risk management and other support services provided to the Commercial Real Estate segment and higher FDIC assessments and salaries and employee benefits of $6 million each were partially offset by a $40 million decrease in the provision for credit losses and a $17 million increase in commercial mortgage servicing income. Net income for this segment decreased 21% in 2020 from $486 million in 2019. That decline resulted from a $106 million rise in the provision for

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credit losses, due to higher loan balances and net charge-offs, a decline in net interest income of $19 million, higher salaries and employee benefits expense of $11 million, largely reflecting increased incentive compensation costs, and lower trading account and foreign exchange gains of $9 million, resulting from decreased activity related to interest rate swap agreements executed on behalf of customers. Partially offsetting those unfavorable factors was a $10 million rise in commercial mortgage banking revenues, due in part to wider margins on loans originated for sale. The lower net interest income was largely attributable to a narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits and loans of 76 basis points and 14 basis points, respectively, partially offset by higher average outstanding loan balances of $1.7 billion.

The Discretionary Portfolio segment includes investment and trading account securities, residential real estate loans and other assets, short-term and long-term borrowed funds, brokered deposits, and, through June 2021, Cayman Islands office deposits. This segment also provides foreign exchange services to customers. Net income of the Discretionary Portfolio segment aggregated $289 million in 2021 and $327 million in 2020. The 12% decline in the 2021’s net income as compared with 2020 reflects a $21 million increase in intersegment fees related to the transfer of residential mortgage loans to the Discretionary Portfolio segment from the Residential Mortgage Banking segment, a $12 million decrease in the value of marketable equity securities, and an $8 million increase in centrally-allocated costs associated with data processing, risk management and other support services provided to the Discretionary Portfolio segment. The Discretionary Portfolio segment recorded net income $144 million in 2019. The significant increase to $327 million in 2020 was driven by a $277 million rise in net interest income, reflecting additional income from interest rate swap agreements utilized as part of the Company’s management of interest rate risk. Partially offsetting that factor were valuation losses associated with marketable equity securities (compared with gains in the 2019 period) representing a change of $25 million.

The Residential Mortgage Banking segment originates and services residential mortgage loans and sells substantially all of those loans in the secondary market to investors or to the Discretionary Portfolio segment. The Company periodically purchases the rights to service loans and also sub-services residential real estate loans for others. Residential real estate loans held for sale are included in this segment. Income for the Residential Mortgage Banking segment increased 29% to $173 million in 2021 from $134 million in 2020. That year-over-year increase was attributable to higher net interest income of $40 million, reflecting higher average loan balances of $1.3 billion, and increased revenues associated with servicing and sub-servicing residential real estate loans (including intersegment revenues) of $9 million. The Residential Mortgage Banking segment’s net income rose 85% to $134 million in 2020 from $72 million in 2019. That improvement resulted from a $131 million increase in revenues associated with mortgage origination and sales activities (including intersegment revenues) and higher net interest income of $33 million, reflecting higher average outstanding balances of deposits and loans of $1.1 billion and $1.0 billion, respectively. Offsetting those favorable factors were higher servicing-related costs (including intersegment costs and changes to the valuation allowance for capitalized residential mortgage servicing rights) of $37 million, higher personnel-related costs of $22 million, reflecting increased headcount and higher commissions, lower revenues of $17 million associated with servicing and sub-servicing residential real estate loans (including intersegment revenues), and a $14 million rise in centrally-allocated costs associated with data processing, risk management and other support services provided to the Residential Mortgage Banking segment.

The Retail Banking segment offers a variety of services to consumers through several delivery channels which include branch offices, automated teller machines, telephone banking and Internet banking. The Company has branch offices in New York State, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Credit services offered by this segment include consumer installment loans, automobile and recreational finance loans

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(originated both directly and indirectly through dealers), home equity loans and lines of credit, and credit cards. The segment also offers to its customers deposit products, including demand, savings and time accounts, investment products, including mutual funds and annuities and other services. Retail Banking segment net income aggregated $341 million in 2021 compared with $365 million in 2020. Factors contributing to the decline in net income in 2021 included a decrease of $78 million in net interest income and increased centrally-allocated costs, largely associated with data processing, risk management and other support services provided to the Retail Banking segment. The net interest income decline reflected a narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits of 49 basis points, partially offset by higher average outstanding balances of deposits and loans of $5.1 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively. The unfavorable factors were partially offset by a $53 million decrease in the provision for credit losses, a $22 million decrease in personnel-related costs (reflecting lower staffing levels), a $20 million rise in service charges on deposit accounts and an $8 million increase in merchant discount and credit card fees. Net income for the Retail Banking segment was $365 million in 2020, down 31% from $528 million in 2019. That decrease was predominantly attributable to a $185 million decline in net interest income, reflecting a 74 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits, partially offset by higher average outstanding deposit and loan balances of $2.4 billion and $1.4 billion, respectively, and a $51 million decrease in consumer service charges on deposit accounts. The lower consumer service charges reflect fee waivers and lower transaction activity as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Those unfavorable factors were offset, in part, by a $17 million decrease in advertising and marketing expenses due to reduced activities related to the pandemic and a $14 million decline in the provision for credit losses.

The “All Other” category reflects other activities of the Company that are not directly attributable to the reported segments. Reflected in this category are the amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets from the acquisitions of financial institutions, distributions from BLG, merger-related expenses related to acquisitions (when incurred) and the net impact of the Company’s allocation methodologies for internal transfers for funding charges and credits associated with the earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities of the Company’s reportable segments and the provision for credit losses. The “All Other” category also includes trust income of the Company that reflects the ICS and WAS business activities. The various components of the “All Other” category resulted in a net loss of $24 million and $523 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively. As compared with 2020, the lower net loss in 2021 resulted from a $795 million decrease in the provision for credit losses, the favorable impact from 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, and increased trust income. Those favorable factors were partially offset by higher professional services expenses and increased personnel-related costs. The net loss in 2020 as compared with 2019’s net income of $11 million resulted from a $476 million increase in the provision for credit losses, the unfavorable impact from 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, and a $29 million increase in outside data processing and software costs. Those unfavorable factors were partially offset by a $112 million decrease in professional and other outside services, a $49 million decrease in accruals for legal matters, the impact of a $48 million charge from the sale of an affiliated asset manager during 2019, higher trust income of $29 million, and increased income from BLG of $16 million.

Recent Accounting Developments

A discussion of recent accounting developments is included in note 27 of Notes to Financial Statements.

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Forward-Looking Statements

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and other sections of this annual report contain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statement that does not describe historical or current facts is a forward-looking statement, including statements that are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company’s business, management’s beliefs and assumptions made by management.

Statements regarding the potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations may constitute forward-looking statements and are subject to the risk that the actual effects may differ, possibly materially, from what is reflected in those forward-looking statements due to factors and future developments that are uncertain, unpredictable and in many cases beyond the Company’s control, including the scope and duration of the pandemic, actions taken by governmental authorities in response to the pandemic, and the direct and indirect impact of the pandemic on customers, clients, third parties and the Company.

Statements regarding the Company’s expectations or predictions regarding the proposed transaction between M&T and People’s United also are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the expected timing, completion and effects of the proposed transaction as well as M&T’s and People’s United’s expected financial results, prospects, targets, goals and outlook. M&T provides further detail regarding the risks and uncertainties related to the proposed transaction in its public filings, including in the “Risk Factors” section of this annual report.

Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “target,” “estimate,” “continue,” “positions,” “prospects” or “potential,” by future conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” or “may,” or by variations of such words or by similar expressions. 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 risks, predictions and uncertainties relating to: the proposed transaction between M&T and People’s United, including the factors that are described in the “Risk Factors” section of this annual report; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; 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, collateral securing 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; the impact of changes in market values on trust-related revenues; legislation and regulations affecting the financial services industry, and/or M&T and its subsidiaries individually or collectively, including tax policy; regulatory supervision and oversight, including monetary policy and capital requirements; changes in accounting policies or procedures as may be required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, regulatory agencies or legislation; increasing price, product and 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 and 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, acquisition and investment activities compared with M&T's

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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. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and the Company assumes no duty to update forward-looking statements.

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Table 23

QUARTERLY TRENDS

	2021 Quarters																2020 Quarters
	Fourth				Third				Second				First				Fourth			Third			Second			First
Earnings and dividends
Amounts in thousands, except per share
Interest income (taxable-equivalent basis)	$	962,081				996,649				974,090				1,020,695				1,042,862			1,005,180			1,036,476			1,125,482
Interest expense		24,725				25,696				28,018				35,567				49,610			58,066			75,105			143,614
Net interest income		937,356				970,953				946,072				985,128				993,252			947,114			961,371			981,868
Less: provision for credit losses		(15,000	)			(20,000	)			(15,000	)			(25,000	)			75,000			150,000			325,000			250,000
Other income		578,637				569,126				513,633				505,598				551,250			520,561			487,273			529,360
Less: other expense		927,500				899,334				865,345				919,444				845,008			826,774			807,042			906,416
Income before income taxes		603,493				660,745				609,360				596,282				624,494			490,901			316,602			354,812
Applicable income taxes		141,962				161,582				147,559				145,300				149,382			114,746			71,314			80,927
Taxable-equivalent adjustment		3,563				3,703				3,732				3,733				3,972			4,019			4,234			5,063
Net income	$	457,968				495,460				458,069				447,249				471,140			372,136			241,054			268,822
Net income available to common shareholders-diluted	$	434,171				475,961				438,759				428,093				451,869			353,400			223,099			250,701
Per common share data
Basic earnings	$	3.37				3.70				3.41				3.33				3.52			2.75			1.74			1.93
Diluted earnings		3.37				3.69				3.41				3.33				3.52			2.75			1.74			1.93
Cash dividends	$	1.20				1.10				1.10				1.10				1.10			1.10			1.10			1.10
Average common shares outstanding
Basic		128,698				128,689				128,671				128,537				128,303			128,285			128,275			129,696
Diluted		128,888				128,844				128,842				128,669				128,379			128,355			128,333			129,755
Performance ratios, annualized
Return on
Average assets		1.15		%		1.28		%		1.22		%		1.22		%		1.30	%		1.06	%		.71	%		.90	%
Average common shareholders’ equity		10.91		%		12.16		%		11.55		%		11.57		%		12.07	%		9.53	%		6.13	%		7.00	%
Net interest margin on average earning assets (taxable-equivalent basis)		2.58		%		2.74		%		2.77		%		2.97		%		3.00	%		2.95	%		3.13	%		3.65	%
Nonaccrual loans to total loans and leases, net of unearned discount		2.22		%		2.40		%		2.31		%		1.97		%		1.92	%		1.26	%		1.18	%		1.13	%
Net operating (tangible) results (a)
Net operating income (in thousands)	$	475,477				504,030				462,959				457,372				473,453			375,029			243,958			271,705
Diluted net operating income per common share	$	3.50				3.76				3.45				3.41				3.54			2.77			1.76			1.95
Annualized return on
Average tangible assets		1.23		%		1.34		%		1.27		%		1.29		%		1.35	%		1.10	%		.74	%		.94	%
Average tangible common shareholders’ equity		15.98		%		17.54		%		16.68		%		17.05		%		17.53	%		13.94	%		9.04	%		10.39	%
Efficiency ratio (b)		59.7		%		57.7		%		58.4		%		60.3		%		54.6	%		56.2	%		55.7	%		58.9	%
Balance sheet data
In millions, except per share
Average balances
Total assets (c)	$	157,722				154,037				150,641				148,157				144,563			140,181			136,446			120,585
Total tangible assets (c)		153,125				149,439				146,041				143,554				139,958			135,574			131,836			115,972
Earning assets		144,420				140,420				136,951				134,355				131,916			127,689			123,492			108,226
Investment securities		6,804				6,019				6,211				6,605				7,195			7,876			8,500			9,102
Loans and leases, net of unearned discount		93,250				95,314				98,610				99,356				98,666			98,210			97,797			91,706
Deposits		134,444				131,255				128,413				125,733				120,976			116,306			111,795			96,166
Common shareholders’ equity (c)		15,863				15,614				15,321				15,077				14,963			14,823			14,703			14,470
Tangible common shareholders’ equity (c)		11,266				11,016				10,721				10,474				10,358			10,216			10,093			9,857
At end of quarter
Total assets (c)	$	155,107				151,901				150,623				150,481				142,601			138,627			139,537			124,578
Total tangible assets (c)		150,511				147,304				146,023				145,879				137,998			134,021			134,928			119,966
Earning assets		141,990				138,257				137,171				137,367				129,295			126,418			127,149			112,046
Investment securities		7,156				6,448				6,143				6,611				7,046			7,723			8,454			8,957
Loans and leases, net of unearned discount		92,912				93,583				97,113				99,299				98,536			98,447			97,758			94,142
Deposits		131,543				128,701				128,269				128,476				119,806			115,163			114,968			100,183
Common shareholders’ equity (c)		16,153				15,779				15,470				15,197				14,937			14,851			14,695			14,566
Tangible common shareholders’ equity (c)		11,557				11,182				10,870				10,595				10,334			10,245			10,086			9,954
Equity per common share		125.51				122.60				120.22				118.12				116.39			115.75			114.54			113.54
Tangible equity per common share		89.80				86.88				84.47				82.35				80.52			79.85			78.62			77.60

(a)

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 24.

(b)	Excludes impact of merger-related expenses and net securities transactions.

(c)	The difference between total assets and total tangible assets, and common shareholders’ equity and tangible common shareholders’ equity, represents goodwill, core deposit and other intangible assets, net of applicable deferred tax balances. A reconciliation of such balances appears in Table 24.

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Table 24

RECONCILIATION OF QUARTERLY GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES

	2021 Quarters														2020 Quarters
	Fourth				Third			Second			First			Fourth				Third			Second			First
Income statement data (in thousands, except per share)
Net income
Net income	$	457,968		495,460			458,069			447,249			471,140				372,136			241,054			268,822
Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets (a)		1,447		2,028			2,023			2,034			2,313				2,893			2,904			2,883
Merger-related expenses (a)		16,062		6,542			2,867			8,089			—				—			—			—
Net operating income	$	475,477		504,030			462,959			457,372			473,453				375,029			243,958			271,705
Earnings per common share
Diluted earnings per common share	$	3.37		3.69			3.41			3.33			3.52				2.75			1.74			1.93
Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets (a)		.01		.02			.02			.02			.02				.02			.02			.02
Merger-related expenses (a)		.12		.05			.02			.06			—				—			—			—
Diluted net operating earnings per common share	$	3.50		3.76			3.45			3.41			3.54				2.77			1.76			1.95
Other expense
Other expense	$	927,500		899,334			865,345			919,444			845,008				826,774			807,042			906,416
Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets		(1,954	)	(2,738		)	(2,737		)	(2,738		)	(3,129			)	(3,914		)	(3,913		)	(3,913		)
Merger-related expenses		(21,190	)	(8,826		)	(3,893		)	(9,951		)	—				—			—			—
Noninterest operating expense	$	904,356		887,770			858,715			906,755			841,879				822,860			803,129			902,503
Merger-related expenses
Salaries and employee benefits	$	112		60			4			—			—				—			—			—
Equipment and net occupancy		340		1			—			—			—				—			—			—
Outside data processing and software		250		625			244			—			—				—			—			—
Advertising and marketing		337		505			24			—			—				—			—			—
Printing, postage and supplies		186		730			2,049			—			—				—			—			—
Other costs of operations		19,965		6,905			1,572			9,951			—				—			—			—
Other expense	$	21,190		8,826			3,893			9,951			—				—			—			—
Efficiency ratio
Noninterest operating expense (numerator)	$	904,356		887,770			858,715			906,755			841,879				822,860			803,129			902,503
Taxable-equivalent net interest income	$	937,356		970,953			946,072			985,128			993,252				947,114			961,371			981,868
Other income		578,637		569,126			513,633			505,598			551,250				520,561			487,273			529,360
Less: Gain (loss) on bank investment securities		1,426		291			(10,655		)	(12,282		)	1,619				2,773			6,969			(20,782		)
Denominator	$	1,514,567		1,539,788			1,470,360			1,503,008			1,542,883				1,464,902			1,441,675			1,532,010
Efficiency ratio		59.7	%	57.7		%	58.4		%	60.3		%	54.6			%	56.2		%	55.7		%	58.9		%
Balance sheet data (in millions)
Average assets
Average assets	$	157,722		154,037			150,641			148,157			144,563				140,181			136,446			120,585
Goodwill		(4,593	)	(4,593		)	(4,593		)	(4,593		)	(4,593			)	(4,593		)	(4,593		)	(4,593		)
Core deposit and other intangible assets		(5	)	(7		)	(10		)	(13		)	(16			)	(19		)	(23		)	(27		)
Deferred taxes		1		2			3			3			4				5			6			7
Average tangible assets	$	153,125		149,439			146,041			143,554			139,958				135,574			131,836			115,972
Average common equity
Average total equity	$	17,613		17,109			16,571			16,327			16,213				16,073			15,953			15,720
Preferred stock		(1,750	)	(1,495		)	(1,250		)	(1,250		)	(1,250			)	(1,250		)	(1,250		)	(1,250		)
Average common equity		15,863		15,614			15,321			15,077			14,963				14,823			14,703			14,470
Goodwill		(4,593	)	(4,593		)	(4,593		)	(4,593		)	(4,593			)	(4,593		)	(4,593		)	(4,593		)
Core deposit and other intangible assets		(5	)	(7		)	(10		)	(13		)	(16			)	(19		)	(23		)	(27		)
Deferred taxes		1		2			3			3			4				5			6			7
Average tangible common equity	$	11,266		11,016			10,721			10,474			10,358				10,216			10,093			9,857
At end of quarter
Total assets
Total assets	$	155,107		151,901			150,623			150,481			142,601				138,627			139,537			124,578
Goodwill		(4,593	)	(4,593		)	(4,593		)	(4,593		)	(4,593			)	(4,593		)	(4,593		)	(4,593		)
Core deposit and other intangible assets		(4	)	(6		)	(9		)	(12		)	(14			)	(17		)	(21		)	(25		)
Deferred taxes		1		2			2			3			4				4			5			6
Total tangible assets	$	150,511		147,304			146,023			145,879			137,998				134,021			134,928			119,966
Total common equity
Total equity	$	17,903		17,529			16,720			16,447			16,187				16,101			15,945			15,816
Preferred stock		(1,750	)	(1,750		)	(1,250		)	(1,250		)	(1,250			)	(1,250		)	(1,250		)	(1,250		)
Common equity		16,153		15,779			15,470			15,197			14,937				14,851			14,695			14,566
Goodwill		(4,593	)	(4,593		)	(4,593		)	(4,593		)	(4,593			)	(4,593		)	(4,593		)	(4,593		)
Core deposit and other intangible assets		(4	)	(6		)	(9		)	(12		)	(14			)	(17		)	(21		)	(25		)
Deferred taxes		1		2			2			3			4				4			5			6
Total tangible common equity	$	11,557		11,182			10,870			10,595			10,334				10,245			10,086			9,954

(a)	After any related tax effect.

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Item 7A.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Incorporated by reference to the discussion contained in Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” under the captions “Liquidity, Market Risk, and Interest Rate Sensitivity” (including Table 21) and “Capital.”

Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data consist of the financial statements as indexed and presented below and Table 23 “Quarterly Trends” presented in Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Index to Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules
Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting	121
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	122
Consolidated Balance Sheet — December 31, 2021 and 2020	125
Consolidated Statement of Income — Years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019	126
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income — Years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019	127
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows — Years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019	128
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity — Years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019	129
Notes to Financial Statements	130

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Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting at M&T Bank Corporation and subsidiaries (“the Company”). Management has assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021 based on criteria described in “Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013)” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on that assessment, management concluded that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021.

The consolidated financial statements of the Company have been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, that was engaged to express an opinion as to the fairness of presentation of such financial statements. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was also engaged to assess the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP follows this report.

	M&T BANK CORPORATION


	René F. Jones
	Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer


	Darren J. King
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of

M&T Bank Corporation

Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of M&T Bank Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the related consolidated statements of income, of comprehensive income, of changes in shareholders' equity and of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). We also have audited the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO.

Change in Accounting Principle

As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed the manner in which it accounts for the allowance for credit losses as of January 1, 2020.

Basis for Opinions

The Company's management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express opinions on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by

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management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed 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. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (i) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Allowance for Credit Losses – Adjustments to model forecasts

As described in Notes 1 and 5 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s allowance for credit losses of $1.5 billion reflects management's expected credit losses in the loan and lease portfolio of $92.9 billion as of December 31, 2021. For purposes of determining the level of the allowance for credit losses, management evaluates the Company’s loan and lease portfolio by type. Management utilizes statistically developed models to project principal balances over the remaining contractual lives of the loan portfolios and to determine estimated credit losses through a reasonable and supportable forecast period. Model forecasts may be adjusted for inherent limitations or biases that have been identified through independent validation and back-testing of model performance to actual realized results. Management also considered the impact of portfolio concentrations, changes

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in underwriting practices, product expansions into new markets, imprecision in its economic forecasts, geopolitical conditions and other risk factors that might influence the loss estimation process.

The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the allowance for credit losses, specifically certain adjustments to model forecasts, is a critical audit matter are (i) the significant judgment by management in determining the adjustments to model forecasts, which in turn led to a high degree of auditor judgment and subjectivity in performing procedures related to management’s determination of these adjustments to model forecasts, (ii) the significant audit effort in evaluating the audit evidence related to these adjustments to model forecasts, and (iii) the audit effort involved the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge.

Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to the Company’s allowance for credit losses estimation process, including controls relating to the allowance for credit losses estimation process for certain adjustments to model forecasts. These procedures also included, among others, testing management’s process for determining the allowance for credit losses and these adjustments to model forecasts, including evaluating the appropriateness of management’s methodology, testing the data utilized by management and evaluating the reasonableness of significant assumptions relating to these adjustments to model forecasts. Evaluating significant assumptions relating to these adjustments to model forecasts involved evaluating portfolio composition and concentration, as well as relevant market data. Professionals with specialized skill and knowledge were used to assist in evaluating the appropriateness of management’s methodology and the reasonableness of significant assumptions relating to these adjustments to model forecasts.

Buffalo, New York

February 16, 2022

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 1984.

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Consolidated Balance Sheet

	December 31,
(Dollars in thousands, except per share)	2021			2020
Assets
Cash and due from banks	$	1,337,577		$	1,552,743
Interest-bearing deposits at banks		41,872,304			23,663,810
Trading account		468,031			1,068,581
Investment securities (includes pledged securities that can be sold or repledged of $96,128 at December 31, 2021; $105,136 at December 31, 2020)
Available for sale (cost: $3,849,347 at December 31, 2021; $4,621,027 at December 31, 2020)		3,955,804			4,822,606
Held to maturity (fair value: $2,771,290 at December 31, 2021; $1,842,281 at December 31, 2020)		2,734,674			1,748,989
Equity and other securities (cost: $461,516 at December 31, 2021; $449,008 at December 31, 2020)		465,382			474,102
Total investment securities		7,155,860			7,045,697
Loans and leases		93,136,678			98,875,788
Unearned discount		(224,226	)		(339,921	)
Loans and leases, net of unearned discount		92,912,452			98,535,867
Allowance for credit losses		(1,469,226	)		(1,736,387	)
Loans and leases, net		91,443,226			96,799,480
Premises and equipment		1,144,765			1,161,558
Goodwill		4,593,112			4,593,112
Core deposit and other intangible assets		3,998			14,165
Accrued interest and other assets		7,088,287			6,701,959
Total assets	$	155,107,160		$	142,601,105
Liabilities
Noninterest-bearing deposits	$	60,131,480		$	47,572,884
Savings and interest-checking deposits		68,603,966			67,680,840
Time deposits		2,807,963			3,899,910
Deposits at Cayman Islands office		—			652,104
Total deposits		131,543,409			119,805,738
Short-term borrowings		47,046			59,482
Accrued interest and other liabilities		2,127,931			2,166,409
Long-term borrowings		3,485,369			4,382,193
Total liabilities		137,203,755			126,413,822
Shareholders' equity
Preferred stock, $1.00 par, 1,000,000 shares authorized; Issued and outstanding: Liquidation preference of $1,000 per share: 350,000 shares at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020; Liquidation preference of $10,000 per share: 140,000 shares at December 31, 2021 and 90,000 shares at December 31, 2020		1,750,000			1,250,000
Common stock, $.50 par, 250,000,000 shares authorized, 159,741,898 shares issued at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020		79,871			79,871
Common stock issuable, 15,769 shares at December 31, 2021; 18,113 shares at December 31, 2020		1,212			1,344
Additional paid-in capital		6,635,000			6,617,404
Retained earnings		14,646,448			13,444,428
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net		(127,578	)		(63,032	)
Treasury stock — common, at cost — 31,052,845 shares at December 31, 2021; 31,426,742 shares at December 31, 2020		(5,081,548	)		(5,142,732	)
Total shareholders’ equity		17,903,405			16,187,283
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	155,107,160		$	142,601,105

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Consolidated Statement of Income

	Year Ended December 31
(In thousands, except per share)	2021			2020			2019
Interest income
Loans and leases, including fees	$	3,748,988		$	3,975,053		$	4,442,182
Investment securities
Fully taxable		141,046			176,469			288,532
Exempt from federal taxes		116			183			321
Deposits at banks		47,491			32,956			141,397
Other		1,143			8,051			7,161
Total interest income		3,938,784			4,192,712			4,879,593
Interest expense
Savings and interest-checking deposits		32,998			146,701			368,003
Time deposits		18,635			66,280			95,426
Deposits at Cayman Islands office		201			4,054			21,917
Short-term borrowings		7			28			24,741
Long-term borrowings		62,165			109,332			239,242
Total interest expense		114,006			326,395			749,329
Net interest income		3,824,778			3,866,317			4,130,264
Provision for credit losses		(75,000	)		800,000			176,000
Net interest income after provision for credit losses		3,899,778			3,066,317			3,954,264
Other income
Mortgage banking revenues		571,329			566,641			457,770
Service charges on deposit accounts		402,113			370,788			432,978
Trust income		644,716			601,884			572,608
Brokerage services income		62,791			47,428			48,922
Trading account and foreign exchange gains		24,376			40,536			62,044
Gain (loss) on bank investment securities		(21,220	)		(9,421	)		18,037
Other revenues from operations		482,889			470,588			469,320
Total other income		2,166,994			2,088,444			2,061,679
Other expense
Salaries and employee benefits		2,045,677			1,950,692			1,900,797
Equipment and net occupancy		326,698			322,037			324,079
Outside data processing and software		291,839			258,480			229,731
FDIC assessments		69,704			53,803			41,535
Advertising and marketing		64,428			61,904			93,472
Printing, postage and supplies		36,507			39,869			39,893
Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets		10,167			14,869			19,490
Other costs of operations		766,603			683,586			819,685
Total other expense		3,611,623			3,385,240			3,468,682
Income before taxes		2,455,149			1,769,521			2,547,261
Income taxes		596,403			416,369			618,112
Net income	$	1,858,746		$	1,353,152		$	1,929,149
Net income available to common shareholders
Basic	$	1,776,977		$	1,279,066		$	1,849,509
Diluted		1,776,987			1,279,068			1,849,511
Net income per common share
Basic	$	13.81		$	9.94		$	13.76
Diluted		13.80			9.94			13.75

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

	Year Ended December 31
(In thousands)	2021			2020			2019

Net income	$	1,858,746		$	1,353,152		$	1,929,149
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax and reclassification adjustments:
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investment securities		(66,977	)		107,222			184,906
Cash flow hedges adjustments		(210,626	)		172,787			108,520
Foreign currency translation adjustments		(862	)		2,284			1,091
Defined benefit plans liability adjustments		213,919			(138,645	)		(81,116	)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)		(64,546	)		143,648			213,401
Total comprehensive income	$	1,794,200		$	1,496,800		$	2,142,550

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

	Year Ended December 31
(In thousands)	2021			2020			2019
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$	1,858,746		$	1,353,152		$	1,929,149
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Provision for credit losses		(75,000	)		800,000			176,000
Depreciation and amortization of premises and equipment		224,274			220,598			209,937
Amortization of capitalized servicing rights		89,767			84,821			71,888
Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets		10,167			14,869			19,490
Provision for deferred income taxes		87,159			(31,291	)		57,548
Asset write-downs		8,431			21,014			7,701
Net gain (loss) on sales of assets		(10,308	)		(19,441	)		31,526
Net change in accrued interest receivable, payable		65,724			(132,252	)		30,923
Net change in other accrued income and expense		52,540			(418,752	)		75,930
Net change in loans originated for sale		(163,623	)		(542,078	)		130,230
Net change in trading account assets and liabilities		567,082			(561,453	)		(382,767	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		2,714,959			789,187			2,357,555
Cash flows from investing activities
Proceeds from sales of investment securities
Available for sale		—			—		107
Equity and other securities		17,654			67,036			1,169,876
Proceeds from maturities of investment securities
Available for sale		1,433,793			1,614,557			2,621,603
Held to maturity		615,201			911,555			1,162,820
Purchases of investment securities
Available for sale		(677,916	)		(7,581	)		(28,120	)
Held to maturity		(1,601,698	)		(11,993	)		(495,277	)
Equity and other securities		(30,153	)		(29,004	)		(979,734	)
Net (increase) decrease in loans and leases		5,676,670			(7,231,694	)		(2,795,263	)
Net (increase) decrease in interest-bearing deposits at banks		(18,208,494	)		(16,473,656	)		915,043
Capital expenditures, net		(149,213	)		(172,289	)		(178,049	)
Net increase in loan servicing advances		(197,141	)		(754,823	)		(470,078	)
Other, net		(510,302	)		67,411			(195,921	)
Net cash provided (used) by investing activities		(13,631,599	)		(22,020,481	)		727,007
Cash flows from financing activities
Net increase in deposits		11,737,671			25,037,167			4,616,082
Net decrease in short-term borrowings		(12,436	)		(2,881	)		(4,336,015	)
Proceeds from long-term borrowings		9,500			—			—
Payments on long-term borrowings		(853,091	)		(2,665,023	)		(1,553,493	)
Purchases of treasury stock		—			(373,750	)		(1,349,785	)
Dividends paid — common		(580,260	)		(568,112	)		(552,138	)
Dividends paid — preferred		(68,200	)		(68,256	)		(67,454	)
Proceeds from issuance of Series I and G preferred stock		495,000			—			396,000
Redemption of Series A and C preferred stock		—			—			(381,500	)
Other, net		(26,710	)		(11,413	)		(25,393	)
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities		10,701,474			21,347,732			(3,253,696	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(215,166	)		116,438			(169,134	)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period		1,552,743			1,436,305			1,605,439
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	1,337,577		$	1,552,743		$	1,436,305
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
Interest received during the period	$	3,976,804		$	4,135,990		$	4,892,301
Interest paid during the period		139,164			372,291			735,787
Income taxes paid during the period		314,295			275,558			320,513
Supplemental schedule of noncash investing and financing activities
Real estate acquired in settlement of loans	$	8,851		$	20,646		$	90,072
Loans held for sale transferred to loans held for investment		330,188			—			—
Securitization of residential mortgage loans allocated to
Available-for-sale investment securities	$	—		$	—		$	5,379
Capitalized servicing rights		—			—			83
Adoption of lease accounting standard
Right-of-use assets	$	—		$	—		$	393,877
Other liabilities		—			—			398,810
Additions to right-of-use assets under operating leases	$	57,760		$	70,754		$	132,219

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity

																Accumulated
																Other
							Common			Additional						Comprehensive
	Preferred			Common			Stock			Paid-in			Retained			Income			Treasury
Dollars in thousands, except per share	Stock			Stock			Issuable			Capital			Earnings			(Loss), Net			Stock			Total
2019
Balance — January 1, 2019	$	1,231,500			79,883			1,726			6,579,342			11,516,672			(420,081	)		(3,528,851	)	$	15,460,191
Total comprehensive income		—			—			—			—			1,929,149			213,401			—			2,142,550
Preferred stock cash dividends		—			—			—			—			(72,482	)		—			—			(72,482	)
Redemption of Series A and Series C preferred stock		(381,500	)		—			—			—			—			—			—			(381,500	)
Issuance of Series G preferred stock		400,000			—			—			(4,000	)		—			—			—			396,000
Purchases of treasury stock		—			—			—			—			—			—			(1,349,785	)		(1,349,785	)
Stock-based compensation transactions, net		—			(12	)		(160	)		18,197			(207	)		—			56,073			73,891
Common stock cash dividends — $4.10 per share		—			—			—			—			(552,216	)		—			—			(552,216	)
Balance — December 31, 2019	$	1,250,000			79,871			1,566			6,593,539			12,820,916			(206,680	)		(4,822,563	)	$	15,716,649
2020
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle — credit losses		—			—			—			—			(91,925	)		—			—			(91,925	)
Total comprehensive income		—			—			—			—			1,353,152			143,648			—			1,496,800
Preferred stock cash dividends		—			—			—			—			(68,228	)		—			—			(68,228	)
Purchases of treasury stock		—			—			—			—			—			—			(373,750	)		(373,750	)
Stock-based compensation transactions, net		—			—			(222	)		23,865			(411	)		—			53,581			76,813
Common stock cash dividends — $4.40 per share		—			—			—			—			(569,076	)		—			—			(569,076	)
Balance — December 31, 2020	$	1,250,000			79,871			1,344			6,617,404			13,444,428			(63,032	)		(5,142,732	)	$	16,187,283
2021
Total comprehensive income		—			—			—			—			1,858,746			(64,546	)		—			1,794,200
Preferred stock cash dividends		—			—			—			—			(72,915	)		—			—			(72,915	)
Issuance of Series I preferred stock		500,000			—			—			(5,000	)		—			—			—			495,000
Stock-based compensation transactions, net		—			—			(132	)		22,596			(844	)		—			61,184			82,804
Common stock cash dividends — $4.50 per share		—			—			—			—			(582,967	)		—			—			(582,967	)
Balance — December 31, 2021	$	1,750,000			79,871			1,212			6,635,000			14,646,448			(127,578	)		(5,081,548	)	$	17,903,405

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

1. Significant accounting policies

M&T Bank Corporation (“M&T”) is a bank holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. Through subsidiaries, M&T provides individuals, corporations and other businesses, and institutions with commercial and retail banking services, including loans and deposits, trust, mortgage banking, asset management, insurance and other financial services. Banking activities are largely focused on consumers residing in New York State, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia and on small and medium-size businesses based in those areas. Certain subsidiaries also conduct activities in other areas.

The accounting and reporting policies of M&T and subsidiaries (“the Company”) are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and general practices within the banking industry. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The significant accounting policies are as follows:

Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include M&T and all of its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions of consolidated subsidiaries have been eliminated in consolidation. The financial statements of M&T included in note 26 report investments in subsidiaries under the equity method. Information about some limited purpose entities that are affiliates of the Company but are not included in the consolidated financial statements appears in note 20.

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

For purposes of this statement, cash and due from banks and federal funds sold are considered cash and cash equivalents.

Securities purchased under agreements to resell and securities sold under agreements to repurchase

Securities purchased under agreements to resell and securities sold under agreements to repurchase are treated as collateralized financing transactions and are recorded at amounts equal to the cash or other consideration exchanged. It is generally the Company’s policy to take possession of collateral pledged to secure agreements to resell.

Trading account

Financial instruments used for trading purposes are stated at fair value. Realized gains and losses and unrealized changes in fair value of financial instruments utilized in trading activities are included in “trading account and foreign exchange gains” in the consolidated statement of income.

Investment securities

Investments in debt securities are classified as held to maturity and stated at amortized cost when management has the positive intent and ability to hold such securities to maturity. Investments in other debt securities are classified as available for sale and stated at estimated fair value with unrealized changes in fair value included in “accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net.”

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Investments in equity securities having readily determinable fair values are stated at fair value and unrealized changes in fair value are included in earnings. Investments in equity securities that do not have readily determinable fair values are stated at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer. Amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts for investment securities available for sale and held to maturity are included in interest income.

Other securities are stated at cost and include stock of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) of New York.

Beginning in 2020 GAAP requires an allowance for credit losses be deducted from the amortized cost basis of financial assets, including investment securities held to maturity, to present the net carrying value at the amount that is expected to be collected over the contractual term. In cases where fair value of an available for sale debt security is less than its amortized cost basis and the Company does not intend to sell the available for sale debt security and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery of the amortized cost basis, the difference between the fair value and the amortized cost basis is separated into (a) the amount representing the credit loss and (b) the amount related to all other factors. The amount related to the credit loss is recognized as an allowance for credit losses while the amount related to other factors is recognized in other comprehensive income, net of applicable income taxes. If the Company intends to sell the security or it is more likely than not to be required to sell the security before recovery of the amortized cost basis, the security is written down to fair value with the entire amount recognized in earnings. Subsequently, the Company accounts for the debt security as if the security had been purchased on the measurement date of the write down at an amortized cost basis equal to the previous amortized cost basis less the amount of the write down recognized in earnings. Prior to 2020 individual debt securities were written down through a charge to earnings when declines in value below the cost basis of the security were considered other than temporary. Realized gains and losses on the sales of investment securities are determined using the specific identification method.

Loans and leases

The Company’s accounting methods for loans depends on whether the loans were originated or acquired by the Company.

Originated loans and leases

Loan fees and certain direct loan origination costs are deferred and recognized as an interest yield adjustment over the life of the loan. Net deferred fees have been included in unearned discount as a reduction of loans outstanding. Interest income on loans is accrued on a level yield method. Loans are placed on nonaccrual status and previously accrued interest thereon is charged against income when it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement or when principal or interest is delinquent 90 days. Certain loans greater than 90 days delinquent continue to accrue interest if they are well-secured and in the process of collection. Loans less than 90 days delinquent are deemed to have an insignificant delay in payment and generally continue to accrue interest. Interest received on loans placed on nonaccrual status is generally applied to reduce the carrying value of the loan or, if principal is considered fully collectable, recognized as interest income. Nonaccrual commercial loans and commercial real estate loans are returned to accrual status when borrowers have demonstrated an ability to repay their loans and there are no delinquent principal and interest payments. Loans secured by residential real estate are returned to accrual status when they are deemed to have an insignificant delay in payments of 90 days or less. Consumer loans not secured by residential real estate are returned to accrual status when all past due principal and interest payments have been paid by the borrower. Loan balances are

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charged off when it becomes evident that such balances are not fully collectable. For commercial loans and commercial real estate loans, charge-offs are recognized after an assessment by credit personnel of the capacity and willingness of the borrower to repay, the estimated value of any collateral, and any other potential sources of repayment. A charge-off is recognized when, after such assessment, it becomes evident that the loan balance is not fully collectable. For loans secured by residential real estate, the excess of the loan balances over the net realizable value of the property collateralizing the loan is charged-off when the loan becomes 150 days delinquent. Consumer loans are generally charged-off when the loans are 91 to 180 days past due, depending on whether the loan is collateralized and the status of repossession activities with respect to such collateral.

During the normal course of business, the Company modifies loans to maximize recovery efforts. If a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and a concession to the terms of the loan agreement is granted that the Company would not otherwise consider, the modification is considered a troubled debt restructuring and such loans are classified as either nonaccrual or renegotiated loans. Due to the direct and indirect effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemic, a dramatic reduction in economic activity severely hampered the ability for businesses and consumers to meet their repayment obligations. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (collectively “CARES Act”), in addition to providing financial assistance to both businesses and consumers, created a forbearance program for federally-backed mortgage loans, protected borrowers from negative credit reporting due to loan accommodations related to the pandemic, and provided financial institutions the option to temporarily suspend certain requirements under GAAP related to troubled debt restructurings to account for the effects of COVID-19. The bank regulatory agencies likewise issued guidance encouraging financial institutions to work prudently with borrowers who were unable to meet their contractual payment obligations because of the effects of COVID-19. The guidance, with concurrence of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and provisions of the CARES Act allowed modifications made on a good faith basis in response to COVID-19 to borrowers who were current with their payments prior to any relief, to not be treated as troubled debt restructurings nor be reported as past due. Modifications included payment deferrals (including maturity extensions), covenant waivers and fee waivers. The Company worked with its customers affected by COVID-19 and granted modifications across many of its loan portfolios. To the extent that such modifications met the criteria described, the modified loans were not classified as troubled debt restructurings nor reported as past due.

Commitments to sell real estate loans are utilized by the Company to hedge the exposure to changes in fair value of real estate loans held for sale. The carrying value of hedged real estate loans held for sale recorded in the consolidated balance sheet includes changes in estimated fair value during the hedge period, typically from the date of close through the sale date. Valuation adjustments made on these loans and commitments are included in “mortgage banking revenues.”

Acquired loans and leases

Beginning in 2020, expected credit losses for purchased loans with credit deterioration are initially recognized as an allowance for credit losses and are added to the purchase price to determine the amortized cost basis of the loans. Any non-credit discount or premium resulting from acquiring such loans is recognized as an adjustment to interest income over the remaining lives of the loans. Subsequent changes in the amount of expected credit losses on such loans are recognized in the allowance for credit losses in the same manner as originated loans. Prior to 2020, loans acquired in a business combination were initially recorded at fair value with no carry-over of an acquired entity’s previously established allowance for credit losses. Purchased impaired loans represented specifically identified loans with evidence of credit deterioration for which it was probable at acquisition that the

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Company would be unable to collect all contractual principal and interest payments. For purchased impaired loans and other loans acquired at a discount that was, in part, attributable to credit quality, the excess of cash flows expected at acquisition over the estimated fair value of acquired loans was recognized as interest income over the remaining lives of the loans. Subsequent decreases in the expected cash flows required the Company to evaluate the need for additions to the Company’s allowance for credit losses. Subsequent improvements in expected cash flows resulted first in the recovery of any related allowance for credit losses and then in recognition of additional interest income over the then-remaining lives of the loans. The Company generally recognized the excess of cash flows expected at acquisition over the estimated fair value of the acquired loans as interest income over the remaining lives of such loans regardless of the borrower’s repayment status.

For all other acquired loans, the difference between the fair value and outstanding principal balance of the loans is recognized as an adjustment to interest income over the lives of those loans. Those loans are then accounted for in a manner that is similar to originated loans.

Allowance for credit losses

On January 1, 2020, the Company adopted amended accounting guidance which requires an allowance for credit losses to be deducted from the amortized cost basis of financial assets to present the net carrying value at the amount that is expected to be collected over the contractual term of the asset considering relevant information about past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount. In estimating expected losses in the loan and lease portfolio, borrower-specific financial data and macro-economic assumptions are utilized to project losses over a reasonable and supportable forecast period. Assumptions and judgment are applied to measure amounts and timing of expected future cash flows, collateral values and other factors used to determine the borrowers’ abilities to repay obligations. Subsequent to the forecast period, the Company utilizes longer-term historical loss experience to estimate losses over the remaining contractual life of the loans. Prior to 2020, the allowance for credit losses represented the amount that in management’s judgment reflected incurred credit losses inherent in the loan and lease portfolio as of the balance sheet date.

Assets taken in foreclosure of defaulted loans

Assets taken in foreclosure of defaulted loans are primarily comprised of commercial and residential real property and are included in “other assets” in the consolidated balance sheet. An in-substance repossession or foreclosure occurs and a creditor is considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan upon either (1) the creditor obtaining legal title to the residential real estate property upon completion of a foreclosure or (2) the borrower conveying all interest in the residential real estate property to the creditor to satisfy that loan through completion of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or through a similar legal agreement. Upon acquisition of assets taken in satisfaction of a defaulted loan, the excess of the remaining loan balance over the asset’s estimated fair value less costs to sell is charged-off against the allowance for credit losses. Subsequent declines in value of the assets are recognized as “other costs of operations” in the consolidated statement of income.

Premises and equipment

Premises and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation expense is computed principally using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets.

Capitalized servicing rights

Capitalized servicing assets are included in “other assets” in the consolidated balance sheet. Separately recognized servicing assets are initially measured at fair value. The Company uses the

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amortization method to subsequently measure servicing assets. Under that method, capitalized servicing assets are charged to expense in proportion to and over the period of estimated net servicing income.

To estimate the fair value of servicing rights, the Company considers market prices for similar assets and the present value of expected future cash flows associated with the servicing rights calculated using assumptions that market participants would use in estimating future servicing income and expense. Such assumptions include estimates of the cost of servicing loans, loan default rates, an appropriate discount rate, and prepayment speeds. For purposes of evaluating and measuring impairment of capitalized servicing rights, the Company stratifies such assets based on the predominant risk characteristics of the underlying financial instruments that are expected to have the most impact on projected prepayments, cost of servicing and other factors affecting future cash flows associated with the servicing rights. Such factors may include financial asset or loan type, note rate and term. The amount of impairment recognized is the amount by which the carrying value of the capitalized servicing rights for a stratum exceeds estimated fair value. Impairment is recognized through a valuation allowance.

Sales and securitizations of financial assets

Transfers of financial assets for which the Company has surrendered control of the financial assets are accounted for as sales. Interests in a sale of financial assets that continue to be held by the Company, including servicing rights, are initially measured at fair value. The fair values of retained debt securities are generally determined through reference to independent pricing information. The fair values of retained servicing rights and any other retained interests are determined based on the present value of expected future cash flows associated with those interests and by reference to market prices for similar assets.

Securitization structures typically require the use of special-purpose trusts that are considered variable interest entities. A variable interest entity is included in the consolidated financial statements if the Company has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the variable interest entity’s economic performance and has the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the variable interest entity that could potentially be significant to that entity.

Goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets

Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquired entity over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized, but rather is tested for impairment at least annually at the reporting unit level, which is either at the same level or one level below an operating segment. Other acquired intangible assets with finite lives, such as core deposit intangibles, are initially recorded at estimated fair value and are amortized over their estimated lives. Core deposit and other intangible assets are generally amortized using accelerated methods over estimated useful lives of five to ten years. The Company periodically assesses whether events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of core deposit and other intangible assets may be impaired.

Derivative financial instruments

The Company accounts for derivative financial 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.

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

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interest-bearing liabilities. For such agreements, amounts receivable or payable are recognized as accrued under the terms of the agreement and the net differential is recorded as an adjustment to interest income or expense of the related asset or liability. Interest rate swap agreements may be designated as either fair value hedges or cash flow hedges. In a fair value hedge, the fair values of the interest rate swap agreements and changes in the fair values of the hedged items 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 values of interest rate swap agreements and the hedged items represents hedge ineffectiveness and is recorded in the same income statement line item that is used to present the earnings effect of the hedged item in the consolidated statement of income. In a cash flow hedge, the derivative’s unrealized gain or loss is initially recorded as a component of other comprehensive income and subsequently reclassified into earnings when the forecasted transaction affects earnings.

The Company utilizes commitments to sell real estate loans to hedge the exposure to changes in the fair value of real estate loans held for sale. Commitments to originate real estate loans to be held for sale and commitments to sell real estate loans are generally recorded in the consolidated balance sheet at estimated fair value. Valuation adjustments made on these commitments are included in “mortgage banking revenues.”

Derivative instruments not related to mortgage banking activities, including financial futures commitments and interest rate swap agreements, that do not satisfy the hedge accounting requirements are recorded at fair value and are generally classified as trading account assets or liabilities with resultant changes in fair value being recognized in “trading account and foreign exchange gains” in the consolidated statement of income.

Revenue from contracts with customers

A significant amount of the Company’s revenues are derived from net interest income on financial assets and liabilities, mortgage banking revenues, trading account and foreign exchange gains, investment securities gains, loan and letter of credit fees, income from bank-owned life insurance, and certain other revenues that are generally excluded from the scope of accounting guidance for revenue from contracts with customers. For other noninterest income revenue streams, the Company generally recognizes the expected amount of consideration as revenue when the performance obligations related to the services under the terms of a contract are satisfied. The Company’s contracts generally do not contain terms that necessitate significant judgment to determine the amount of revenue to recognize.

Stock-based compensation

Compensation expense is recognized over the vesting period of stock-based awards based on estimated grant date value, except that the recognition of compensation costs is accelerated for stock-based awards granted to retirement-eligible employees and employees who will become retirement-eligible prior to full vesting of the award because the Company’s incentive compensation plan allows for vesting at the time an employee retires.

Income taxes

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax effects attributable to differences between the financial statement value of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates and laws.

The Company evaluates uncertain tax positions using the two-step process required by GAAP. The first step requires a determination of whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. Under the second step, a tax position that meets the more-

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likely-than-not recognition threshold is measured at the largest amount of benefit that is greater than fifty percent likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement.

The Company accounts for its investments in qualified affordable housing projects using the proportional amortization method. Under that method, the Company amortizes the initial cost of the investment in proportion to the tax credits and other tax benefits received and recognizes the net investment performance in the income statement as a component of income tax expense.

Earnings per common share

Basic earnings per common share exclude dilution and are computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (exclusive of shares represented by the unvested portion of restricted stock and restricted stock unit grants) and common shares issuable under deferred compensation arrangements during the period. Diluted earnings per common share reflect shares represented by the unvested portion of restricted stock and restricted stock unit grants and the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in earnings. Proceeds assumed to have been received on such exercise or conversion are assumed to be used to purchase shares of M&T common stock at the average market price during the period, as required by the “treasury stock method” of accounting.

GAAP requires that unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) shall be considered participating securities and shall be included in the computation of earnings per common share pursuant to the two-class method. The Company has issued stock-based compensation awards in the form of restricted stock and restricted stock units that contain such rights and, accordingly, the Company’s earnings per common share are calculated using the two-class method.

Treasury stock

Repurchases of shares of M&T common stock are recorded at cost as a reduction of shareholders’ equity. Reissuances of shares of treasury stock are recorded at average cost.

2. Acquisition

On February 22, 2021, M&T announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with People’s United Financial, Inc. ("People’s United"), headquartered in Bridgeport, Connecticut, under which People’s United will be acquired by M&T in an all-stock transaction. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, People’s United shareholders will receive consideration valued at .118 of an M&T share in the form of M&T common stock. People’s United outstanding preferred stock will be converted into a new series of M&T preferred stock upon completion of the acquisition. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.8 billion (with the price based on M&T’s closing price of $153.58 per share as of December 31, 2021).

The merger has been approved by the boards of directors and shareholders of each company. The merger is expected to close promptly after the parties have satisfied customary closing conditions, including the approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. As of December 31, 2021, People’s United disclosed that it had total assets of $64.6 billion, including $37.9 billion of loans, $56.7 billion of liabilities, including $53.8 billion of deposits, and $7.9 billion of stockholders’ equity.

In connection with the acquisition, the Company incurred merger-related expenses consisting of professional services, including legal expenses and technology-related activities to prepare for planned integration efforts, and printing costs associated with communications with shareholders that totaled approximately $44 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.

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3. Investment securities

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of investment securities were as follows:

	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Estimated Fair Value
	(In thousands)
December 31, 2021
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies	$	682,267	$	229	$	3,806	$	678,690
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed		3,042,771		113,102		561		3,155,312
Other debt securities		124,309		1,974		4,481		121,802
		3,849,347		115,305		8,848		3,955,804
Investment securities held to maturity:
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies		3,052		—		9		3,043
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		177		2		—		179
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed		2,667,328		49,221		8,376		2,708,173
Privately issued		61,555		10,520		14,742		57,333
Other debt securities		2,562		—		—		2,562
		2,734,674		59,743		23,127		2,771,290
Total debt securities	$	6,584,021	$	175,048	$	31,975	$	6,727,094
Equity and other securities:
Readily marketable equity — at fair value	$	73,774	$	4,460	$	594	$	77,640
Other — at cost		387,742		—		—		387,742
Total equity and other securities	$	461,516	$	4,460	$	594	$	465,382

December 31, 2020
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies	$	9,154	$	198	$	14	$	9,338
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed		4,475,406		208,787		755		4,683,438
Privately issued		16		—		—		16
Other debt securities		136,451		1,664		8,301		129,814
		4,621,027		210,649		9,070		4,822,606
Investment securities held to maturity:
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies		2,999		—		—		2,999
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		1,531		9		—		1,540
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed		1,664,443		100,176		11		1,764,608
Privately issued		77,155		11,056		17,938		70,273
Other debt securities		2,861		—		—		2,861
		1,748,989		111,241		17,949		1,842,281
Total debt securities	$	6,370,016	$	321,890	$	27,019	$	6,664,887
Equity and other securities:
Readily marketable equity — at fair value	$	67,891	$	25,094	$	—	$	92,985
Other — at cost		381,117		—		—		381,117
Total equity and other securities	$	449,008	$	25,094	$	—	$	474,102

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No investment in securities of a single non-U.S. Government, government agency or government guaranteed issuer exceeded ten percent of shareholders’ equity at December 31, 2021.

As of December 31, 2021, the latest available investment ratings of all obligations of states and political subdivisions, privately issued mortgage-backed securities and other debt securities were:

					Average Credit Rating of Fair Value Amount
	Amortized Cost		Estimated Fair Value		A or Better		BBB		BB		B or Less		Not Rated
	(In thousands)

Obligations of states and political subdivisions	$	177	$	179	$	179	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Privately issued mortgage-backed securities		61,555		57,333		—		—		—		485		56,848
Other debt securities		126,871		124,364		6,526		51,349		32,593		—		33,896
Total	$	188,603	$	181,876	$	6,705	$	51,349	$	32,593	$	485	$	90,744

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of collateralized mortgage obligations included in mortgage-backed securities were as follows:

	December 31
	2021		2020
	(In thousands)
Collateralized mortgage obligations:
Amortized cost	$	61,980	$	77,964
Estimated fair value		57,763		71,099

There were no significant gross realized gains or losses from sales of investment securities in 2021, 2020 or 2019.

At December 31, 2021, the amortized cost and estimated fair value of debt securities by contractual maturity were as follows:

	Amortized Cost		Estimated Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Debt securities available for sale:
Due in one year or less	$	6,912	$	6,943
Due after one year through five years		683,983		680,827
Due after five years through ten years		85,681		86,205
Due after ten years		30,000		26,517
		806,576		800,492
Mortgage-backed securities available for sale		3,042,771		3,155,312
	$	3,849,347	$	3,955,804
Debt securities held to maturity:
Due in one year or less	$	3,229	$	3,222
Due after ten years		2,562		2,562
		5,791		5,784
Mortgage-backed securities held to maturity		2,728,883		2,765,506
	$	2,734,674	$	2,771,290

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A summary of investment securities that as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for less than twelve months and those that had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for twelve months or longer follows:

	Less Than 12 Months				12 Months or More
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
	(In thousands)
December 31, 2021
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies	$	598,566	$	3,806	$	—	$	—
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed		10,111		54		20,824		507
Other debt securities		3,760		74		66,419		4,407
		612,437		3,934		87,243		4,914
Investment securities held to maturity:
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies		3,043		9		—		—
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed		1,372,236		8,356		1,251		20
Privately issued		—		—		43,692		14,742
		1,375,279		8,365		44,943		14,762
Total	$	1,987,716	$	12,299	$	132,186	$	19,676

December 31, 2020
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies	$	985	$	14	$	—	$	—
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed		18,687		356		16,556		399
Other debt securities		16,055		181		63,462		8,120
		35,727		551		80,018		8,519
Investment securities held to maturity:
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed		2,039		11		—		—
Privately issued		—		—		52,418		17,938
		2,039		11		52,418		17,938
Total	$	37,766	$	562	$	132,436	$	26,457

The Company owned 371 individual debt securities with aggregate gross unrealized losses of $32 million at December 31, 2021. Based on a review of each of the securities in the investment securities portfolio at December 31, 2021, the Company concluded that it expected to recover the amortized cost basis of its investment. As of December 31, 2021, the Company does not intend to sell nor is it anticipated that it would be required to sell any of its impaired investment securities at a loss. At December 31, 2021, the Company has not identified events or changes in circumstances which may have a significant adverse effect on the fair value of the $388 million of cost method investment securities.

The Company estimated no material allowance for credit losses for its investment securities classified as held-to-maturity at December 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020, as the substantial majority of such investment securities are obligations backed by the U.S government or its agencies.

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At December 31, 2021, investment securities with a carrying value of $5.1 billion, including $2.4 billion of investment securities available for sale, were pledged to secure borrowings from various FHLBs, repurchase agreements, governmental deposits, interest rate swap agreements and available lines of credit as described in note 9.

Investment securities pledged by the Company to secure obligations whereby the secured party is permitted by contract or custom to sell or repledge such collateral totaled $96 million at December 31, 2021. The pledged securities included securities of the U.S. Treasury and federal agencies and mortgage-backed securities.

4. Loans and leases

Total loans and leases outstanding were comprised of the following:

	December 31
	2021			2020
	(In thousands)
Loans
Commercial, financial, etc.	$	22,524,542		$	26,554,486
Commercial real estate		35,473,884			37,728,844
Residential real estate		16,077,275			16,786,673
Consumer		17,964,331			16,558,889
Total loans		92,040,032			97,628,892
Leases
Commercial		1,096,646			1,246,896
Total loans and leases		93,136,678			98,875,788
Less: unearned discount		(224,226	)		(339,921	)
Total loans and leases, net of unearned discount	$	92,912,452		$	98,535,867

One-to-four family residential mortgage loans held for sale were $474 million at December 31, 2021 and $777 million at December 31, 2020. Commercial real estate loans held for sale were $425 million at December 31, 2021 and $278 million at December 31, 2020.

The amount of foreclosed residential real estate property held by the Company was $24 million and $28 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. There were $151 million and $214 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, in loans secured by residential real estate that were in the process of foreclosure. Of all loans in the process of foreclosure at December 31, 2021, approximately 44% were government guaranteed.

Borrowings by directors and certain officers of M&T and its banking subsidiaries, and by associates of such persons, exclusive of loans aggregating less than $60,000, amounted to $113 million and $72 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. During 2021, new borrowings by such persons amounted to $42 million (including any borrowings of new directors or officers that were outstanding at the time of their election) and repayments and other reductions (including reductions resulting from individuals ceasing to be directors or officers) were $1 million.

At December 31, 2021, approximately $9.5 billion of commercial loans and leases, $11.9 billion of commercial real estate loans, $11.5 billion of one-to-four family residential real estate loans, $1.9 billion of home equity loans and lines of credit and $10.2 billion of other consumer loans were pledged to secure outstanding borrowings and available lines of credit from the FHLB and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as described in note 9.

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A summary of current, past due and nonaccrual loans as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 follows:

	Current		30-89 Days Past Due		Accruing Loans Past Due 90 Days or More		Nonaccrual		Total
	(In thousands)
December 31, 2021
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.	$	23,101,810	$	142,208	$	8,284	$	221,022	$	23,473,324
Real estate:
Commercial		24,712,643		319,099		31,733		1,069,280		26,132,755
Residential builder and developer		1,400,437		2,904		—		3,005		1,406,346
Other commercial construction		7,722,049		17,175		—		111,405		7,850,629
Residential		13,294,872		239,561		920,080		355,858		14,810,371
Residential — limited documentation		1,124,520		16,666		—		122,888		1,264,074
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans		3,476,617		15,486		—		70,488		3,562,591
Recreational finance		7,985,173		40,544		—		27,811		8,053,528
Automobile		4,604,772		40,064		—		34,037		4,678,873
Other		1,620,147		12,223		3,302		44,289		1,679,961
Total	$	89,043,040	$	845,930	$	963,399	$	2,060,083	$	92,912,452

December 31, 2020
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.	$	27,196,862	$	60,822	$	10,053	$	306,827	$	27,574,564
Real estate:
Commercial		26,688,515		168,917		47,014		775,894		27,680,340
Residential builder and developer		1,246,095		1,693		856		1,094		1,249,738
Other commercial construction		8,523,591		66,365		3,816		114,039		8,707,811
Residential		13,764,836		200,406		792,888		365,729		15,123,859
Residential — limited documentation		1,462,277		19,687		—		147,170		1,629,134
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans		3,881,885		24,329		—		79,392		3,985,606
Recreational finance		7,002,643		47,161		—		25,519		7,075,323
Automobile		4,007,349		55,498		—		39,404		4,102,251
Other		1,346,868		17,561		4,581		38,231		1,407,241
Total	$	95,120,921	$	662,439	$	859,208	$	1,893,299	$	98,535,867

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A summary of outstanding loan balances for which COVID-19 related payment deferrals were in effect as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is presented in the following table. These loans meet the criteria described in note 1 and, as such, are not considered past due or otherwise in default of loan terms as of the dates presented. Substantially all of those deferrals are scheduled to expire during 2022 and/or are in the process of formal modification of repayment terms for previously deferred payments.

	COVID-19 Related Payment Deferrals (1)
	December 31
	2021		2020
	(In thousands)

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.	$	—	$	95,823
Real estate:
Commercial		—		728,511
Residential builder and developer		—		653
Other commercial construction		—		61,235
Residential (2)		1,126,734		2,447,422
Residential — limited documentation		63,078		337,108
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans		3,419		18,440
Recreational finance		3,286		24,428
Automobile		7,365		51,550
Other		139		2,353
Total	$	1,204,021	$	3,767,523

(1)	Represents accruing loans for which a COVID-19 related payment deferral (including maturity extensions) was in effect.

(2)	Includes $974 million and $1.7 billion of government-guaranteed loans at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

During the normal course of business, the Company modifies loans to maximize recovery efforts. If the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and a concession is granted, the Company considers such modifications as troubled debt restructurings and classifies those loans as either nonaccrual loans or renegotiated loans. The types of concessions that the Company grants typically include principal deferrals and interest rate concessions, but may also include other types of concessions.

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The tables that follow summarize the Company’s loan modification activities that were considered troubled debt restructurings for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

					Post-modification (a)
Year Ended December 31, 2021	Number		Pre- modification Recorded Investment		Principal Deferral		Interest Rate Reduction		Other		Combination of Concession Types		Total
	(Dollars in thousands)

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.		284	$	185,458	$	46,806	$	—	$	40,558	$	95,516	$	182,880
Real estate:
Commercial		99		202,878		67,387		—		31,202		102,248		200,837
Residential builder and developer		1		3		3		—		—		—		3
Other commercial construction		3		542		532		—		—		—		532
Residential		373		108,325		95,769		—		—		12,866		108,635
Residential — limited documentation		21		2,920		2,865		—		—		—		2,865
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans		89		6,430		6,054		—		—		321		6,375
Recreational finance		281		9,931		9,931		—		—		—		9,931
Automobile		807		14,668		14,654		—		—		14		14,668
Other		362		2,597		2,597		—		—		—		2,597
Total		2,320	$	533,752	$	246,598	$	—	$	71,760	$	210,965	$	529,323

Year Ended December 31, 2020

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.		394	$	246,479	$	70,671	$	298	$	31,605	$	97,344	$	199,918
Real estate:
Commercial		161		310,578		204,591		505		4,874		85,261		295,231
Residential builder and developer		1		91		—		—		—		90		90
Other commercial construction		2		13,602		13,573		—		—		—		13,573
Residential		631		202,985		183,878		—		—		23,639		207,517
Residential — limited documentation		30		7,413		7,100		—		—		1,232		8,332
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans		259		17,228		5,882		—		—		11,372		17,254
Recreational finance		428		16,392		16,388		—		—		4		16,392
Automobile		2,249		39,951		39,949		—		—		2		39,951
Other		1,095		7,788		3,383		—		—		4,405		7,788
Total		5,250	$	862,507	$	545,415	$	803	$	36,479	$	223,349	$	806,046

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					Post-modification (a)
Year Ended December 31, 2019	Number		Pre- modification Recorded Investment		Principal Deferral		Interest Rate Reduction		Other		Combination of Concession Types		Total
	(Dollars in thousands)

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.		150	$	63,715	$	10,485	$	—	$	—	$	52,871	$	63,356
Real estate:
Commercial		51		48,315		5,193		—		—		26,152		31,345
Residential builder and developer		2		1,330		1,068		—		—		—		1,068
Other commercial construction		3		1,559		—		—		—		1,500		1,500
Residential		83		21,695		10,819		—		—		11,907		22,726
Residential — limited documentation		6		1,409		399		—		—		1,044		1,443
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans		41		4,127		176		—		—		4,004		4,180
Recreational finance		10		265		265		—		—		—		265
Automobile		66		1,141		1,076		—		—		65		1,141
Total		412	$	143,556	$	29,481	$	—	$	—	$	97,543	$	127,024

(a)	Financial effects impacting the recorded investment included principal payments or advances, charge-offs and capitalized escrow arrearages. The present value of interest rate concessions, discounted at the effective rate of the original loan, was not material.

Loans that were modified as troubled debt restructurings during the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 and for which there was a subsequent payment default during the respective year were not material.

A summary of changes in the accretable yield for loans acquired at a discount for the year ended December 31, 2019 follows:

	2019
	Purchased Impaired			Other Acquired
	(In thousands)

Balance at beginning of period	$	147,210		$	96,907
Interest income		(49,017	)		(36,452	)
Reclassifications from nonaccretable balance		36,718			15,534
Other (a)		—			(3,909	)
Balance at end of period	$	134,911		$	72,080

(a)	Other changes in expected cash flows including changes in interest rates and prepayment assumptions.

The Company’s loan and lease portfolio includes commercial lease financing receivables consisting of direct financing and leveraged leases for machinery and equipment, railroad equipment, commercial trucks and trailers, and aircraft. Certain leases contain payment schedules that are tied to variable interest rate indices. In general, early termination options are provided if the lessee is not in default, returns the leased equipment and pays an early termination fee. Additionally, options to

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purchase the underlying asset by the lessee are generally at the fair market value of the equipment. A summary of lease financing receivables follows:

	December 31,
	2021			2020
	(In thousands)
Commercial leases:
Direct financings:
Lease payments receivable	$	873,089		$	1,017,222
Estimated residual value of leased assets		75,140			79,621
Unearned income		(68,456	)		(83,673	)
Investment in direct financings		879,773			1,013,170
Leveraged leases:
Lease payments receivable		75,003			76,453
Estimated residual value of leased assets		73,414			73,600
Unearned income		(25,374	)		(28,388	)
Investment in leveraged leases		123,043			121,665
Total investment in leases	$	1,002,816		$	1,134,835
Deferred taxes payable arising from leveraged leases	$	56,759		$	61,905

Included within the estimated residual value of leased assets at December 31, 2021 and 2020 were $29 million and $34 million, respectively, in residual value associated with direct financing leases that are guaranteed by the lessees or others.

At December 31, 2021, the minimum future lease payments to be received from lease financings were as follows:

	(In thousands)
Year ending December 31:
2022	$	282,388
2023		247,084
2024		171,176
2025		107,998
2026		67,528
Later years		71,918
	$	948,092

5. Allowance for credit losses

Effective January 1, 2020 the Company adopted amended accounting guidance which requires an allowance for credit losses be deducted from the amortized cost basis of financial assets to present the net carrying value at the amount that is expected to be collected over the contractual term of the asset considering relevant information about past events, current conditions, and reasonable and

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supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount. The new guidance replaced the previous incurred loss model for determining the allowance for credit losses.

Changes in the allowance for credit losses for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

	Commercial, Financial,			Real Estate
	Leasing, etc.			Commercial			Residential			Consumer			Unallocated			Total
	(In thousands)
2021
Beginning balance	$	405,846		$	670,719		$	103,590		$	556,232		$	—		$	1,736,387
Provision for credit losses		(40,378	)		(42,825	)		(29,817	)		38,020			—			(75,000	)
Net charge-offs
Charge-offs		(122,651	)		(101,306	)		(10,904	)		(103,293	)		—			(338,154	)
Recoveries		41,082			30,651			8,857			65,403			—			145,993
Net charge-offs		(81,569	)		(70,655	)		(2,047	)		(37,890	)		—			(192,161	)
Ending balance	$	283,899		$	557,239		$	71,726		$	556,362		$	—		$	1,469,226

2020
Beginning balance	$	366,094		$	322,201		$	56,033		$	229,118		$	77,625		$	1,051,071
Adoption of new accounting standard		(61,474	)		23,656			53,896			194,004			(77,625	)		132,457
Provision for credit losses		220,544			356,203			(3,172	)		226,425			—			800,000
Net charge-offs
Charge-offs		(135,083	)		(35,891	)		(10,283	)		(152,250	)		—			(333,507	)
Recoveries		15,765			4,550			7,116			58,935			—			86,366
Net charge-offs		(119,318	)		(31,341	)		(3,167	)		(93,315	)		—			(247,141	)
Ending balance	$	405,846		$	670,719		$	103,590		$	556,232		$	—		$	1,736,387

2019
Beginning balance	$	330,055		$	341,655		$	69,125		$	200,564		$	78,045		$	1,019,444
Provision for credit losses		69,702			(10,726	)		(8,585	)		126,029			(420	)		176,000
Net charge-offs
Charge-offs		(58,244	)		(12,664	)		(12,711	)		(154,089	)		—			(237,708	)
Recoveries		24,581			3,936			8,204			56,614			—			93,335
Net charge-offs		(33,663	)		(8,728	)		(4,507	)		(97,475	)		—			(144,373	)
Ending balance	$	366,094		$	322,201		$	56,033		$	229,118		$	77,625		$	1,051,071

Despite the allocation in the preceding tables, the allowance for credit losses is general in nature and is available to absorb losses from any loan or lease type. Changes in the amount of the allowance for credit losses reflect the outcome of the procedures described herein.

For purposes of determining the level of the allowance for credit losses, the Company evaluates its loan and lease portfolio by type. Accruing loans with similar risk characteristics are generally evaluated collectively. In establishing the allowance for credit losses subsequent to December 31, 2019, the Company utilizes statistically developed models to project principal balances over the remaining contractual lives of the loan portfolios and to determine estimated credit losses through a reasonable and supportable forecast period. Individual loan credit quality indicators, including loan grade and borrower repayment performance, can inform the models, which have been statistically developed based on historical correlations of credit losses with prevailing economic metrics, including unemployment, gross domestic product and real estate prices. Model forecasts may be adjusted for inherent limitations or biases that have been identified through independent validation and back-testing of model performance to actual realized results. At both December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company utilized a reasonable and supportable forecast period of two years. Subsequent to

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this forecast period the Company reverted, ratably over a one-year period, to historical loss experience to inform its estimate of losses for the remaining contractual life of each portfolio. The Company also considered the impact of portfolio concentrations, changes in underwriting practices, product expansions into new markets, imprecision in its economic forecasts, geopolitical conditions and other risk factors that might influence its loss estimation process. Prior to 2020, the allowance for credit losses was estimated for incurred credit losses inherent in the loan and lease portfolio as of the balance sheet date, but did not consider reasonable and supportable forecasts that could have affected the collectability of the reported amounts.

The Company also estimates losses attributable to specific troubled credits. The amounts of specific loss components in the Company’s loan and lease portfolios are determined through a loan-by-loan analysis of larger balance commercial loans and commercial real estate loans that are in nonaccrual status. Such loss estimates are typically based on expected future cash flows, collateral values and other factors that may impact the borrower’s ability to pay. To the extent that those loans are collateral-dependent, they are evaluated based on the fair value of the loan’s collateral as estimated at or near the financial statement date. As the quality of a loan deteriorates to the point of classifying the loan as “criticized,” the process of obtaining updated collateral valuation information is usually initiated, unless it is not considered warranted given factors such as the relative size of the loan, the characteristics of the collateral or the age of the last valuation. In those cases where current appraisals may not yet be available, prior appraisals are utilized with adjustments, as deemed necessary, for estimates of subsequent declines in values as determined by line of business and/or loan workout personnel. Those adjustments are reviewed and assessed for reasonableness by the Company’s credit department. Accordingly, for real estate collateral securing larger nonaccrual commercial loans and commercial real estate loans, estimated collateral values are based on current appraisals and estimates of value. For non-real estate loans, collateral is assigned a discounted estimated liquidation value and, depending on the nature of the collateral, is verified through field exams or other procedures. In assessing collateral, real estate and non-real estate values are reduced by an estimate of selling costs.

For residential real estate loans, including home equity loans and lines of credit, the excess of the loan balance over the net realizable value of the property collateralizing the loan is charged-off when the loan becomes 150 days delinquent. That charge-off is based on recent indications of value from external parties that are generally obtained shortly after a loan becomes nonaccrual. Loans to consumers that file for bankruptcy are generally charged-off to estimated net collateral value shortly after the Company is notified of such filings. When evaluating individual home equity loans and lines of credit for charge off and for purposes of estimating losses in determining the allowance for credit losses, the Company gives consideration to the required repayment of any first lien positions related to collateral property. Modified loans, including smaller balance homogenous loans, that are considered to be troubled debt restructurings are evaluated for impairment giving consideration to the impact of the modified loan terms on the present value of the loan’s expected cash flows.

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Information with respect to loans and leases that were considered nonaccrual at the beginning and end of the reporting period and the interest income recognized on such loans for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 follows.

	December 31, 2021						January 1, 2021		Year Ended December 31, 2021
	Amortized Cost with Allowance		Amortized Cost without Allowance		Total		Amortized Cost		Interest Income Recognized
	(In thousands)

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.	$	110,790	$	110,232	$	221,022	$	306,827	$	11,865
Real estate:
Commercial		242,078		827,202		1,069,280		775,894		15,872
Residential builder and developer		613		2,392		3,005		1,094		973
Other commercial construction		30,229		81,176		111,405		114,039		596
Residential		198,560		157,298		355,858		365,729		23,772
Residential — limited documentation		79,777		43,111		122,888		147,170		528
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans		32,269		38,219		70,488		79,392		3,780
Recreational finance		21,476		6,335		27,811		25,519		637
Automobile		29,314		4,723		34,037		39,404		186
Other		44,122		167		44,289		38,231		531
Total	$	789,228	$	1,270,855	$	2,060,083	$	1,893,299	$	58,740

	December 31, 2020						January 1, 2020		Year Ended December 31, 2020
	Amortized Cost with Allowance		Amortized Cost without Allowance		Total		Amortized Cost		Interest Income Recognized
	(In thousands)

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.	$	226,897	$	79,930	$	306,827	$	346,743	$	11,269
Real estate:
Commercial		364,110		411,784		775,894		173,796		7,821
Residential builder and developer		1,094		—		1,094		4,708		1,694
Other commercial construction		20,992		93,047		114,039		35,881		8,457
Residential		159,006		206,723		365,729		322,504		18,069
Residential — limited documentation		84,568		62,602		147,170		114,667		634
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans		61,031		18,361		79,392		65,039		4,092
Recreational finance		19,434		6,085		25,519		14,308		626
Automobile		34,044		5,360		39,404		21,293		186
Other		3,606		34,625		38,231		35,394		1,369
Total	$	974,782	$	918,517	$	1,893,299	$	1,134,333	$	54,217

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	December 31, 2019						January 1, 2019		Year Ended December 31, 2019
	Amortized Cost with Allowance		Amortized Cost without Allowance		Total		Amortized Cost		Interest Income Recognized
	(In thousands)

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.	$	206,644	$	139,913	$	346,557	$	234,423	$	8,960
Real estate:
Commercial		40,847		117,627		158,474		203,672		5,850
Residential builder and developer		604		3,378		3,982		4,798		357
Other commercial construction		12,425		20,345		32,770		22,205		634
Residential		59,982		175,681		235,663		233,352		12,630
Residential — limited documentation		26,710		56,717		83,427		84,685		1,092
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans		24,812		38,403		63,215		71,292		5,987
Recreational finance		9,054		5,165		14,219		11,199		575
Automobile		14,805		6,488		21,293		23,359		214
Other		3,391		121		3,512		4,623		508
Total	$	399,274	$	563,838	$	963,112	$	893,608	$	36,807

The Company utilizes a loan grading system to differentiate risk amongst its commercial loans and commercial real estate loans. Loans with a lower expectation of default are assigned one of ten possible “pass” loan grades and are generally ascribed lower loss factors when determining the allowance for credit losses. Loans with an elevated level of credit risk are classified as “criticized” and are ascribed a higher loss factor when determining the allowance for credit losses. Criticized loans may be classified as “nonaccrual” if the Company no longer expects to collect all amounts according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement or the loan is delinquent 90 days or more.

Loan officers in different geographic locations with the support of the Company’s credit department personnel review and reassign loan grades based on their detailed knowledge of individual borrowers and their judgment of the impact on such borrowers resulting from changing conditions in their respective regions. Factors considered in assigning loan grades include borrower-specific information related to expected future cash flows and operating results, collateral values, geographic location, financial condition and performance, payment status, and other information. The Company’s policy is that, at least annually, updated financial information be obtained from commercial borrowers associated with pass grade loans and additional analysis is performed. On a quarterly basis, the Company’s centralized credit department reviews all criticized commercial loans and commercial real estate loans greater than $1 million to determine the appropriateness of the assigned loan grade, including whether the loan should be reported as accruing or nonaccruing.

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The following table summarizes the loan grades applied at December 31, 2021 to the various classes of the Company’s commercial loans and commercial real estate loans by origination year.

	Term Loans by Origination Year												Revolving		Revolving Loans Converted to Term
	2021		2020		2019		2018		2017		Prior		Loans		Loans		Total
	(In thousands)
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.:
Loan grades:
Pass	$	4,798,052		1,916,072		1,476,786		951,881		500,615		1,398,775		10,993,461		18,699	$	22,054,341
Criticized accrual		196,680		98,595		107,010		73,126		36,232		185,935		484,755		15,628		1,197,961
Criticized nonaccrual		19,462		23,229		17,114		39,908		20,927		33,698		60,175		6,509		221,022
Total commercial, financial, leasing, etc.	$	5,014,194		2,037,896		1,600,910		1,064,915		557,774		1,618,408		11,538,391		40,836	$	23,473,324

Real estate:
Commercial:
Loan grades:
Pass	$	3,413,587		2,662,999		3,682,178		2,648,388		2,076,155		5,232,790		728,948		—	$	20,445,045
Criticized accrual		133,133		480,146		685,701		1,068,552		468,530		1,743,798		38,570		—		4,618,430
Criticized nonaccrual		21,587		133,560		195,084		83,857		76,628		520,473		38,091		—		1,069,280
Total commercial real estate	$	3,568,307		3,276,705		4,562,963		3,800,797		2,621,313		7,497,061		805,609		—	$	26,132,755

Residential builder and developer:
Loan grades:
Pass	$	786,983		106,510		75,287		47,587		4,680		12,450		230,017		—	$	1,263,514
Criticized accrual		2,055		5,356		117,258		13,637		630		-		891		—		139,827
Criticized nonaccrual		—		—		2,910		—		—		95		—		—		3,005
Total residential builder and developer	$	789,038		111,866		195,455		61,224		5,310		12,545		230,908		—	$	1,406,346

Other commercial construction:
Loan grades:
Pass	$	957,947		1,781,603		2,022,276		832,547		152,669		273,556		38,781		—	$	6,059,379
Criticized accrual		24,103		54,191		675,226		583,428		228,739		114,158		—		—		1,679,845
Criticized nonaccrual		—		—		71,613		3,303		12,263		19,970		4,256		—		111,405
Total other commercial construction	$	982,050		1,835,794		2,769,115		1,419,278		393,671		407,684		43,037		—	$	7,850,629

Increases to criticized loans during 2021 were predominantly attributable to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related re-grading of loans.

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The Company considers repayment performance a significant indicator of credit quality for its residential real estate loan and consumer loan portfolios. A summary of loans in accrual and nonaccrual status at December 31, 2021 for the various classes of the Company’s residential real estate loans and consumer loans by origination year is as follows.

	Term Loans by Origination Year												Revolving		Revolving Loans Converted to Term
	2021		2020		2019		2018		2017		Prior		Loans		Loans		Total
	(In thousands)
Residential:
Current	$	3,057,118		1,672,090		1,075,896		466,040		1,037,958		5,913,461		72,309		—	$	13,294,872
30-89 days past due		15,245		12,535		9,886		6,132		33,097		162,666		—		—		239,561
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more		10,924		100,581		28,512		31,996		205,318		542,749		—		—		920,080
Nonaccrual		3,359		19,858		7,119		4,577		5,890		314,792		263		—		355,858
Total residential	$	3,086,646		1,805,064		1,121,413		508,745		1,282,263		6,933,668		72,572		—	$	14,810,371

Residential - limited documentation:
Current	$	—		—		—		—		—		1,124,520		—		—	$	1,124,520
30-89 days past due		—		—		—		—		—		16,666		—		—		16,666
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Nonaccrual		—		—		—		—		—		122,888		—		—		122,888
Total residential - limited documentation	$	—		—		—		—		—		1,264,074		—		—	$	1,264,074

Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans:
Current	$	304		777		2,793		1,730		1,944		38,015		2,348,279		1,082,775	$	3,476,617
30-89 days past due		—		—		—		21		—		698		346		14,421		15,486
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Nonaccrual		—		—		—		—		—		5,750		4,951		59,787		70,488
Total home equity lines and loans	$	304		777		2,793		1,751		1,944		44,463		2,353,576		1,156,983	$	3,562,591

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	Term Loans by Origination Year												Revolving		Revolving Loans Converted to Term
	2021		2020		2019		2018		2017		Prior		Loans		Loans		Total
	(In thousands)
Recreational finance:
Current	$	2,890,111		2,088,342		1,267,929		646,883		445,868		646,040		—		—	$	7,985,173
30-89 days past due		5,929		8,912		8,317		5,074		5,189		7,123		—		—		40,544
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Nonaccrual		1,341		4,646		4,871		4,918		4,039		7,996		—		—		27,811
Total recreational finance	$	2,897,381		2,101,900		1,281,117		656,875		455,096		661,159		—		—	$	8,053,528

Automobile:
Current	$	2,220,061		1,097,684		662,000		341,655		211,774		71,598		—		—	$	4,604,772
30-89 days past due		8,508		6,615		8,936		7,161		5,715		3,129		—		—		40,064
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Nonaccrual		1,588		4,390		7,847		7,867		6,882		5,463		—		—		34,037
Total automobile	$	2,230,157		1,108,689		678,783		356,683		224,371		80,190		—		—	$	4,678,873

Other:
Current	$	244,346		96,945		73,586		24,424		16,924		14,321		1,148,096		1,505	$	1,620,147
30-89 days past due		2,937		404		472		255		101		5,712		1,908		434		12,223
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more		—		—		—		—		—		3,302		—		—		3,302
Nonaccrual		2,051		326		326		193		104		353		40,807		129		44,289
Total other	$	249,334		97,675		74,384		24,872		17,129		23,688		1,190,811		2,068	$	1,679,961

Total loans and leases at December 31, 2021	$	18,817,411		12,376,366		12,286,933		7,895,140		5,558,871		18,542,940		16,234,904		1,199,887	$	92,912,452

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The following tables summarizes the loan grades applied at December 31, 2020 to the various classes of the Company’s commercial loans and commercial real estate loans by origination year.

	Term Loans by Origination Year												Revolving		Revolving Loans Converted to Term
	2020		2019		2018		2017		2016		Prior		Loans		Loans		Total
	(In thousands)
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.:
Loan grades:
Pass	$	7,732,728		2,277,233		1,505,486		930,834		719,796		1,387,695		11,352,416		21,286	$	25,927,474
Criticized accrual		388,326		84,358		113,940		41,587		39,930		73,401		584,751		13,970		1,340,263
Criticized nonaccrual		7,720		27,309		56,227		16,808		19,681		45,471		125,893		7,718		306,827
Total commercial, financial, leasing, etc.	$	8,128,774		2,388,900		1,675,653		989,229		779,407		1,506,567		12,063,060		42,974	$	27,574,564

Real estate:
Commercial:
Loan grades:
Pass	$	3,353,450		4,681,834		3,299,095		2,628,061		2,746,165		5,698,834		875,348		—	$	23,282,787
Criticized accrual		526,037		400,154		579,507		290,885		568,144		1,212,672		44,260		—		3,621,659
Criticized nonaccrual		26,876		121,899		47,144		99,293		197,319		248,949		34,414		—		775,894
Total commercial real estate	$	3,906,363		5,203,887		3,925,746		3,018,239		3,511,628		7,160,455		954,022		—	$	27,680,340

Residential builder and developer:
Loan grades:
Pass	$	506,295		223,880		109,453		15,048		10,976		11,320		236,943		—	$	1,113,915
Criticized accrual		3,690		106,847		14,836		3,421		—		1,885		4,050		—		134,729
Criticized nonaccrual		—		518		—		—		—		576		—		—		1,094
Total residential builder and developer	$	509,985		331,245		124,289		18,469		10,976		13,781		240,993		—	$	1,249,738

Other commercial construction:
Loan grades:
Pass	$	1,050,258		2,998,921		2,048,063		945,339		233,127		294,030		74,611		—	$	7,644,349
Criticized accrual		37,192		148,492		381,091		225,949		144,665		12,034		—		—		949,423
Criticized nonaccrual		335		65,592		13,522		4,213		12,097		12,873		5,407		—		114,039
Total other commercial construction	$	1,087,785		3,213,005		2,442,676		1,175,501		389,889		318,937		80,018		—	$	8,707,811

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A summary of loans in accrual and nonaccrual status at December 31, 2020 for the various classes of the Company’s residential real estate loans and consumer loans by origination year follows.

	Term Loans by Origination Year												Revolving		Revolving Loans Converted to Term
	2020		2019		2018		2017		2016		Prior		Loans		Loans		Total
	(In thousands)
Residential:
Current	$	2,722,862		1,416,259		618,736		1,318,094		718,235		6,898,756		71,894		—	$	13,764,836
30-89 days past due		13,496		7,781		7,258		13,477		7,947		150,447		—		—		200,406
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more		579		15,234		38,145		212,818		45,804		480,308		—		—		792,888
Nonaccrual		3,133		14,439		5,183		6,408		2,900		333,466		200		—		365,729
Total residential	$	2,740,070		1,453,713		669,322		1,550,797		774,886		7,862,977		72,094		—	$	15,123,859

Residential - limited documentation:
Current	$	—		—		—		—		—		1,462,277		—		—	$	1,462,277
30-89 days past due		—		—		—		—		—		19,687		—		—		19,687
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Nonaccrual		—		—		—		—		—		147,170		—		—		147,170
Total residential - limited documentation	$	—		—		—		—		—		1,629,134		—		—	$	1,629,134

Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans:
Current	$	773		3,983		1,591		2,016		162		51,554		2,569,621		1,252,185	$	3,881,885
30-89 days past due		—		—		—		—		—		1,148		939		22,242		24,329
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Nonaccrual		—		—		—		—		—		6,148		5,752		67,492		79,392
Total home equity lines and loans	$	773		3,983		1,591		2,016		162		58,850		2,576,312		1,341,919	$	3,985,606

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	Term Loans by Origination Year												Revolving		Revolving Loans Converted to Term
	2020		2019		2018		2017		2016		Prior		Loans		Loans		Total
	(In thousands)
Recreational finance:
Current	$	2,796,359		1,751,766		907,595		630,151		352,414		564,358		—		—	$	7,002,643
30-89 days past due		9,548		11,255		8,519		6,638		2,938		8,263		—		—		47,161
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Nonaccrual		1,854		3,883		4,072		4,194		2,733		8,783		—		—		25,519
Total recreational finance	$	2,807,761		1,766,904		920,186		640,983		358,085		581,404		—		—	$	7,075,323
Automobile:
Current	$	1,595,636		1,106,782		629,338		440,604		171,017		63,972		—		—	$	4,007,349
30-89 days past due		6,461		14,140		12,542		12,899		6,373		3,083		—		—		55,498
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Nonaccrual		1,615		7,144		10,788		10,061		5,991		3,805		—		—		39,404
Total automobile	$	1,603,712		1,128,066		652,668		463,564		183,381		70,860		—		—	$	4,102,251

Other:
Current	$	160,424		137,617		53,702		32,556		4,526		28,970		927,217		1,856	$	1,346,868
30-89 days past due		1,879		1,130		577		2,301		42		557		10,594		481		17,561
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more		—		—		—		—		—		374		4,207		—		4,581
Nonaccrual		1,493		492		339		183		31		501		35,044		148		38,231
Total other	$	163,796		139,239		54,618		35,040		4,599		30,402		977,062		2,485	$	1,407,241

Total loans and leases at December 31, 2020	$	20,949,019		15,628,942		10,466,749		7,893,838		6,013,013		19,233,367		16,963,561		1,387,378	$	98,535,867

The Company’s reserve for off-balance sheet credit exposures was not material at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

6. Premises and equipment

The detail of premises and equipment was as follows:

	December 31
	2021		2020
	(In thousands)
Land	$	93,862	$	94,929
Buildings		512,988		513,290
Leasehold improvements		304,825		302,246
Furniture and equipment — owned		880,153		807,701
Furniture and equipment — capital leases		115		8,630
		1,791,943		1,726,796
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
Owned assets		1,026,842		971,979
Capital leases		38		5,933
		1,026,880		977,912
Right of use assets — operating leases		379,702		412,674
Premises and equipment, net	$	1,144,765	$	1,161,558

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The right-of-use assets and lease liabilities relate to banking offices and other space occupied by the Company and use of certain equipment under noncancelable operating lease agreements. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recognized $431 million and $467 million respectively, of operating lease liabilities as a component of “accrued interest and other liabilities” in the consolidated balance sheet. In calculating the present value of lease payments, the Company utilized its incremental secured borrowing rate based on lease term.

The Company’s noncancelable operating lease agreements expire at various dates over the next 20 years. Real estate leases generally consist of fixed monthly rental payments with certain leases containing escalation clauses. Any variable lease payments or payments for nonlease components are recognized in the consolidated statement of income as a component of “equipment and net occupancy” expense based on actual costs incurred. Some leases contain lessee options to extend the term. Those options are included in the lease term when it is determined that it is reasonably certain the option will be exercised.

The Company has noncancelable operating lease agreements for certain equipment related to ATMs, servers, printers and mail machines that are used in the normal course of operations. The ATM leases are either based on the rights to a specific square footage or a license agreement whereby the Company has the right to operate an ATM in a landlord's location. The lease terms generally contain both fixed payments and variable payments that are transaction-based. Given the transaction-based nature of the variable payments, such payments are excluded from the measurement of the right-of-use asset and lease liability and are recognized in the consolidated statement of income as a component of “equipment and net occupancy” expense when incurred.

The following table presents information about the Company’s lease costs for operating leases recorded in the consolidated balance sheet, cash paid toward lease liabilities, and the weighted-average remaining term and discount rates of the operating leases.

	Year Ended December 31,
	2021			2020			2019
	(Dollars in thousands)
Lease cost
Operating lease cost	$	101,353		$	104,158		$	100,669
Short-term lease cost		111			198			105
Variable lease cost		4,103			1,565			2,332
Total lease cost	$	105,567		$	105,921		$	103,106

Other information
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities	$	57,760		$	70,754		$	132,219
Cash paid toward lease liabilities		106,586			104,396			101,869
Weighted-average remaining lease term	6 years			7 years			7 years
Weighted-average discount rate		2.51	%		2.74	%		3.01	%

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Minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases are summarized in the following table.

	(In thousands)
Year ending December 31:
2022	$	102,417
2023		86,467
2024		71,321
2025		56,413
2026		42,634
Later years		107,652
Total lease payments		466,904
Less: imputed interest		35,792
Total	$	431,112

All other operating leasing activities were not material to the Company’s consolidated results of operations. Minimum lease payments required under capital leases are not material.

7. Capitalized servicing assets

Changes in capitalized servicing assets were as follows:

	Residential Mortgage Loans									Commercial Mortgage Loans
For the Year Ended December 31,	2021			2020			2019			2021			2020			2019
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	231,204		$	244,411		$	120,509		$	133,429		$	130,636		$	114,663
Originations		65,723			45,101			26,067			33,068			29,306			41,370
Purchases		—			—			144,326			—			—			—
Amortization		(55,874	)		(58,308	)		(46,491	)		(33,893	)		(26,513	)		(25,397	)
		241,053			231,204			244,411			132,604			133,429			130,636
Valuation allowance		(24,000	)		(30,000	)		(7,000	)		—			—			—
Ending balance, net	$	217,053		$	201,204		$	237,411		$	132,604		$	133,429		$	130,636

Residential mortgage loans serviced for others were $23.2 billion at December 31, 2021, $26.3 billion at December 31, 2020 and $32.3 billion at December 31, 2019. Excluded from residential mortgage loans serviced for others were loans sub-serviced for others of $74.7 billion, $68.1 billion and $62.8 billion at December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively. In January 2019, the Company purchased servicing rights for residential real estate loans that had outstanding principal balances at that date of approximately $13.3 billion. The purchase price of such servicing rights was approximately $144 million. Commercial mortgage loans serviced for others were $20.2 billion at December 31, 2021, $18.9 billion at December 31, 2020 and $17.6 billion at December 31, 2019. Excluded from commercial mortgage loans serviced for others were loans sub-serviced for others of $3.5 billion at December 31, 2021, $3.3 billion at December 31, 2020 and $3.4 billion at December 31, 2019.

The estimated fair value of capitalized residential mortgage loan servicing assets was approximately $257 million at December 31, 2021 and $240 million at December 31, 2020. The fair value of capitalized residential mortgage loan servicing assets was estimated using weighted-average discount rates of 9.8% and 9.4% at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and contemporaneous prepayment assumptions that vary by loan type. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the discount rate

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represented a weighted-average option-adjusted spread (“OAS”) of 894 basis points (hundredths of one percent) and 918 basis points, respectively, over market implied forward London Interbank Offered Rates (“LIBOR”). The estimated fair value of capitalized residential mortgage loan servicing rights may vary significantly in subsequent periods due to changing interest rates and the effect thereof on prepayment speeds. The estimated fair value of capitalized commercial mortgage loan servicing assets was approximately $160 million at each of December 31, 2021 and 2020. An 18% discount rate was used to estimate the fair value of capitalized commercial mortgage loan servicing rights at December 31, 2021 and 2020 with no prepayment assumptions because, in general, the servicing agreements allow the Company to share in customer loan prepayment fees and thereby recover the remaining carrying value of the capitalized servicing rights associated with such loan. The Company’s ability to realize the carrying value of capitalized commercial mortgage servicing rights is more dependent on the borrowers’ abilities to repay the underlying loans than on prepayments or changes in interest rates.

The key economic assumptions used to determine the fair value of significant portfolios of capitalized servicing rights at December 31, 2021 and the sensitivity of such value to changes in those assumptions are summarized in the table that follows. Those calculated sensitivities are hypothetical and actual changes in the fair value of capitalized servicing rights may differ significantly from the amounts presented herein. The effect of a variation in a particular assumption on the fair value of the servicing rights is calculated without changing any other assumption. In reality, changes in one factor may result in changes in another which may magnify or counteract the sensitivities. The changes in assumptions are presumed to be instantaneous.

	Residential			Commercial
	(Dollars in thousands)

Weighted-average prepayment speeds		12.92	%
Impact on fair value of 10% adverse change	$	(13,587	)
Impact on fair value of 20% adverse change		(26,047	)
Weighted-average OAS		8.94	%
Impact on fair value of 10% adverse change	$	(7,621	)
Impact on fair value of 20% adverse change		(14,786	)
Weighted-average discount rate					18.00	%
Impact on fair value of 10% adverse change				$	(6,892	)
Impact on fair value of 20% adverse change					(13,306	)

8. Goodwill and other intangible assets

The Company does not amortize goodwill, however, core deposit and other intangible assets are amortized over the estimated life of each respective asset. A summary of total amortizing intangible assets follows.

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	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount
	(In thousands)
December 31, 2021
Core deposit	$	131,664	$	127,746	$	3,918
Other		6,757		6,677		80
Total	$	138,421	$	134,423	$	3,998
December 31, 2020
Core deposit	$	131,664	$	119,125	$	12,539
Other		6,757		5,131		1,626
Total	$	138,421	$	124,256	$	14,165

Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets was generally computed using accelerated methods over original amortization periods of three to seven years. The weighted-average original amortization period was approximately seven years. Amortization expense for core deposit and other intangible assets was $10 million, $15 million and $19 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Estimated amortization expense in 2022 for such intangible assets is $4 million.

The Company completed annual goodwill impairment tests as of October 1, 2021, 2020 and 2019. For purposes of testing for impairment, the Company assigned all recorded goodwill to the reporting units originally intended to benefit from past business combinations, which has historically been the Company’s core relationship business reporting units. Goodwill was generally assigned based on the implied fair value of the acquired goodwill applicable to the benefited reporting units at the time of each respective acquisition. The implied fair value of the goodwill was determined as the difference between the estimated incremental overall fair value of the reporting unit and the estimated fair value of the net assets assigned to the reporting unit as of each respective acquisition date. To test for goodwill impairment at each evaluation date, the Company compared the estimated fair value of each of its reporting units to their respective carrying amounts and certain other assets and liabilities assigned to the reporting unit, including goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets. The methodologies used to estimate fair values of reporting units as of the acquisition dates and as of the evaluation dates were similar. For the Company’s core customer relationship business reporting units, fair value was estimated as the present value of the expected future cash flows of the reporting unit. Based on the results of the goodwill impairment tests, the Company concluded that the amount of recorded goodwill was not impaired at the respective testing dates.

A summary of goodwill assigned to each of the Company’s reportable segments as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 for purposes of testing for impairment is as follows:

	(In thousands)

Business Banking	$	864,366
Commercial Banking		1,401,873
Commercial Real Estate		654,389
Discretionary Portfolio		—
Residential Mortgage Banking		—
Retail Banking		1,309,191
All Other		363,293
Total	$	4,593,112

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9. Borrowings

The amounts and interest rates of short-term borrowings were as follows:

	Federal Funds Purchased and Repurchase Agreements			Other Short-term Borrowings			Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
At December 31, 2021
Amount outstanding	$	47,046		$	—		$	47,046
Weighted-average interest rate		0.01	%		—			0.01	%
For the year ended December 31, 2021
Highest amount at a month-end	$	103,548		$	—
Daily-average amount outstanding		68,073			—		$	68,073
Weighted-average interest rate		0.01	%		—			0.01	%
At December 31, 2020
Amount outstanding	$	59,482		$	—		$	59,482
Weighted-average interest rate		0.01	%		—			0.01	%
For the year ended December 31, 2020
Highest amount at a month-end	$	82,893		$	—
Daily-average amount outstanding		61,551			—		$	61,551
Weighted-average interest rate		0.05	%		—			0.05	%
At December 31, 2019
Amount outstanding	$	62,363		$	—		$	62,363
Weighted-average interest rate		0.14	%		—			0.14	%
For the year ended December 31, 2019
Highest amount at a month-end	$	3,402,566		$	5,000,000
Daily-average amount outstanding		260,322			799,068		$	1,059,390
Weighted-average interest rate		1.86	%		2.49	%		2.34	%

Short-term borrowings have a stated maturity of one year or less at the date the Company enters into the obligation. In general, short-term borrowings outstanding at December 31, 2021 matured on the next business day following year-end.

At December 31, 2021, M&T Bank had lines of credit under formal agreements as follows:

	(In thousands)

Outstanding borrowings	$	1,578
Unused		30,065,461

At December 31, 2021, M&T Bank had borrowing facilities available with the FHLBs whereby M&T Bank could borrow up to approximately $16.2 billion. Additionally, M&T Bank had an available line of credit with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York totaling approximately

$13.8 billion at December 31, 2021. M&T Bank is required to pledge loans and investment securities as collateral for these borrowing facilities.

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Long-term borrowings were as follows:

	December 31,
	2021		2020
	(In thousands)
Senior notes of M&T:
Variable rate due 2023	$	249,893	$	249,824
3.55% due 2023		516,173		533,369
Senior notes of M&T Bank:
Variable rate due 2021		—		349,992
Variable rate due 2022		249,961		249,858
2.50% due 2022		653,903		664,400
2.90% due 2025		749,740		749,656
Advances from FHLB:
Fixed rates		1,578		1,683
Subordinated notes of M&T Bank:
Variable rate due 2021		—		500,000
3.40% due 2027		522,867		552,194
Junior subordinated debentures of M&T associated with preferred capital securities:
Fixed rates:
BSB Capital Trust I — 8.125%, due 2028		15,775		15,752
Provident Trust I — 8.29%, due 2028		30,103		29,099
Southern Financial Statutory Trust I — 10.60%, due 2030		6,912		6,836
Variable rates:
First Maryland Capital I — due 2027		148,945		148,409
First Maryland Capital II — due 2027		151,270		150,606
Allfirst Asset Trust — due 2029		97,220		97,075
BSB Capital Trust III — due 2033		15,464		15,464
Provident Statutory Trust III — due 2033		57,547		56,641
Southern Financial Capital Trust III — due 2033		8,448		8,338
Other		9,570		2,997
	$	3,485,369	$	4,382,193

The variable rate notes of M&T pay interest quarterly at a rate that is indexed to the three-month LIBOR. The contractual interest rates for those notes were .81% at December 31, 2021 and .90% at December 31, 2020.

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The variable rate senior notes of M&T Bank pay interest quarterly at rates that are indexed to the three-month LIBOR. The contractual interest rates for those notes ranged from .61% to .81% at December 31, 2021 and .49% to .83% at December 31, 2020. The weighted-average contractual interest rate was .71% at December 31, 2021 and .63% at December 31, 2020.

Long-term fixed rate advances from the FHLB had weighted-average contractual interest rates of 5.82% at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. Advances from the FHLB outstanding at December 31, 2021 mature in 2029 and 2035 and are secured by residential real estate loans, commercial real estate loans and investment securities.

The subordinated notes of M&T Bank are unsecured and are subordinate to the claims of its other creditors. The notes that were repaid in 2021 paid interest monthly at a rate that was indexed to the three-month LIBOR. The contractual interest rate was .87% at December 31, 2020.

The fixed and variable rate junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures of M&T (“Junior Subordinated Debentures”) are held by various trusts and were issued in connection with the issuance by those trusts of preferred capital securities (“Capital Securities”) and common securities (“Common Securities”). The proceeds from the issuances of the Capital Securities and the Common Securities were used by the trusts to purchase the Junior Subordinated Debentures. The Common Securities of each of those trusts 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 risk-based capital guidelines, the Capital Securities qualify for inclusion in Tier 2 regulatory capital. The variable rate Junior Subordinated Debentures pay interest quarterly at rates that are indexed to the three-month LIBOR. Those rates ranged from .98% to 3.47% at December 31, 2021 and from 1.06% to 3.59% at December 31, 2020. The weighted-average variable rates payable on those Junior Subordinated Debentures were 1.53% at December 31, 2021 and 1.65% at December 31, 2020.

Holders of the Capital Securities receive preferential cumulative cash distributions unless M&T exercises its right to extend the payment of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures as allowed by the terms of each such debenture, 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. In general, 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 (ranging from 2027 to 2033) of the Junior Subordinated Debentures or the earlier redemption of the Junior Subordinated Debentures in whole upon the occurrence of one or more events set forth in the indentures relating to the Capital Securities, and in whole or in part at any time after an optional redemption prior to contractual maturity contemporaneously with the optional redemption of the related Junior Subordinated Debentures in whole or in part, subject to possible regulatory approval.

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Long-term borrowings at December 31, 2021 mature as follows:

	(In thousands)
Year ending December 31:
2022	$	903,864
2023		766,136
2024		9,500
2025		749,740
2026		—
Later years		1,056,129
	$	3,485,369

10. Shareholders’ equity

M&T is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a $1.00 par value per share. Preferred shares outstanding rank senior to common shares both as to dividends and liquidation preference, but have no general voting rights.

Issued and outstanding preferred stock of M&T as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is presented below:

	December 31, 2021				December 31, 2020
	Shares Issued and Outstanding		Carrying Value		Shares Issued and Outstanding		Carrying Value
	(Dollars in thousands)
Series E (a)
Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, $1,000 liquidation preference per share		350,000	$	350,000		350,000	$	350,000
Series F (b)
Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, $10,000 liquidation preference per share		50,000	$	500,000		50,000	$	500,000
Series G (c)
Fixed-Rate Reset Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, $10,000 liquidation preference per share		40,000	$	400,000		40,000	$	400,000
Series I (d)
Fixed-Rate Reset Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, $10,000 liquidation preference per share		50,000	$	500,000		—	$	—

(a)

Dividends, if declared, are paid semi-annually at a rate of 6.45% through February 14, 2024 and thereafter will be paid quarterly at a rate of the three-month LIBOR plus 361 basis points. The shares are redeemable in whole or in part on or after February 15, 2024. Notwithstanding M&T’s option to redeem the shares, if an event occurs such that the shares no longer qualify as Tier 1 capital, M&T may redeem all of the shares within 90 days following that occurrence. Declared dividends per share were $64.50 in each of 2021, 2020 and 2019.

(b)

Dividends, if declared, are paid semi-annually at a rate of 5.125% through October 31, 2026 and thereafter will be paid quarterly at a rate of the three-month LIBOR plus 352 basis points. The shares are redeemable in whole or in part on or after November 1, 2026. Notwithstanding M&T’s option to redeem the shares, if an event occurs such that the shares no longer qualify as Tier 1 capital, M&T may redeem all of the shares within 90 days following that occurrence. Declared dividends per share were $512.50 in each of 2021, 2020 and 2019.

(c)

Dividends, if declared, are paid semi-annually at a rate of 5.0% through July 31, 2024 and thereafter will be paid semiannually at a rate of the five-year U.S. Treasury rate plus 3.174%. The shares are redeemable in whole or in part on or after August 1, 2024. Notwithstanding M&T’s option to redeem the shares, if an event occurs such that the shares no longer qualify as Tier 1 capital, M&T may redeem all of the shares within 90 days following that occurrence. Declared dividends per share were $500.00 in 2021, $500.694 in 2020 and $125.694 in 2019.

(d)

Dividends, if declared, are paid semi-annually at a rate of 3.5% through August 31, 2026 and thereafter will be paid semiannually at a rate of the five-year U.S. Treasury rate plus 2.679%. The shares are redeemable in whole or in part on or after September 1, 2026. Notwithstanding M&T’s option to redeem the shares, if an event occurs such that the shares no longer qualify as Tier 1 capital, M&T may redeem all of the shares within 90 days following that occurrence. Dividends declared per share were $94.306 in 2021.

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11. Revenue from contracts with customers

The Company generally charges customer accounts or otherwise bills customers upon completion of its services. Typically the Company’s contracts with customers have a duration of one year or less and payment for services is received at least annually, but oftentimes more frequently as services are provided. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company had $68 million and $67 million, respectively, of amounts receivable related to recognized revenue from the sources in the accompanying tables. Such amounts are classified in “accrued interest and other assets” in the consolidated balance sheet. In certain situations the Company is paid in advance of providing services and defers the recognition of revenue until its service obligation is satisfied. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company had deferred revenue of $45 million and $42 million, respectively, related to the sources in the accompanying tables recorded in “accrued interest and other liabilities” in the consolidated balance sheet. The following tables summarize sources of the Company’s noninterest income during 2021, 2020, and 2019 that are subject to the revenue recognition guidance.

	Business Banking		Commercial Banking		Commercial Real Estate		Discretionary Portfolio		Residential Mortgage Banking		Retail Banking		All Other		Total
Year Ended December 31, 2021	(In thousands)

Classification in consolidated statement of income
Service charges on deposit accounts	$	53,816		98,880		11,853		—		—		232,279		5,285	$	402,113
Trust income		—		—		—		—		—		—		644,716		644,716
Brokerage services income		—		—		—		—		—		—		62,791		62,791
Other revenues from operations:
Merchant discount and credit card fees		52,343		55,164		2,661		—		—		20,850		387		131,405
Other		—		5,968		7,304		1,359		6,166		22,878		39,973		83,648
	$	106,159		160,012		21,818		1,359		6,166		276,007		753,152	$	1,324,673
Year Ended December 31, 2020

Classification in consolidated statement of income
Service charges on deposit accounts	$	50,119		92,720		10,252		—		—		211,858		5,839	$	370,788
Trust income		18		442		—		—		—		—		601,424		601,884
Brokerage services income		—		—		—		—		—		—		47,428		47,428
Other revenues from operations:
Merchant discount and credit card fees		40,475		45,528		2,221		—		—		13,481		767		102,472
Other		—		9,408		6,218		1,625		4,732		20,813		41,815		84,611
	$	90,612		148,098		18,691		1,625		4,732		246,152		697,273	$	1,207,183
Year Ended December 31, 2019

Classification in consolidated statement of income
Service charges on deposit accounts	$	60,690		93,044		9,828		—		4		263,659		5,753	$	432,978
Trust income		31		963		—		—		—		—		571,614		572,608
Brokerage services income		—		—		—		—		—		—		48,922		48,922
Other revenues from operations:
Merchant discount and credit card fees		36,844		52,161		2,516		—		—		12,140		3,381		107,042
Other		—		7,498		8,615		1,776		3,492		36,144		34,088		91,613
	$	97,565		153,666		20,959		1,776		3,496		311,943		663,758	$	1,253,163

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Service charges on deposit accounts include fees deducted directly from customer account balances, such as account maintenance, insufficient funds and other transactional service charges, and also include debit card interchange revenue resulting from customer initiated transactions. Account maintenance charges are generally recognized as revenue on a monthly basis, whereas other fees are recognized after the respective service is provided.

Trust income includes fees related to the Institutional Client Services (“ICS”) business and the Wealth Advisory Services (“WAS”) business. Revenues from the ICS business are largely derived from a variety of trustee, agency, investment, cash management and administrative services, whereas revenues from the WAS business are mainly derived from asset management, fiduciary services, and family office services. Trust fees may be billed in arrears or in advance and are recognized as revenues as the Company’s performance obligations are satisfied. Certain fees are based on a percentage of assets invested or under management and are recognized as the service is performed and constraints regarding the uncertainty of the amount of fees are resolved.

Brokerage services income includes revenues from the sale of mutual funds and annuities and securities brokerage fees. Such revenues are generally recognized at the time of transaction execution. Mutual fund and other distribution fees are recognized upon initial placement of customer funds as well as in future periods as such customers continue to hold amounts in those mutual funds.

Other revenues from operations include merchant discount and credit card fees that are generally recognized when the cardholder’s transaction is approved and settled. Also included in other revenues from operations are insurance commissions, ATM surcharge fees, and advisory fees. Insurance commissions are recognized at the time the insurance policy is executed with the customer. Insurance renewal commissions are recognized upon subsequent renewal of the policy. ATM surcharge fees are included in revenue at the time of the respective ATM transaction. Advisory fees are generally recognized at the conclusion of the advisory engagement when the Company has satisfied its service obligation.

12. Stock-based compensation plans

Stock-based compensation expense was $85 million in 2021, $80 million in 2020 and $76 million in 2019. The Company recognized income tax benefits related to stock-based compensation of $16 million in 2021, $17 million in 2020 and $19 million in 2019.

The Company’s equity incentive compensation plan allows for the issuance of various forms of stock-based compensation, including stock options, restricted stock and restricted stock units, including performance-based awards. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, there were 2,299,502 and 3,100,665 shares available for future grant under the Company’s equity incentive compensation plan.

Stock awards

Stock awards granted to employees are comprised of restricted stock and restricted stock units. Stock awards generally vest over three years. The Company may issue shares from treasury stock to the extent available or issue new shares. There were no restricted shares issued in 2021, 2020 or 2019. The number of restricted stock units issued was 636,956 in 2021, 480,949 in 2020 and 448,487 in 2019, with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $84 million, $81 million and $74 million, respectively. Unrecognized compensation expense associated with restricted stock units was $27 million as of December 31, 2021 and is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately one year.

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A summary of restricted stock and restricted stock unit activity follows:

	Restricted Stock Units Outstanding			Weighted- Average Grant Price		Restricted Stock Outstanding			Weighted- Average Grant Price

Unvested at January 1, 2021		816,950		$	169.60		13,550		$	162.50
Granted		636,956			132.85		—			—
Vested		(379,155	)		170.80		(9,474	)		162.57
Cancelled		(36,059	)		149.61		—			—
Unvested at December 31, 2021		1,038,692		$	147.32		4,076		$	162.35

Stock option awards

Stock options granted to employees generally vest over three years and are exercisable over terms not exceeding ten years and one day. The Company granted 178,441, 187,088 and 164,244 stock options in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The weighted-average grant date fair value of options granted was $5 million in each of 2021, 2020 and 2019. The Company used an option pricing model to estimate the grant date present value of stock options granted.

A summary of stock option activity follows:

				Weighted-Average
	Stock Options Outstanding			Exercise Price		Life (In Years)		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (In thousands)

Outstanding at January 1, 2021		465,423		$	174.11
Granted		178,441			132.47
Exercised		(2,699	)		113.06
Expired		(5,301	)		169.24
Outstanding at December 31, 2021		635,864		$	162.73		7.8	$	3,762
Exercisable at December 31, 2021		282,081		$	177.02		6.9	$	—

For 2021, 2020 and 2019, M&T received $305,000, $3 million and $9 million, respectively, in cash from the exercise of stock options. The intrinsic value of stock options exercised and the related tax benefits realized by the Company were not material in any of those three years. As of December 31, 2021, the amount of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options was not material. The total grant date fair value of stock options vested during 2021, 2020 and 2019 was not material. Upon the exercise of stock options, the Company may issue shares from treasury stock to the extent available or issue new shares.

Stock purchase plan

The stock purchase plan provides eligible employees of the Company with the right to purchase shares of M&T common stock at a discount through accumulated payroll deductions. In connection with the employee stock purchase plan, shares of M&T common stock issued were 95,147 in 2021, 77,170 in 2020 and 71,676 in 2019. As of December 31, 2021, there were 2,138,434 shares available for issuance under the plan. M&T received cash for shares purchased through the employee stock purchase plan of $11 million in each of 2021 and 2019, and $12 million in 2020, Compensation expense recognized for the stock purchase plan was not material in 2021, 2020 or 2019.

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Deferred bonus plan

The Company provided a deferred bonus plan pursuant to which eligible employees could elect to defer all or a portion of their annual incentive compensation awards and allocate such awards to several investment options, including M&T common stock. Participants could elect the timing of distributions from the plan. Such distributions are payable in cash with the exception of balances allocated to M&T common stock which are distributable in the form of M&T common stock. Shares of M&T common stock distributable pursuant to the terms of the deferred bonus plan were 13,319 and 14,304 at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The obligation to issue shares is included in “common stock issuable” in the consolidated balance sheet.

Directors’ stock compensation programs

The Company maintains compensation programs for members of the Company’s boards of directors and its regional director advisory councils that provides for a portion of their compensation to be received in shares or restricted stock units. In 2021, 28,646 shares were issued under such programs.

Through acquisitions, the Company assumed obligations to issue shares of M&T common stock related to deferred directors compensation plans. Shares of common stock issuable under such plans were 2,450 and 3,809 at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The obligation to issue shares is included in “common stock issuable” in the consolidated balance sheet.

13. Pension plans and other postretirement benefits

The Company provides defined pension and other postretirement benefits (including health care and life insurance benefits) to qualified retired employees. The Company uses a December 31 measurement date for all of its plans.

Net periodic pension expense for defined benefit plans consisted of the following:

	Year Ended December 31
	2021			2020			2019
	(In thousands)

Service cost	$	20,513		$	19,944		$	17,294
Interest cost on benefit obligation		61,873			71,421			81,579
Expected return on plan assets		(143,448	)		(125,512	)		(122,139	)
Amortization of prior service cost		553			557			557
Recognized net actuarial loss		89,017			58,096			21,992
Net periodic pension cost (benefit)	$	28,508		$	24,506		$	(717	)

Net other postretirement benefits expense for defined benefit plans consisted of the following:

	Year Ended December 31
	2021			2020			2019
	(In thousands)

Service cost	$	1,014		$	970		$	859
Interest cost on benefit obligation		1,311			1,741			2,344
Amortization of prior service credit		(4,738	)		(4,738	)		(4,730	)
Recognized net actuarial gain		(1,295	)		(1,236	)		(1,247	)
Net other postretirement benefits	$	(3,708	)	$	(3,263	)	$	(2,774	)

Service cost is reflected in salaries and employee benefits expense. The other components of net periodic benefit expense are reflected in other costs of operations.

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Data relating to the funding position of the defined benefit plans were as follows:

	Pension Benefits						Other Postretirement Benefits
	2021			2020			2021			2020
	(In thousands)
Change in benefit obligation:
Benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	2,521,292		$	2,247,329		$	55,281		$	56,492
Service cost		20,513			19,944			1,014			970
Interest cost		61,873			71,421			1,311			1,741
Plan participants’ contributions		—			—			2,553			2,386
Actuarial (gain) loss		(69,230	)		288,944			(2,232	)		2,371
Medicare Part D reimbursement		—			—			540			574
Benefits paid		(114,235	)		(106,346	)		(6,621	)		(9,253	)
Benefit obligation at end of year		2,420,213			2,521,292			51,846			55,281
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year		2,420,582			2,037,940			—			—
Actual return on plan assets		278,260			178,610			—			—
Employer contributions		11,231			310,378			3,528			6,293
Plan participants’ contributions		—			—			2,553			2,386
Medicare Part D reimbursement		—			—			540			574
Benefits paid		(114,235	)		(106,346	)		(6,621	)		(9,253	)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year		2,595,838			2,420,582			—			—
Funded status	$	175,625		$	(100,710	)	$	(51,846	)	$	(55,281	)
Prepaid asset recognized in the consolidated balance sheet		332,197			64,670			—			—
Accrued liability recognized in the consolidated balance sheet		(156,572	)		(165,380	)		(51,846	)		(55,281	)
Net accrued asset (liability) recognized in the consolidated balance sheet	$	175,625		$	(100,710	)	$	(51,846	)	$	(55,281	)
Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) were:
Net loss (gain)	$	391,721		$	684,780		$	(14,638	)	$	(13,701	)
Net prior service cost (credit)		724			1,277			(17,531	)		(22,269	)
Pre-tax adjustment to AOCI		392,445			686,057			(32,169	)		(35,970	)
Taxes		(101,447	)		(178,375	)		8,316			9,352
Net adjustment to AOCI	$	290,998		$	507,682		$	(23,853	)	$	(26,618	)

The Company has an unfunded supplemental pension plan for certain key executives and others. The projected benefit obligation and accumulated benefit obligation included in the preceding data related to such plan were $157 million as of December 31, 2021 and $165 million as of December 31, 2020.

The accumulated benefit obligation for all defined benefit pension plans was $2.4 billion and $2.5 billion at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

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GAAP requires an employer to recognize in its balance sheet as an asset or liability the overfunded or underfunded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan, measured as the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the benefit obligation. For a pension plan, the benefit obligation is the projected benefit obligation; for any other postretirement benefit plan, such as a retiree health care plan, the benefit obligation is the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation. Gains or losses and prior service costs or credits that arise during the period, but are not included as components of net periodic benefit expense, are recognized as a component of other comprehensive income. Amortization of net gains and losses is included in annual net periodic benefit expense if, as of the beginning of the year, the net gain or loss exceeds 10% of the greater of the benefit obligation or the market-related fair value of the plan assets. As indicated in the preceding table, as of December 31, 2021 the Company recorded a minimum liability adjustment of $360 million ($392 million related to pension plans and $(32) million related to other postretirement benefits) with a corresponding reduction of shareholders’ equity, net of applicable deferred taxes, of $267 million. In aggregate, the benefit plans realized a net gain during 2021 that resulted in a decrease to the minimum liability adjustment from that which was recorded at December 31, 2020 of $290 million. The net gain in 2021 was mainly the result of increasing the discount rate used to measure the benefit obligation of all plans to 2.75% at December 31, 2021 from 2.50% used at the prior year-end and a return on plan assets that exceeded the assumed expected return, offset, in part, by the amortization of actuarial losses. The table below reflects the changes in plan assets and benefit obligations recognized in other comprehensive income related to the Company’s postretirement benefit plans.

	Pension Plans			Other Postretirement Benefit Plans			Total
	(In thousands)
2021
Net loss (gain)	$	(204,042	)	$	(2,232	)	$	(206,274	)
Amortization of prior service (cost) credit		(553	)		4,738			4,185
Amortization of actuarial (loss) gain		(89,017	)		1,295			(87,722	)
Total recognized in other comprehensive income, pre-tax	$	(293,612	)	$	3,801		$	(289,811	)
2020
Net loss (gain)	$	235,847		$	2,371		$	238,218
Amortization of prior service (cost) credit		(557	)		4,738			4,181
Amortization of actuarial (loss) gain		(58,096	)		1,236			(56,860	)
Total recognized in other comprehensive income, pre-tax	$	177,194		$	8,345		$	185,539

The Company also provides a qualified defined contribution pension plan to eligible employees who were not participants in the defined benefit pension plan as of December 31, 2005 and to other employees who have elected to participate in the defined contribution plan. The Company makes contributions to the defined contribution plan each year in an amount that is based on an individual participant’s total compensation (generally defined as total wages, incentive compensation, commissions and bonuses) and years of service. Company contributions to the plan are discretionary for participants for which eligibility occurred after January 1, 2020. Participants do not contribute to the defined contribution pension plan. Pension expense recorded in 2021, 2020 and 2019 associated with the defined contribution pension plan was $40 million, $35 million and $32 million, respectively.

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Assumptions

The assumed weighted-average rates used to determine benefit obligations at December 31 were:

	Pension Benefits						Other Postretirement Benefits
	2021			2020			2021			2020

Discount rate		2.75	%		2.50	%		2.75	%		2.50	%
Rate of increase in future compensation levels		3.35	%		3.37	%		—			—

The assumed weighted-average rates used to determine net benefit expense for the years ended December 31 were:

	Pension Benefits									Other Postretirement Benefits
	2021			2020			2019			2021			2020			2019

Discount rate		2.50	%		3.25	%		4.25	%		2.50	%		3.25	%		4.25	%
Long-term rate of return on plan assets		6.25	%		6.50	%		6.50	%		—			—			—
Rate of increase in future compensation levels		3.37	%		4.29	%		4.31	%		—			—			—

The discount rate used by the Company to determine the present value of the Company’s future benefit obligations reflects specific market yields for a hypothetical portfolio of highly rated corporate bonds that would produce cash flows similar to the Company’s benefit plan obligations and the level of market interest rates in general as of the year-end.

The expected long-term rate of return assumption as of each measurement date was developed through analysis of historical market returns, current market conditions, anticipated future asset allocations, the funds’ past experience, and expectations on potential future market returns. The expected rate of return assumption represents a long-term average view of the performance of the plan assets, a return that may or may not be achieved during any one calendar year.

The Company’s defined benefit pension plan is sensitive to the long-term rate of return on plan assets and the discount rate. To demonstrate the sensitivity of pension expense to changes in these assumptions, with all other assumptions held constant, 25 basis point increases in: the rate of return on plan assets would have resulted in a decrease in pension expense of approximately $6 million; and the discount rate would have resulted in a decrease in pension expense of approximately $11 million. Decreases of 25 basis points in those assumptions would have resulted in similar changes in amount, but in the opposite direction from the changes presented in the preceding sentence. Additionally, an increase of 25 basis points in the discount rate would have decreased the benefit obligation by

$79 million and a decrease of 25 basis points in the discount rate would have increased the benefit obligation by $84 million at December 31, 2021.

For measurement of other postretirement benefits, a 6.00% annual rate of increase in the per capita cost of covered health care benefits was assumed for 2021. The rate was assumed to decrease to 5.00% over seven years.

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Plan assets

The Company’s policy is to invest the pension plan assets in a prudent manner for the purpose of providing benefit payments to participants and mitigating reasonable expenses of administration. The Company’s investment strategy is designed to provide a total return that, over the long-term, places an emphasis on the preservation of capital. The strategy attempts to maximize investment returns on assets at a level of risk deemed appropriate by the Company while complying with applicable regulations and laws. The investment strategy utilizes asset diversification as a principal determinant for establishing an appropriate risk profile while emphasizing total return realized from capital appreciation, dividends and interest income. The target allocations for plan assets are generally 25 to 60 percent equity securities, 10 to 65 percent debt securities, and 5 to 60 percent money-market investments/cash equivalents and other investments, although holdings could be more or less than these general guidelines based on market conditions at the time and actions taken or recommended by the investment managers providing advice to the Company. Assets are managed by a combination of internal and external investment managers. Equity securities may include investments in domestic and international equities, through individual securities, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. Debt securities may include investments in corporate bonds of companies from diversified industries, mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by government agencies and U.S. Treasury securities through individual securities and mutual funds. Additionally, the Company’s defined benefit pension plan held $537 million (21% of total assets) of real estate funds, private investments, hedge funds and other investments at December 31, 2021. Returns on invested assets are periodically compared with target market indices for each asset type to aid management in evaluating such returns. Furthermore, management regularly reviews the investment policy and may, if deemed appropriate, make changes to the target allocations noted above.

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The fair values of the Company’s pension plan assets at December 31, 2021 and 2020, by asset category, were as follows:

	Fair Value Measurement of Plan Assets At December 31, 2021
	Total		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
	(In thousands)
Asset category:
Money-market investments	$	82,751	$	43,616	$	39,135	$	—
Equity securities:
M&T		134,447		134,447		—		—
Domestic(a)		369,283		369,283		—		—
International(b)		14,835		14,835		—		—
Mutual funds:
Domestic(a)		280,347		280,347		—		—
International(b)		461,304		461,304		—		—
		1,260,216		1,260,216		—		—
Debt securities:
Corporate(c)		178,528		—		178,528		—
Government		206,540		—		206,540		—
International		12,933		—		12,933		—
Mutual funds:
Domestic(d)		315,424		315,424		—		—
		713,425		315,424		398,001		—
Other:
Diversified mutual fund		108,239		108,239		—		—
Real estate partnerships		16,620		5,264		—		11,356
Private equity / debt		151,550		—		—		151,550
Hedge funds		250,691		74,599		—		176,092
Guaranteed deposit fund		10,041		—		—		10,041
		537,141		188,102		—		349,039
Total(e)	$	2,593,533	$	1,807,358	$	437,136	$	349,039

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	Fair Value Measurement of Plan Assets At December 31, 2020
	Total		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
	(In thousands)
Asset category:
Money-market investments	$	65,263	$	48,322	$	16,941	$	—
Equity securities:
M&T		111,441		111,441		—		—
Domestic(a)		308,220		308,220		—		—
International(b)		13,648		13,648		—		—
Mutual funds:
Domestic(a)		302,094		302,094		—		—
International(b)		422,601		422,601		—		—
		1,158,004		1,158,004		—		—
Debt securities:
Corporate(c)		172,762		—		172,762		—
Government		234,232		—		234,232		—
International		6,413		—		6,413		—
Mutual funds:
Domestic(d)		302,635		302,635		—		—
		716,042		302,635		413,407		—
Other:
Diversified mutual fund		83,507		83,507		—		—
Real estate partnerships		26,847		3,616		—		23,231
Private equity / debt		97,124		—		—		97,124
Hedge funds		261,417		108,516		—		152,901
Guaranteed deposit fund		10,498		—		—		10,498
		479,393		195,639		—		283,754
Total(e)	$	2,418,702	$	1,704,600	$	430,348	$	283,754

(a)	This category is mainly comprised of equities of companies primarily within the small-cap, mid-cap and large-cap sectors of the U.S. economy and range across diverse industries.

(b)	This category is comprised of equities in companies primarily within the mid-cap and large-cap sectors of international markets mainly in developed and emerging markets in Europe and the Pacific Rim.

(c)	This category represents investment grade bonds of U.S. issuers from diverse industries.

(d)

Approximately 72% of the mutual funds were invested in investment grade bonds and 28% in high-yielding bonds at December 31, 2021. Approximately 78% of the mutual funds were invested in investment grade bonds and 22% in high-yielding bonds at December 31, 2020. The holdings within the funds were spread across diverse industries.

(e)	Excludes dividends and interest receivable totaling $2 million at each of December 31, 2021 and 2020.

Pension plan assets included common stock of M&T with a fair value of $134 million (5% of total plan assets) at December 31, 2021 and $111 million (5% of total plan assets) at December 31, 2020. No investment in securities of a non-U.S. Government or government agency issuer exceeded ten percent of plan assets at December 31, 2021.

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The changes in Level 3 pension plan assets measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis during the year ended December 31, 2021 were as follows:

	Balance – January 1, 2021		Purchases (Sales)			Total Realized/ Unrealized Gains (Losses)			Balance – December 31, 2021
	(In thousands)
Other
Real estate partnerships	$	23,231	$	(31,299	)	$	19,424		$	11,356
Private equity/debt		97,124		27,170			27,256			151,550
Hedge funds		152,901		(2,322	)		25,513			176,092
Guaranteed deposit fund		10,498		—			(457	)		10,041
Total	$	283,754	$	(6,451	)	$	71,736		$	349,039

The Company makes contributions to its funded qualified defined benefit pension plan as required by government regulation or as deemed appropriate by management after considering factors such as the fair value of plan assets, expected returns on such assets, and the present value of benefit obligations of the plan. The Company made a voluntary contribution of $300 million to the qualified defined benefit pension plan in 2020. The Company is not required to make contributions to the qualified defined benefit plan in 2022, however, subject to the impact of actual events and circumstances that may occur in 2022, the Company may make contributions, but the amount of any such contributions has not been determined. The Company regularly funds the payment of benefit obligations for the supplemental defined benefit pension and postretirement benefit plans because such plans do not hold assets for investment. Payments made by the Company for supplemental pension benefits were $11 million and $10 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively. Payments made by the Company for postretirement benefits were $4 million and $6 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively. Payments for supplemental pension and other postretirement benefits for 2022 are not expected to differ from those made in 2021 by an amount that will be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position.

Estimated benefits expected to be paid in future years related to the Company’s defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefits plans are as follows:

	Pension Benefits		Other Postretirement Benefits
	(In thousands)
Year ending December 31:
2022	$	110,113	$	3,219
2023		114,022		3,112
2024		118,641		2,983
2025		121,602		2,829
2026		125,469		2,656
2027 through 2031		649,845		11,534

The Company has a retirement savings plan (“RSP”) that is a defined contribution plan in which eligible employees of the Company may defer up to 50% of qualified compensation via contributions to the plan. The RSP was amended in 2020 to increase the employer matching

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contribution to 100% from 75% in prior years and also to increase the employee's qualified compensation limits to 5% from 4.5%. Employees’ accounts, including employee contributions, employer matching contributions and accumulated earnings thereon, are at all times fully vested and nonforfeitable. Employee benefits expense resulting from the Company’s contributions to the RSP totaled $63 million, $62 million and $48 million in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

14. Income taxes

The components of income tax expense were as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2021		2020			2019
	(In thousands)
Current
Federal	$	331,714	$	267,550		$	359,668
State and local		85,354		98,431			132,696
Total current		417,068		365,981			492,364
Deferred
Federal		71,880		(22,894	)		40,769
State and local		15,279		(8,397	)		16,779
Total deferred		87,159		(31,291	)		57,548
Amortization of investments in qualified affordable housing projects		92,176		81,679			68,200
Total income taxes applicable to pre-tax income	$	596,403	$	416,369		$	618,112

The Company files a consolidated federal income tax return reflecting taxable income earned by all domestic subsidiaries. In prior years, applicable federal tax law allowed certain financial institutions the option of deducting as bad debt expense for tax purposes amounts in excess of actual losses. In accordance with GAAP, such financial institutions were not required to provide deferred income taxes on such excess. Recapture of the excess tax bad debt reserve established under the previously allowed method will result in taxable income if M&T Bank fails to maintain bank status as defined in the Internal Revenue Code or charges are made to the reserve for other than bad debt losses. At December 31, 2021, M&T Bank’s tax bad debt reserve for which no federal income taxes have been provided was $137 million. No actions are planned that would cause this reserve to become wholly or partially taxable.

Income taxes attributable to gains or losses on bank investment securities were a benefit of $5 million in 2021 and $2 million in 2020 compared with an expense of $5 million in 2019.

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Total income taxes differed from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to pre-tax income as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2021			2020			2019
	(In thousands)

Income taxes at statutory federal income tax rate	$	515,581		$	371,599		$	534,925
Increase (decrease) in taxes:
Tax-exempt income		(20,605	)		(22,806	)		(27,319	)
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax effect		101,046			71,127			118,085
Qualified affordable housing project tax credits, net		(14,542	)		(14,826	)		(15,324	)
Other		14,923			11,275			7,745
	$	596,403		$	416,369		$	618,112

Deferred tax assets (liabilities) were comprised of the following at December 31:

	2021			2020			2019
	(In thousands)

Losses on loans and other assets	$	395,784		$	471,767		$	309,523
Operating lease liabilities		110,023			121,216			128,178
Retirement benefits		—			26,185			55,048
Postretirement and other employee benefits		31,760			28,004			24,023
Incentive and other compensation plans		24,713			18,984			26,861
Stock-based compensation		32,675			29,507			27,912
Other		52,351			66,763			69,863
Gross deferred tax assets		647,306			762,426			641,408
Right of use assets and other leasing transactions		(249,209	)		(285,311	)		(326,626	)
Unrealized gains		(27,066	)		(50,785	)		(13,322	)
Retirement benefits		(45,402	)		—			—
Capitalized servicing rights		(53,219	)		(50,235	)		(56,649	)
Depreciation and amortization		(93,103	)		(95,684	)		(66,925	)
Interest on loans		(6,690	)		(8,113	)		(23,552	)
Gains on cash flow hedges		(22,820	)		(97,004	)		(36,845	)
Other		(88,053	)		(62,581	)		(40,472	)
Gross deferred tax liabilities		(585,562	)		(649,713	)		(564,391	)
Net deferred tax asset	$	61,744		$	112,713		$	77,017

The Company believes that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will be realized through taxable earnings or alternative tax strategies.

The income tax credits shown in the statement of income of M&T in note 26 arise principally from operating losses before dividends from subsidiaries.

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A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits follows:

	Federal, State and Local Tax			Accrued Interest			Unrecognized Income Tax Benefits
	(In thousands)

Gross unrecognized tax benefits at January 1, 2019	$	56,274		$	6,629		$	62,903
Increases as a result of tax positions taken during 2019		6,996			—			6,996
Increases as a result of tax positions taken in prior years		3,265			3,255			6,520
Decreases as a result of tax positions taken in prior years		(7,566	)		(2,685	)		(10,251	)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2019		58,969			7,199			66,168
Increases as a result of tax positions taken in prior years		—			2,800			2,800
Decreases as a result of tax positions taken in prior years		(10,107	)		(2,384	)		(12,491	)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2020		48,862			7,615			56,477
Increases as a result of tax positions taken in prior years		—			2,560			2,560
Decreases as a result of tax positions taken in prior years		(11,351	)		(2,766	)		(14,117	)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2021	$	37,511		$	7,409			44,920
Less: Federal, state and local income tax benefits								(8,748	)
Net unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2021 that, if recognized, would impact the effective income tax rate							$	36,172

The Company’s policy is to recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits in income taxes in the consolidated statement of income. The balance of accrued interest at December 31, 2021 is included in the table above. 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. Examinations by the Internal Revenue Service of the Company’s federal income tax returns have been largely concluded through 2020, although under statute the income tax returns from 2017 through 2020 could be adjusted. The Company also files income tax returns in over forty states and numerous local jurisdictions. Substantially all material state and local matters have been concluded for years through 2013. It is not reasonably possible to estimate when examinations for any subsequent years will be completed.

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15. Earnings per common share

The computations of basic earnings per common share follow:

	Year Ended December 31
	2021			2020			2019
	(In thousands, except per share)
Income available to common shareholders:
Net income	$	1,858,746		$	1,353,152		$	1,929,149
Less: Preferred stock dividends(a)		(72,915	)		(68,228	)		(69,441	)
Net income available to common equity		1,785,831			1,284,924			1,859,708
Less: Income attributable to unvested stock-based compensation awards		(8,854	)		(5,858	)		(10,199	)
Net income available to common shareholders	$	1,776,977		$	1,279,066		$	1,849,509
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Common shares outstanding (including common stock issuable) and unvested stock-based compensation awards		129,539			129,404			135,169
Less: Unvested stock-based compensation awards		(890	)		(766	)		(741	)
Weighted-average shares outstanding		128,649			128,638			134,428

Basic earnings per common share	$	13.81		$	9.94		$	13.76

(a)	Including impact of not as yet declared cumulative dividends in 2019.

The computations of diluted earnings per common share follow:

	Year Ended December 31
	2021			2020			2019
	(In thousands, except per share)

Net income available to common equity	$	1,785,831		$	1,284,924		$	1,859,708
Less: Income attributable to unvested stock-based compensation awards		(8,844	)		(5,856	)		(10,197	)
Net income available to common shareholders	$	1,776,987		$	1,279,068		$	1,849,511
Adjusted weighted-average shares outstanding:
Common and unvested stock-based compensation awards		129,539			129,404			135,169
Less: Unvested stock-based compensation awards		(890	)		(766	)		(741	)
Plus: Incremental shares from assumed conversion of stock-based compensation awards and warrants to purchase common stock		163			66			34
Adjusted weighted-average shares outstanding		128,812			128,704			134,462

Diluted earnings per common share	$	13.80		$	9.94		$	13.75

GAAP defines unvested share-based awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) as participating securities that shall be included in the computation of earnings per common share pursuant to the two-class method. The Company has issued stock-based compensation awards in the form of restricted stock and restricted stock units, which, in accordance with GAAP, are considered participating securities.

Stock-based compensation awards and warrants to purchase common stock of M&T representing common shares of 461,000 in 2021, 474,000 in 2020 and 238,000 in 2019 were not included in the computations of diluted earnings per common share because the effect on those years would have been antidilutive.

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16. Comprehensive income

The following tables display the components of other comprehensive income (loss) and amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to net income:

	Investment			Defined Benefit						Total Amount				Income
	Securities			Plans			Other			Before Tax				Tax			Net
	(In thousands)
Balance — January 1, 2021	$	195,386		$	(650,087	)	$	369,558		$	(85,143	)		$	22,111		$	(63,032	)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications:
Unrealized holding losses, net		(95,114	)		—			—			(95,114	)			24,870			(70,244	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		—			—			(1,218	)		(1,218	)			356			(862	)
Unrealized losses on cash flow hedges		—			—			(32,292	)		(32,292	)			8,410			(23,882	)
Current year benefit plans gains		—			206,274			—			206,274				(54,016	)		152,258
Total other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications		(95,114	)		206,274			(33,510	)		77,650				(20,380	)		57,270
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income that (increase) decrease net income:
Amortization of unrealized holding losses on held-to-maturity securities		4,427			—			—			4,427		(a)		(1,154	)		3,273
Gains realized in net income		(8	)		—			—			(8	)	(b)		2			(6	)
Accretion of net gain on terminated cash flow hedges		—			—			(120	)		(120	)	(c)		32			(88	)
Net yield adjustment from cash flow hedges currently in effect		—			—			(252,397	)		(252,397	)	(a)		65,741			(186,656	)
Amortization of prior service credit		—			(4,185	)		—			(4,185	)	(d)		1,095			(3,090	)
Amortization of actuarial losses		—			87,722			—			87,722		(d)		(22,971	)		64,751
Total other comprehensive income (loss)		(90,695	)		289,811			(286,027	)		(86,911	)			22,365			(64,546	)
Balance — December 31, 2021	$	104,691		$	(360,276	)	$	83,531		$	(172,054	)		$	44,476		$	(127,578	)

Balance — January 1, 2020	$	50,701		$	(464,548	)	$	133,888		$	(279,959	)		$	73,279		$	(206,680	)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications:
Unrealized holding gains, net		141,081			—			—			141,081				(36,498	)		104,583
Foreign currency translation adjustment		—			—			2,724			2,724				(440	)		2,284
Unrealized gains on cash flow hedges		—			—			505,042			505,042				(130,432	)		374,610
Current year benefit plans losses		—			(238,218	)		—			(238,218	)			60,208			(178,010	)
Total other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications		141,081			(238,218	)		507,766			410,629				(107,162	)		303,467
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income that (increase) decrease net income:
Amortization of unrealized holding losses on held-to-maturity securities		3,606			—			—			3,606		(a)		(966	)		2,640
Gains realized in net income		(2	)		—			—			(2	)	(b)		1			(1	)
Accretion of net gain on terminated cash flow hedges		—			—			(125	)		(125	)	(c)		34			(91	)
Net yield adjustment from cash flow hedges currently in effect		—			—			(271,971	)		(271,971	)	(a)		70,239			(201,732	)
Amortization of prior service credit		—			(4,181	)		—			(4,181	)	(d)		1,057			(3,124	)
Amortization of actuarial losses		—			56,860			—			56,860		(d)		(14,371	)		42,489
Total other comprehensive income (loss)		144,685			(185,539	)		235,670			194,816				(51,168	)		143,648
Balance — December 31, 2020	$	195,386		$	(650,087	)	$	369,558		$	(85,143	)		$	22,111		$	(63,032	)

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	Investment			Defined Benefit						Total Amount				Income
	Securities			Plans			Other			Before Tax				Tax			Net
	(In thousands)
Balance — January 1, 2019	$	(200,107	)	$	(354,502	)	$	(14,719	)	$	(569,328	)		$	149,247		$	(420,081	)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications:
Unrealized holding gains, net		247,411			—			—			247,411				(65,009	)		182,402
Foreign currency translation adjustment		—			—			1,381			1,381				(290	)		1,091
Unrealized gains on cash flow hedges		—			—			160,373			160,373				(42,163	)		118,210
Current year benefit plans losses		—			(126,618	)		—			(126,618	)			33,287			(93,331	)
Total other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications		247,411			(126,618	)		161,754			282,547				(74,175	)		208,372
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income that (increase) decrease net income:
Amortization of unrealized holding losses on held-to-maturity securities		3,394			—			—			3,394		(a)		(892	)		2,502
Losses realized in net income		3			—			—			3		(b)		(1	)		2
Accretion of net gain on terminated cash flow hedges		—			—			(136	)		(136	)	(c)		36			(100	)
Net yield adjustment from cash flow hedges currently in effect		—			—			(13,011	)		(13,011	)	(a)		3,421			(9,590	)
Amortization of prior service credit		—			(4,173	)		—			(4,173	)	(d)		1,097			(3,076	)
Amortization of actuarial losses		—			20,745			—			20,745		(d)		(5,454	)		15,291
Total other comprehensive income (loss)		250,808			(110,046	)		148,607			289,369				(75,968	)		213,401
Balance — December 31, 2019	$	50,701		$	(464,548	)	$	133,888		$	(279,959	)		$	73,279		$	(206,680	)

(a) Included in interest income.

(b) Included in gain (loss) on bank investment securities.

(d) Included in other costs of operations.

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net consisted of the following:


	Investment Securities			Defined Benefit Plans			Other			Total
	(In thousands)

Balance at January 1, 2019	$	(147,526	)	$	(261,303	)	$	(11,252	)	$	(420,081	)
Net gain (loss) during 2019		184,906			(81,116	)		109,611			213,401
Balance at December 31, 2019		37,380			(342,419	)		98,359			(206,680	)
Net gain (loss) during 2020		107,222			(138,645	)		175,071			143,648
Balance at December 31, 2020		144,602			(481,064	)		273,430			(63,032	)
Net gain (loss) during 2021		(66,977	)		213,919			(211,488	)		(64,546	)
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	77,625		$	(267,145	)	$	61,942		$	(127,578	)

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17. Other income and other expense

The following items, which exceeded 1% of total interest income and other income in the respective period, were included in either “other revenues from operations” or “other costs of operations” in the consolidated statement of income:

	Year Ended December 31
	2021		2020		2019
	(In thousands)
Other income:
Credit-related fee income	$	90,816	$	70,387	$	86,792
Credit card interchange fee income		69,963
Merchant discount fee income		61,442
Other expense:
Professional services		348,360		240,047		330,900
Amortization of capitalized mortgage servicing rights		89,767		84,821		71,888

18. International activities

The Company engages in limited international activities including certain trust-related services in Europe, collecting Eurodollar deposits, engaging in foreign currency transactions associated with customer activity, providing credit to support the international activities of domestic companies and holding certain loans to foreign borrowers. Assets and revenues associated with international activities represent less than 1% of the Company’s consolidated assets and revenues. International assets included $197 million and $170 million of loans to foreign borrowers at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Deposits in the Company’s office in the Cayman Islands aggregated $652 million at December 31, 2020. There were no outstanding deposits at the Cayman Islands office at December 31, 2021 and the office is closed. Deposits at M&T Bank’s office in Ontario, Canada were $32 million at each of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. Revenues from providing international trust-related services were approximately $38 million in 2021, $36 million in 2020 and $32 million in 2019.

19. Derivative financial instruments

As part of managing interest rate risk, the Company enters into interest rate swap agreements to modify the repricing characteristics of certain portions of the Company’s portfolios of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. The Company designates interest rate swap agreements utilized in the management of interest rate risk as either fair value hedges or cash flow hedges. Interest rate swap agreements are generally entered into with counterparties that meet established credit standards and most contain master netting, collateral and/or settlement provisions protecting the at-risk party. Based on adherence to the Company’s credit standards and the presence of the netting, collateral or settlement provisions, the Company believes that the credit risk inherent in these contracts was not material as of December 31, 2021.

The net effect of interest rate swap agreements was to increase net interest income by $287 million 2021 and $312 million in 2020 , and to decrease net interest income by $2 million in 2019.

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Information about interest rate swap agreements entered into for interest rate risk management purposes summarized by type of financial instrument the swap agreements were intended to hedge follows:


					Weighted-						Estimated
	Notional		Average		Average Rate						Fair Value
	Amount		Maturity		Fixed			Variable			Gain (Loss) (a)
	(In thousands)		(In years)								(In thousands)
December 31, 2021
Fair value hedges:
Fixed rate long-term borrowings (b)	$	1,650,000		2.3		2.86	%		0.74	%	$	41
Cash flow hedges:
Interest payments on variable rate commercial real estate loans (b)(c)		21,700,000		0.6		1.24	%		0.09	%		(248	)
Total	$	23,350,000		0.7							$	(207	)
December 31, 2020
Fair value hedges:
Fixed rate long-term borrowings (b)	$	1,650,000		3.3		2.86	%		0.79	%	$	651
Cash flow hedges:
Interest payments on variable rate commercial real estate loans (b)(d)		49,400,000		0.9		2.22	%		0.15	%		425
Total	$	51,050,000		1.0							$	1,076

(a)

Certain clearinghouse exchanges consider payments by counterparties for variation margin on derivative instruments to be settlements of those positions. The impact of such treatment at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 was a reduction of the estimated fair value gains on interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges of $43.5 million and $101.5 million, respectively, and on interest rate swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges of $88.2 million and $372.2 million, respectively.

(b)	Under the terms of these agreements, the Company receives settlement amounts at a fixed rate and pays at a variable rate.

(c)	Includes notional amount and terms of $8.4 billion of forward-starting interest rate swap agreements that become effective in 2022.

(d)	Includes notional amount and terms of $32.1 billion of forward-starting interest rate swap agreement that become effective in 2021-2022.

The notional amount of interest rate swap agreements entered into for risk management purposes that were outstanding at December 31, 2021 mature as follows:

	(In thousands)
Year ending December 31:
2022	$	16,500,000
2023		6,350,000
2027		500,000
	$	23,350,000

The Company utilizes commitments to sell residential and commercial real estate loans to hedge the exposure to changes in the fair value of real estate loans held for sale. Such commitments have generally been designated as fair value hedges. The Company also utilizes commitments to sell real estate loans to offset the exposure to changes in fair value of certain commitments to originate real estate loans for sale.

Derivative financial instruments used for trading account purposes included interest rate contracts, foreign exchange and other option contracts, foreign exchange forward and spot contracts, and financial futures. Interest rate contracts entered into for trading account purposes had notional

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values of $32.6 billion and $37.8 billion at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The notional amounts of foreign currency and other option and futures contracts entered into for trading account purposes aggregated $1.1 billion and $776 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Information about the fair values of derivative instruments in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statement of income follows:

	Asset Derivatives				Liability Derivatives
	Fair Value				Fair Value
	December 31,		December 31,		December 31,		December 31,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
	(In thousands)
Derivatives designated and qualifying as hedging instruments
Interest rate swap agreements (a)	$	258	$	1,968	$	465	$	892
Commitments to sell real estate loans (a)		4,044		1,488		548		8,458
		4,302		3,456		1,013		9,350
Derivatives not designated and qualifying as hedging instruments
Mortgage-related commitments to originate real estate loans for sale (a)		11,728		43,599		5,288		365
Commitments to sell real estate loans (a)		8,137		2,409		4,108		13,868
Trading:
Interest rate contracts (b)		410,056		1,008,913		76,278		105,768
Foreign exchange and other option and futures contracts (b)		8,230		9,608		7,156		11,134
		438,151		1,064,529		92,830		131,135
Total derivatives	$	442,453	$	1,067,985	$	93,843	$	140,485

(a)	Asset derivatives are reported in other assets and liability derivatives are reported in other liabilities.

(b)

Asset derivatives are reported in trading account assets and liability derivatives are reported in other liabilities. The impact of variation margin payments at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 was a reduction of the estimated fair value of interest rate contracts in the trading account in an asset position of $54.4 million and $5.6 million, respectively, and in a liability position of $305.1 million and $806.5 million, respectively.

	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized
	Year Ended December 31, 2021					Year Ended December 31, 2020					Year Ended December 31, 2019
	Derivative			Hedged Item		Derivative		Hedged Item			Derivative		Hedged Item
	(In thousands)
Derivatives in fair value hedging relationships
Interest rate swap agreements:
Fixed rate long-term borrowings (a)	$	(58,599	)	$	57,716	$	57,611	$	(57,686	)	$	95,006	$	(94,742	)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Trading:
Interest rate contracts (b)	$	(11,268	)			$	6,344				$	24,701
Foreign exchange and other option and futures contracts (b)		9,064					7,363					8,511
Total	$	(2,204	)			$	13,707				$	33,212

(a)	Reported as an adjustment to interest expense.

(b)	Reported as trading account and foreign exchange gains.

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	Carrying Amount of the Hedged Item				Cumulative Amount of Fair Value Hedging Adjustment Increasing (Decreasing) the Carrying Amount of the Hedged Item
	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020		December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
	(In thousands)
Location in the Consolidated Balance Sheet of the Hedged Items in Fair Value Hedges

Long-term debt	$	1,692,943	$	1,750,048	$	43,610	$	101,326

The amount of interest income recognized in the consolidated statement of income associated with derivatives designated as cash flow hedges was $252 million and $272 million for 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of December 31, 2021, the unrealized gain recognized in other comprehensive income related to cash flow hedges was $88 million, of which $65 million and $23 million relate to interest rate swap agreements maturing in 2022 and 2023, respectively.

The Company also has commitments to sell and commitments to originate residential and commercial real estate loans that are considered derivatives. The Company designates certain of the commitments to sell real estate loans as fair value hedges of real estate loans held for sale. The Company also utilizes commitments to sell real estate loans to offset the exposure to changes in the fair value of certain commitments to originate real estate loans for sale. As a result of these activities, net unrealized pre-tax gains related to hedged loans held for sale, commitments to originate loans for sale and commitments to sell loans were approximately $24 million and $64 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Changes in unrealized gains and losses are included in mortgage banking revenues and, in general, are realized in subsequent periods as the related loans are sold and commitments satisfied.

The Company does not offset derivative asset and liability positions in its consolidated financial statements. The Company’s exposure to credit risk by entering into derivative contracts is mitigated through master netting agreements and collateral posting or settlement requirements. Master netting agreements covering interest rate and foreign exchange contracts with the same party include a right to set-off that becomes enforceable in the event of default, early termination or under other specific conditions.

The aggregate fair value of derivative financial instruments in a liability position, which are subject to enforceable master netting arrangements, was $35 million and $114 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company was required to post collateral relating to those positions of $33 million and $103 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Certain of the Company’s derivative financial instruments contain provisions that require the Company to maintain specific credit ratings from credit rating agencies to avoid higher collateral posting requirements. If the Company’s debt ratings were to fall below specified ratings, the counterparties of the derivative financial instruments could demand immediate incremental collateralization on those instruments in a net liability position. The aggregate fair value of all derivative financial instruments with such credit risk-related contingent features in a net liability position on December 31, 2021 was not material.

The aggregate fair value of derivative financial instruments in an asset position with counterparties, which are subject to enforceable master netting arrangements, was $7 million and $3 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Counterparties posted collateral relating to those positions of $6 million and $3 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Trading

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account interest rate swap agreements entered into with customers are subject to the Company’s credit risk standards and often contain collateral provisions.

In addition to the derivative contracts noted above, the Company clears certain derivative transactions through a clearinghouse, rather than directly with counterparties. Those transactions cleared through a clearinghouse require initial margin collateral and variation margin payments depending on the contracts being in a net asset or liability position. The amount of initial margin collateral posted by the Company was $132 million and $135 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The fair value asset and liability amounts of derivative contracts have been reduced by variation margin payments treated as settlements as described herein. Variation margin on derivative contracts not treated as settlements continues to represent collateral posted or received by the Company. In conjunction with changes made by the clearinghouse to prepare for reference rate reform, the Company changed the discount rate index used to value interest rate swaps from the Federal Funds Overnight Index swap rate to the Secured Overnight Financial Rate in October 2020. The change did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

20. Variable interest entities and asset securitizations

The Company’s securitization activity has consisted of securitizing loans originated for sale into government issued or guaranteed mortgage-backed securities that are then retained by the Company. The amounts of those securitizations in 2021, 2020 and 2019 are presented in the Company’s consolidated statement of cash flows. The Company has not recognized any losses as a result of having securitized assets.

As described in note 9, M&T has issued junior subordinated debentures payable to various trusts that have issued Capital Securities. M&T owns the common securities of those trust entities. The Company is not considered to be the primary beneficiary of those entities and, accordingly, the trusts are not included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. At each of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company included the junior subordinated debentures as “long-term borrowings” in its consolidated balance sheet and recognized $23 million in other assets for its “investment” in the common securities of the trusts that will be concomitantly repaid to M&T by the respective trust from the proceeds of M&T’s repayment of the junior subordinated debentures associated with preferred capital securities described in note 9.

The Company has invested as a limited partner in various partnerships that collectively had total assets of approximately $3.0 billion at December 31, 2021 and $2.3 billion at December 31, 2020. Those partnerships generally construct or acquire properties for which the investing partners are eligible to receive certain federal income tax credits in accordance with government guidelines. Such investments may also provide tax deductible losses to the partners. The partnership investments also assist the Company in achieving its community reinvestment initiatives. As a limited partner, there is no recourse to the Company by creditors of the partnerships. However, the tax credits that result from the Company’s investments in such partnerships are generally subject to recapture should a partnership fail to comply with the respective government regulations. The Company’s carrying amount of its investments in such partnerships was $933 million, including $361 million of unfunded commitments, at December 31, 2021 and $861 million, including $406 million of unfunded commitments, at December 31, 2020. Contingent commitments to provide additional capital contributions to these partnerships were not material at December 31, 2021. The Company has not provided financial or other support to the partnerships that was not contractually required. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss from its investments in such partnerships as of December 31, 2021 was $1.2 billion, including possible recapture of certain tax credits. Management currently estimates that no material losses are probable as a result of the Company’s involvement with such entities. The Company, in its position as limited partner, does not direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the partnerships and, therefore, in accordance with

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the accounting provisions for variable interest entities, the partnership entities are not included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company’s investment in qualified affordable housing projects is amortized to income taxes in the consolidated statement of income as tax credits and other tax benefits resulting from deductible losses associated with the projects are received.

The Company serves as investment advisor for certain registered money-market funds. The Company has no explicit arrangement to provide support to those funds, but may waive portions of its allowable management fees as a result of market conditions.

21. Fair value measurements

GAAP permits an entity to choose to measure eligible financial instruments and other items at fair value. The Company has not made any fair value elections at December 31, 2021.

Pursuant to GAAP, fair value is defined as 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. A three-level hierarchy exists in GAAP for fair value measurements based upon the inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability.

•

Level 1 — Valuation is based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

•

Level 2 — Valuation is determined from quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active or by model-based techniques in which all significant inputs are observable in the market.

•

Level 3 — Valuation is derived from model-based and other techniques in which at least one significant input is unobservable and which may be based on the Company’s own estimates about the assumptions that market participants would use to value the asset or liability.

When available, the Company attempts to use quoted market prices in active markets to determine fair value and classifies such items as Level 1 or Level 2. If quoted market prices in active markets are not available, fair value is often determined using model-based techniques incorporating various assumptions including interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit losses. Assets and liabilities valued using model-based techniques are classified as either Level 2 or Level 3, depending on the lowest level classification of an input that is considered significant to the overall valuation. The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured on a recurring basis at estimated fair value.

Trading account assets and liabilities

Trading account assets and liabilities include interest rate contracts and foreign exchange contracts with customers who require such services with offsetting positions with third parties to minimize the Company’s risk with respect to such transactions. The Company generally determines the fair value of its derivative trading account assets and liabilities using externally developed pricing models based on market observable inputs and, therefore, classifies such valuations as Level 2. Mutual funds held in connection with deferred compensation and other arrangements have been classified as Level 1 valuations. Valuations of investments in municipal and other bonds can generally be obtained through reference to quoted prices in less active markets for the same or similar securities or through model-based techniques in which all significant inputs are observable and, therefore, such valuations have been classified as Level 2.

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Investment securities available for sale and equity securities

The majority of the Company’s available-for-sale investment securities have been valued by reference to prices for similar securities or through model-based techniques in which all significant inputs are observable and, therefore, such valuations have been classified as Level 2. Certain investments in mutual funds and equity securities are actively traded and, therefore, have been classified as Level 1 valuations.

Real estate loans held for sale

The Company utilizes commitments to sell real estate loans to hedge the exposure to changes in fair value of real estate loans held for sale. The carrying value of hedged real estate loans held for sale includes changes in estimated fair value during the hedge period. Typically, the Company attempts to hedge real estate loans held for sale from the date of close through the sale date. The fair value of hedged real estate loans held for sale is generally calculated by reference to quoted prices in secondary markets for commitments to sell real estate loans with similar characteristics and, accordingly, such loans have been classified as a Level 2 valuation.

Commitments to originate real estate loans for sale and commitments to sell real estate loans

The Company enters into various commitments to originate real estate loans for sale and commitments to sell real estate loans. Such commitments are considered to be derivative financial instruments and, therefore, are carried at estimated fair value on the consolidated balance sheet. The estimated fair values of such commitments were generally calculated by reference to quoted prices in secondary markets for commitments to sell real estate loans to certain government-sponsored entities and other parties. The fair valuations of commitments to sell real estate loans generally result in a Level 2 classification. The estimated fair value of commitments to originate real estate loans for sale is adjusted to reflect the Company’s anticipated commitment expirations. The estimated commitment expirations are considered significant unobservable inputs contributing to the Level 3 classification of commitments to originate real estate loans for sale. Significant unobservable inputs used in the determination of estimated fair value of commitments to originate real estate loans for sale are included in the accompanying table of significant unobservable inputs to Level 3 measurements.

Interest rate swap agreements used for interest rate risk management

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 generally determines the fair value of its interest rate swap agreements using externally developed pricing models based on market observable inputs and, therefore, classifies such valuations as Level 2. The Company has considered counterparty credit risk in the valuation of its interest rate swap agreement assets and has considered its own credit risk in the valuation of its interest rate swap agreement liabilities.

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The following tables present assets and liabilities at December 31, 2021 and 2020 measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis:

	Fair Value Measurements		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
	(In thousands)
December 31, 2021
Trading account assets	$	468,031	$	49,545	$	418,486	$	—
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies		678,690		—		678,690		—
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed		3,155,312		—		3,155,312		—
Other debt securities		121,802		—		121,802		—
		3,955,804		—		3,955,804		—
Equity securities		77,640		68,850		8,790		—
Real estate loans held for sale		899,282		—		899,282		—
Other assets (a)		24,167		—		12,439		11,728
Total assets	$	5,424,924	$	118,395	$	5,294,801	$	11,728
Trading account liabilities	$	83,434	$	—	$	83,434	$	—
Other liabilities (a)		10,409		—		5,121		5,288
Total liabilities	$	93,843	$	—	$	88,555	$	5,288

December 31, 2020
Trading account assets	$	1,068,581	$	50,060	$	1,018,521	$	—
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies		9,338		—		9,338		—
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed		4,683,438		—		4,683,438		—
Privately issued		16		—		—		16
Other debt securities		129,814		—		129,814		—
		4,822,606		—		4,822,590		16
Equity securities		92,985		63,129		29,856		—
Real estate loans held for sale		1,054,676		—		1,054,676		—
Other assets (a)		49,464		—		5,865		43,599
Total assets	$	7,088,312	$	113,189	$	6,931,508	$	43,615
Trading account liabilities	$	116,902	$	—	$	116,902	$	—
Other liabilities (a)		23,583		—		23,218		365
Total liabilities	$	140,485	$	—	$	140,120	$	365

(a)	Comprised predominantly of interest rate swap agreements used for interest rate risk management (Level 2), commitments to sell real estate loans (Level 2) and commitments to originate real estate loans to be held for sale (Level 3).

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The changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

	Investment Securities Available for Sale
	Privately Issued Mortgage-Backed Securities			Other Assets and Other Liabilities
	(In thousands)
2021
Balance — January 1, 2021	$	16		$	43,234
Total gains realized/unrealized:
Included in earnings		—			126,223		(a)
Settlements		(16	)		—
Transfers out of Level 3		—			(163,017	)	(b)
Balance — December 31, 2021	$	—		$	6,440
Changes in unrealized gains included in earnings related to assets still held at December 31, 2021	$	—		$	8,619		(a)

2020
Balance — January 1, 2020	$	16		$	10,740
Total gains realized/unrealized:
Included in earnings		—			194,469		(a)
Transfers out of Level 3		—			(161,975	)	(b)
Balance — December 31, 2020	$	16		$	43,234
Changes in unrealized gains included in earnings related to assets still held at December 31, 2020	$	—		$	42,597		(a)

2019
Balance — January 1, 2019	$	22		$	7,712
Total gains realized/unrealized:
Included in earnings		—			129,398		(a)
Settlements		(6	)		—
Transfers out of Level 3		—			(126,370	)	(b)
Balance — December 31, 2019	$	16		$	10,740
Changes in unrealized gains included in earnings related to assets still held at December 31, 2019	$	—		$	11,146		(a)

(a)	Reported as mortgage banking revenues in the consolidated statement of income and includes the fair value of commitment issuances and expirations.

(b)	Transfers out of Level 3 consist of interest rate locks transferred to closed loans.

The Company is required, on a nonrecurring basis, to adjust the carrying value of certain assets or provide valuation allowances related to certain assets using fair value measurements. The more significant of those assets follow.

Loans

Loans are generally not recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. Periodically, the Company records nonrecurring adjustments to the carrying value of loans based on fair value measurements for partial charge-offs of the uncollectable portions of those loans. Nonrecurring adjustments also include certain impairment amounts for collateral-dependent loans when establishing the allowance for credit losses. Such amounts are generally based on the fair value of the underlying collateral supporting the

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loan and, as a result, the carrying value of the loan less the calculated valuation amount does not necessarily represent the fair value of the loan. Real estate collateral is typically valued using appraisals or other indications of value based on recent comparable sales of similar properties or assumptions generally observable in the marketplace and the related nonrecurring fair value measurement adjustments have generally been classified as Level 2, unless significant adjustments have been made to the valuation that are not readily observable by market participants. Non-real estate collateral supporting commercial loans generally consists of business assets such as receivables, inventory and equipment. Fair value estimations are typically determined by discounting recorded values of those assets to reflect estimated net realizable value considering specific borrower facts and circumstances and the experience of credit personnel in their dealings with similar borrower collateral liquidations. Such discounts were generally in the range of 15% to 90% with a weighted-average of 31% at December 31, 2021. As these discounts are not readily observable and are considered significant, the valuations have been classified as Level 3. Automobile collateral is typically valued by reference to independent pricing sources based on recent sales transactions of similar vehicles, and the related non-recurring fair value measurement adjustments have been classified as Level 2. Collateral values for other consumer installment loans are generally estimated based on historical recovery rates for similar types of loans, which at December 31, 2021 was 66%. As these recovery rates are not readily observable by market participants, such valuation adjustments have been classified as Level 3. Loans subject to nonrecurring fair value measurement were $574 million at December 31, 2021 ($340 million and $234 million of which were classified as Level 2 and Level 3, respectively), $652 million at December 31, 2020 ($339 million and $313 million of which were classified as Level 2 and Level 3, respectively), and $305 million at December 31, 2019 ($115 million and $190 million of which were classified as Level 2 and Level 3, respectively). Changes in fair value recognized during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 for partial charge-offs of loans and loan impairment reserves on loans held by the Company at the end of each of those years were decreases of $53 million, $222 million and $110 million, respectively.

Assets taken in foreclosure of defaulted loans

Assets taken in foreclosure of defaulted loans are primarily comprised of commercial and residential real property and are generally measured at the lower of cost or fair value less costs to sell. The fair value of the real property is generally determined using appraisals or other indications of value based on recent comparable sales of similar properties or assumptions generally observable in the marketplace, and the related nonrecurring fair value measurement adjustments have generally been classified as Level 2. Assets taken in foreclosure of defaulted loans subject to nonrecurring fair value measurement were $3 million and $22 million at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. Changes in fair value recognized during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 for foreclosed assets held by the Company at the end of each of those years were not material.

Capitalized servicing rights

Capitalized servicing rights are initially measured at fair value in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The Company utilizes the amortization method to subsequently measure its capitalized servicing assets. In accordance with GAAP, the Company must record impairment charges, on a nonrecurring basis, when the carrying value of certain strata exceed their estimated fair value. To estimate the fair value of servicing rights, the Company considers market prices for similar assets, if available, and the present value of expected future cash flows associated with the servicing rights calculated using assumptions that market participants would use in estimating future servicing income and expense. Such assumptions include estimates of the cost of servicing loans, loan default rates, an appropriate discount rate, and prepayment speeds. For

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purposes of evaluating and measuring impairment of capitalized servicing rights, the Company stratifies such assets based on the predominant risk characteristics of the underlying financial instruments that are expected to have the most impact on projected prepayments, cost of servicing and other factors affecting future cash flows associated with the servicing rights. Such factors may include financial asset or loan type, note rate and term. The amount of impairment recognized is the amount by which the carrying value of the capitalized servicing rights for a stratum exceed estimated fair value. Impairment is recognized through a valuation allowance. The determination of fair value of capitalized servicing rights is considered a Level 3 valuation. Capitalized servicing rights related to residential mortgage loans of $138 million and $159 million at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, required a valuation allowance of $24 million and $30 million, respectively. Significant unobservable inputs used in this Level 3 valuation included weighted-average prepayment speeds of 14.64% and 16.01% at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, and a weighted-average option-adjusted spread of 900 basis points at each date. Changes in fair value recognized for impairment of capitalized servicing rights were a decrease in the valuation allowance of $6 million in 2021 and an increase in the valuation allowance of $23 million and $7 million in 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Significant unobservable inputs to level 3 measurements

The following tables present quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurements for Level 3 assets and liabilities at December 31, 2021 and 2020:

Fair Value

Valuation

Technique

Unobservable

Inputs/Assumptions

Range

(Weighted-

Average)

(In thousands)

December 31, 2021

Recurring fair value measurements

Net other assets (liabilities) (a)

6,440

Discounted cash flow

Commitment expirations

0% - 80% (10%)

December 31, 2020

Recurring fair value measurements

Privately issued mortgage-

backed securities

Two independent pricing quotes

—

Net other assets (liabilities) (a)

43,234

Discounted cash flow

Commitment expirations

0% - 98% (16%)

(a)	Other Level 3 assets (liabilities) consist of commitments to originate real estate loans.

Sensitivity of fair value measurements to changes in unobservable inputs

An increase (decrease) in the estimate of expirations for commitments to originate real estate loans would generally result in a lower (higher) fair value measurement. Estimated commitment expirations are derived considering loan type, changes in interest rates and remaining length of time until closing.

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Disclosures of fair value of financial instruments

The carrying amounts and estimated fair value for financial instrument assets (liabilities) are presented in the following tables:

	December 31, 2021
	Carrying Amount			Estimated Fair Value			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3
	(In thousands)
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,337,577			1,337,577			1,205,269		132,308			—
Interest-bearing deposits at banks		41,872,304			41,872,304			—		41,872,304			—
Trading account assets		468,031			468,031			49,545		418,486			—
Investment securities		7,155,860			7,192,476			68,850		7,066,293			57,333
Loans and leases:
Commercial loans and leases		23,473,324			23,285,224			—		—			23,285,224
Commercial real estate loans		35,389,730			34,730,191			—		425,010			34,305,181
Residential real estate loans		16,074,445			16,160,799			—		4,524,018			11,636,781
Consumer loans		17,974,953			18,121,363			—		—			18,121,363
Allowance for credit losses		(1,469,226	)		—			—		—			—
Loans and leases, net		91,443,226			92,297,577			—		4,949,028			87,348,549
Accrued interest receivable		335,162			335,162			—		335,162			—
Financial liabilities:
Noninterest-bearing deposits	$	(60,131,480	)		(60,131,480	)		—		(60,131,480	)		—
Savings and interest-checking deposits		(68,603,966	)		(68,603,966	)		—		(68,603,966	)		—
Time deposits		(2,807,963	)		(2,810,143	)		—		(2,810,143	)		—
Short-term borrowings		(47,046	)		(47,046	)		—		(47,046	)		—
Long-term borrowings		(3,485,369	)		(3,562,223	)		—		(3,562,223	)		—
Accrued interest payable		(40,866	)		(40,866	)		—		(40,866	)		—
Trading account liabilities		(83,434	)		(83,434	)		—		(83,434	)		—
Other financial instruments:
Commitments to originate real estate loans for sale	$	6,440			6,440			—		—			6,440
Commitments to sell real estate loans		7,525			7,525			—		7,525			—
Other credit-related commitments		(123,032	)		(123,032	)		—		—			(123,032	)
Interest rate swap agreements used for interest rate risk management		(207	)		(207	)		—		(207	)		—

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	December 31, 2020
	Carrying Amount			Estimated Fair Value			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3
				(In thousands)
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,552,743			1,552,743			1,497,457		55,286			—
Interest-bearing deposits at banks		23,663,810			23,663,810			—		23,663,810			—
Trading account assets		1,068,581			1,068,581			50,060		1,018,521			—
Investment securities		7,045,697			7,138,989			63,129		7,005,571			70,289
Loans and leases:
Commercial loans and leases		27,574,564			27,220,699			—		—			27,220,699
Commercial real estate loans		37,637,889			36,816,580			—		277,911			36,538,669
Residential real estate loans		16,752,993			17,089,141			—		4,135,655			12,953,486
Consumer loans		16,570,421			16,554,050			—		—			16,554,050
Allowance for credit losses		(1,736,387	)		—			—		—			—
Loans and leases, net		96,799,480			97,680,470			—		4,413,566			93,266,904
Accrued interest receivable		419,936			419,936			—		419,936			—
Financial liabilities:
Noninterest-bearing deposits	$	(47,572,884	)		(47,572,884	)		—		(47,572,884	)		—
Savings and interest-checking deposits		(67,680,840	)		(67,680,840	)		—		(67,680,840	)		—
Time deposits		(3,899,910	)		(3,919,367	)		—		(3,919,367	)		—
Deposits at Cayman Islands office		(652,104	)		(652,104	)		—		(652,104	)		—
Short-term borrowings		(59,482	)		(59,482	)		—		(59,482	)		—
Long-term borrowings		(4,382,193	)		(4,490,433	)		—		(4,490,433	)		—
Accrued interest payable		(59,916	)		(59,916	)		—		(59,916	)		—
Trading account liabilities		(116,902	)		(116,902	)		—		(116,902	)		—
Other financial instruments:
Commitments to originate real estate loans for sale	$	43,234			43,234			—		—			43,234
Commitments to sell real estate loans		(18,429	)		(18,429	)		—		(18,429	)		—
Other credit-related commitments		(133,354	)		(133,354	)		—		—			(133,354	)
Interest rate swap agreements used for interest rate risk management		1,076			1,076			—		1,076			—

With the exception of marketable securities, certain off-balance sheet financial instruments and mortgage loans originated for sale, the Company’s financial instruments are not readily marketable and market prices do not exist. The Company, in attempting to comply with the provisions of GAAP that require disclosures of fair value of financial instruments, has not attempted to market its financial instruments to potential buyers, if any exist. Since negotiated prices in illiquid markets depend greatly upon the then present motivations of the buyer and seller, it is reasonable to assume that actual sales prices could vary widely from any estimate of fair value made without the benefit of negotiations. Additionally, changes in market interest rates can dramatically impact the value of financial instruments in a short period of time.

The Company does not believe that the estimated information presented herein is representative of the earnings power or value of the Company. The preceding analysis, which is inherently limited in depicting fair value, also does not consider any value associated with existing customer relationships nor the ability of the Company to create value through loan origination, deposit gathering or fee generating activities. Many of the estimates presented herein are based upon the use of highly subjective information and assumptions and, accordingly, the results may not be precise. Management believes that fair value estimates may not be comparable between financial institutions due to the wide range of permitted valuation techniques and numerous estimates which must be made. Furthermore, because the disclosed fair value amounts were estimated as of the balance sheet

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date, the amounts actually realized or paid upon maturity or settlement of the various financial instruments could be significantly different.

22. 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.

	December 31,		December 31,
	2021		2020
	(In thousands)
Commitments to extend credit
Home equity lines of credit	$	5,693,045	$	5,563,854
Commercial real estate loans to be sold		324,943		363,735
Other commercial real estate		4,998,631		7,237,367
Residential real estate loans to be sold		233,257		1,026,118
Other residential real estate		924,211		665,259
Commercial and other		22,145,057		19,427,886
Standby letters of credit		2,151,595		2,241,417
Commercial letters of credit		31,981		27,332
Financial guarantees and indemnification contracts		4,211,797		4,220,531
Commitments to sell real estate loans		1,367,523		2,108,823

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. In addition to the amounts presented in the preceding table, the Company had discretionary funding commitments to commercial customers of $10.8 billion and $10.4 billion at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, that the Company had the unconditional right to cancel prior to funding. 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 predominantly comprised of recourse obligations associated with sold loans and other guarantees and commitments. Included in financial guarantees and indemnification contracts are loan principal amounts sold with recourse in conjunction with the Company’s involvement in the Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and Servicing program. The Company’s maximum credit risk for recourse associated with loans sold under this program totaled approximately $4.0 billion at both December 31, 2021 and 2020. At December 31, 2021, the Company estimated that the recourse obligations described above were not material to the Company’s consolidated financial position. There have been no material losses incurred as a result of those credit recourse arrangements.

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.

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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 and along with commitments to originate real estate loans to be held for sale are recorded in the consolidated balance sheet at estimated fair market value.

The Company is contractually obligated to repurchase previously sold residential real estate loans that do not ultimately meet investor sale criteria related to underwriting procedures or loan documentation. When required to do so, the Company may reimburse loan purchasers for losses incurred or may repurchase certain loans. The Company reduces residential mortgage banking revenues by an estimate for losses related to its obligations to loan purchasers. The amount of those charges is based on the volume of loans sold, the level of reimbursement requests received from loan purchasers and estimates of losses that may be associated with previously sold loans. At December 31, 2021, the Company believes that its obligation to loan purchasers was not material to the Company’s consolidated financial position.

M&T and its subsidiaries are subject in the normal course of business to various pending and threatened legal proceedings and other matters in which claims for monetary damages are asserted. On an on-going basis management, after consultation with legal counsel, assesses the Company’s liabilities and contingencies in connection with such proceedings. For those matters where it is probable that the Company will incur losses and the amounts of the losses can be reasonably estimated, the Company records an expense and corresponding liability in its consolidated financial statements. To the extent the pending or threatened litigation could result in exposure in excess of that liability, the amount of such excess is not currently estimable. Although not considered probable, the range of reasonably possible losses for such matters in the aggregate, beyond the existing recorded liability, was between $0 and $25 million at December 31, 2021. Although the Company does not believe that the outcome of pending litigations will be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position, it cannot rule out the possibility that such outcomes will be material to the consolidated results of operations for a particular reporting period in the future.

23. Segment information

Reportable segments have been determined based upon the Company’s internal profitability reporting system, which is organized by strategic business unit. 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 Business Banking, 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 1 with certain exceptions. The more significant of these exceptions are described herein. The Company allocates interest income or interest expense using a methodology that charges users of funds (assets) interest expense and credits providers of funds (liabilities) with income based on the maturity, prepayment and/or repricing characteristics of the assets and liabilities. A provision for credit losses is allocated to segments in an amount based largely on actual net charge-offs incurred by the segment during the period plus or minus an amount necessary to adjust the segment’s allowance for credit losses due to changes in loan balances. In contrast, the level of the consolidated provision for credit losses is determined using the methodologies described in notes 1 and 5. The net effects of these allocations are recorded in the “All Other” category. Indirect fixed and variable expenses incurred by certain centralized support areas are allocated to segments based on actual usage (for example, volume measurements) and other criteria. Certain types of administrative expenses and bankwide expense accruals (including amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets associated with acquisitions of financial institutions) are generally not allocated to segments. Income

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taxes are allocated to segments based on the Company’s marginal statutory tax rate adjusted for any tax-exempt income or non-deductible expenses. Equity is allocated to the segments based on regulatory capital requirements and in proportion to an assessment of the inherent risks associated with the business of the segment (including interest, credit and operating risk).

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 GAAP. As a result, reported segment results are not necessarily comparable with similar information reported by other financial institutions. Furthermore, changes in management structure or allocation methodologies and procedures may result in changes in reported segment financial data.

Information about the Company’s segments is presented in the accompanying table. Income statement amounts are in thousands of dollars. Balance sheet amounts are in millions of dollars.

	For the Years Ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019
	Business Banking							Commercial Banking						Commercial Real Estate									Discretionary Portfolio
	2021			2020		2019		2021		2020		2019		2021			2020			2019			2021			2020			2019
Net interest income(a)	$	518,940		$	462,614	$	451,307	$	854,264	$	864,149	$	828,888	$	643,415		$	673,894		$	692,526		$	483,624		$	486,831		$	209,807
Noninterest income		123,854			103,837		113,855		302,974		276,791		289,558		218,189			208,367			214,970			(38,638	)		(1,735	)		26,919
		642,794			566,451		565,162		1,157,238		1,140,940		1,118,446		861,604			882,261			907,496			444,986			485,096			236,726
Provision for credit losses		10,928			25,928		16,501		101,060		73,099		25,580		67,405			107,210			1,537			3,622			1,508			3,608
Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets		—			—		—		—		—		—		1,060			1,060			1,060			—			—			—
Depreciation and other amortization		1,106			1,482		2,066		2,362		2,421		2,353		35,623			28,187			26,963			194			285			279
Other noninterest expense		341,751			322,868		317,482		384,505		375,769		382,214		276,791			256,428			239,333			64,122			54,339			52,885
Income (loss) before taxes		289,009			216,173		229,113		669,311		689,651		708,299		480,725			489,376			638,603			377,048			428,964			179,954
Income tax expense (benefit)		75,545			56,953		60,617		175,588		181,179		187,835		108,399			107,548			152,977			88,282			101,673			36,342
Net income (loss)	$	213,464		$	159,220	$	168,496	$	493,723	$	508,472	$	520,464	$	372,326		$	381,828		$	485,626		$	288,766		$	327,291		$	143,612
Average total assets (in millions)	$	8,007		$	8,152	$	5,793	$	28,559	$	30,338	$	28,142	$	25,628		$	25,792		$	23,921		$	22,262		$	27,726		$	29,081
Capital expenditures (in millions)	$	1		$	—	$	1	$	1	$	—	$	2	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—

	For the Years Ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019
	Residential Mortgage Banking							Retail Banking						All Other									Total
	2021			2020		2019		2021		2020		2019		2021			2020			2019			2021			2020			2019
Net interest income(a)	$	92,706		$	52,712	$	20,008	$	1,125,953	$	1,204,309	$	1,389,788	$	105,876		$	121,808		$	537,940		$	3,824,778		$	3,866,317		$	4,130,264
Noninterest income		523,765			515,549		393,372		290,610		260,163		327,562		746,240			725,472			695,443			2,166,994			2,088,444			2,061,679
		616,471			568,261		413,380		1,416,563		1,464,472		1,717,350		852,116			847,280			1,233,383			5,991,772			5,954,761			6,191,943
Provision for credit losses		(562	)		1,785		382		55,692		108,268		122,135		(313,145	)		482,202			6,257			(75,000	)		800,000			176,000
Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets		—			—		—		—		—		—		9,107			13,809			18,430			10,167			14,869			19,490
Depreciation and other amortization		57,716			60,129		48,248		93,159		95,936		93,312		123,881			116,979			108,604			314,041			305,419			281,825
Other noninterest expense		332,491			332,028		273,067		804,762		764,262		784,718		1,082,993			959,258			1,117,668			3,287,415			3,064,952			3,167,367
Income (loss) before taxes		226,826			174,319		91,683		462,950		496,006		717,185		(50,720	)		(724,968	)		(17,576	)		2,455,149			1,769,521			2,547,261
Income tax expense (benefit)		53,866			40,667		19,355		121,464		130,745		189,611		(26,741	)		(202,396	)		(28,625	)		596,403			416,369			618,112
Net income (loss)	$	172,960		$	133,652	$	72,328	$	341,486	$	365,261	$	527,574	$	(23,979	)	$	(522,572	)	$	11,049		$	1,858,746		$	1,353,152		$	1,929,149
Average total assets (in millions)	$	6,463		$	4,038	$	2,611	$	17,897	$	16,438	$	15,083	$	43,853		$	22,996		$	14,953		$	152,669		$	135,480		$	119,584
Capital expenditures (in millions)	$	1		$	—	$	1	$	53	$	34	$	76	$	93		$	138		$	98		$	149		$	172		$	178

(a)

Net interest income is the difference between actual taxable-equivalent interest earned on assets and interest paid on liabilities by a segment and a funding charge (credit) based on the Company’s internal funds transfer pricing 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 $14,731,000 in 2021, $17,288,000 in 2020 and $22,863,000 in 2019 and is eliminated in “All Other” net interest income and income tax expense (benefit).

The Business Banking segment provides deposit, lending, cash management and other financial services to small businesses and professionals through the Company’s banking office network and several other delivery channels, including business banking centers, telephone banking, Internet

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banking and automated teller machines. The Commercial Banking segment provides a wide range of credit products and banking services to middle-market and large commercial customers, mainly within the markets the Company serves. Among the services provided by this segment are commercial lending and leasing, letters of credit, deposit products and cash management services. The Commercial Real Estate segment provides credit services which are secured by various types of multifamily residential and commercial real estate and deposit services to its customers. Activities of this segment include the origination, sales and servicing of commercial real estate loans. Commercial real estate loans held for sale are included in the Commercial Real Estate Segment. The Discretionary Portfolio segment includes securities; residential real estate loans and other assets; short-term and long-term borrowed funds; brokered deposits; and Cayman Islands branch deposits. This segment also provides foreign exchange services to customers. The Residential Mortgage Banking segment originates and services residential real estate loans for consumers and sells substantially all originated loans in the secondary market to investors or to the Discretionary Portfolio segment. The segment periodically purchases servicing rights to loans that have been originated by other entities. Residential real estate loans held for sale are included in the Residential Mortgage Banking segment. The Retail Banking segment offers a variety of services to consumers through several delivery channels that include banking offices, automated teller machines, and telephone, mobile and Internet banking. The “All Other” category includes other operating activities of the Company that are not directly attributable to the reported segments; the difference between the provision for credit losses and the calculated provision allocated to the reportable segments; goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets resulting from acquisitions of financial institutions; merger-related gains and expenses resulting from acquisitions; the net impact of the Company’s internal funds transfer pricing methodology; eliminations of transactions between reportable segments; certain nonrecurring transactions; the residual effects of unallocated support systems and general and administrative expenses; and the impact of interest rate risk management strategies.

The amount of intersegment activity eliminated in arriving at consolidated totals was included in the “All Other” category as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2021			2020			2019
	(In thousands)

Revenues	$	(55,556	)	$	(47,604	)	$	(48,559	)
Expenses		(13,599	)		(14,038	)		(18,218	)
Income taxes		(10,846	)		(8,824	)		(7,976	)
Net income		(31,111	)		(24,742	)		(22,365	)

The Company conducts substantially all of its operations in the United States. There are no transactions with a single customer that in the aggregate result in revenues that exceed ten percent of consolidated total revenues.

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24. Regulatory matters

Payment of dividends by M&T’s banking subsidiaries is restricted by various legal and 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 preceding two years. For purposes of this test, at December 31, 2021, approximately $1.6 billion was available for payment of dividends to M&T from banking subsidiaries. M&T may pay dividends and repurchase stock only in accordance with a capital plan that the Federal Reserve Board has not objected to.

Banking regulations prohibit extensions of credit by the subsidiary banks to M&T unless appropriately secured by assets. Securities of affiliates are not eligible as collateral for this purpose.

M&T and its subsidiary banks are required to comply with applicable capital adequacy regulations established by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can result in certain mandatory, and possibly additional discretionary, actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements. Pursuant to the rules in effect as of December 31, 2021, the required minimum and well capitalized capital ratios are as follows:

				Well
	Minimum			Capitalized
M&T (Consolidated)
Common equity Tier 1 ("CET1") to risk-weighted assets		4.5	%
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets		6.0	%		6.0	%
Total capital to risk-weighted assets		8.0	%		10.0	%
Leverage — Tier 1 capital to average total assets, as defined		4.0	%

				Well
	Minimum			Capitalized
Bank Subsidiaries
CET1 to risk-weighted assets		4.5	%		6.5	%
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets		6.0	%		8.0	%
Total capital to risk-weighted assets		8.0	%		10.0	%
Leverage — Tier 1 capital to average total assets, as defined		4.0	%		5.0	%

In addition, pursuant to capital regulations M&T and its bank subsidiaries are each currently required to maintain a capital buffer of 2.5% composed entirely of CET1 on top of the minimum risk-weighted asset ratios.

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The capital ratios and amounts of the Company and its banking subsidiaries as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are presented below:

	M&T (Consolidated)			M&T Bank			Wilmington Trust, N.A.
	(Dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2021:
CET1 capital
Amount	$	11,844,833		$	12,378,354		$	779,521
Ratio(a)		11.42	%		11.98	%		31.22	%
Tier 1 capital
Amount		13,594,782			12,378,354			779,521
Ratio(a)		13.11	%		11.98	%		31.22	%
Total capital
Amount		15,902,833			14,170,434			780,791
Ratio(a)		15.33	%		13.71	%		31.27	%
Leverage
Amount		13,594,782			12,378,354			779,521
Ratio(b)		8.87	%		8.11	%		6.23	%
December 31, 2020:
CET1 capital
Amount	$	10,623,368		$	11,550,462		$	630,574
Ratio(a)		10.00	%		10.90	%		46.57	%
Tier 1 capital
Amount		11,873,317			11,550,462			630,574
Ratio(a)		11.17	%		10.90	%		46.57	%
Total capital
Amount		14,207,937			13,373,416			632,506
Ratio(a)		13.37	%		12.62	%		46.72	%
Leverage
Amount		11,873,317			11,550,462			630,574
Ratio(b)		8.48	%		8.27	%		10.73	%

(a)	The ratio of capital to risk-weighted assets, as defined by regulation.

(b)	The ratio of capital to average assets, as defined by regulation.

25. Relationship with Bayview Lending Group LLC and Bayview Financial Holdings, L.P.

M&T holds a 20% minority interest in Bayview Lending Group LLC (“BLG”), a privately-held commercial mortgage company. That investment had no remaining carrying value at December 31, 2021 as a result of cumulative losses recognized and cash distributions received in prior years. Cash distributions now received from BLG are recognized as income by M&T and included in other revenues from operations. That income totaled $30 million in 2021, $53 million in 2020 and $37 million in 2019.

Bayview Financial Holdings, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Bayview Financial”), a privately-held specialty financial company, is BLG’s majority investor. In addition to their common investment in BLG, the Company and Bayview Financial conduct other business activities with each other. The Company has obtained loan servicing rights for mortgage loans from BLG and Bayview Financial

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having outstanding principal balances of $1.6 billion and $1.9 billion at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Revenues from those servicing rights were $9 million, $10 million and $12 million during 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company sub-services residential mortgage loans for Bayview Financial having outstanding principal balances of $74.7 billion and $68.1 billion at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Revenues earned for sub-servicing loans for Bayview Financial were $153 million, $129 million and $125 million in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. In addition, the Company held $62 million and $77 million of mortgage-backed securities in its held-to-maturity portfolio at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, that were securitized by Bayview Financial. At December 31, 2021, the Company held $210 million of Bayview Financial’s $1.4 billion syndicated loan facility. In early 2021 the Company purchased $965 million of delinquent FHA guaranteed mortgage loans, including past due accrued interest, from Bayview Financial for $1.0 billion. The servicing rights for such loans were retained by Bayview Financial, but the Company continues to sub-service the loans

26. Parent company financial statements

Condensed Balance Sheet

	December 31
	2021		2020
	(In thousands)
Assets
Cash in subsidiary bank	$	92,836	$	100,593
Due from consolidated bank subsidiaries
Money-market savings		1,335,857		699,476
Current income tax receivable		754		—
Total due from consolidated bank subsidiaries		1,336,611		699,476
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries
Banks		17,533,772		16,554,287
Other		220,496		125,988
Investments in trust preferred entities (note 20)		22,672		22,846
Other assets		98,010		92,170
Total assets	$	19,304,397	$	17,595,360
Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	103,242	$	96,664
Long-term borrowings		1,297,750		1,311,413
Total liabilities		1,400,992		1,408,077
Shareholders’ equity		17,903,405		16,187,283
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	19,304,397	$	17,595,360

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Condensed Statement of Income

	Year Ended December 31
	2021			2020			2019
	(In thousands, except per share)
Income
Dividends from consolidated subsidiaries	$	1,025,000		$	708,500		$	2,025,000
Income from Bayview Lending Group LLC		30,000			52,940			36,740
Other income		2,530			5,110			7,216
Total income		1,057,530			766,550			2,068,956
Expense
Interest on long-term borrowings		24,073			31,924			51,938
Other expense		35,406			33,704			25,236
Total expense		59,479			65,628			77,174
Income before income taxes and equity in undistributed income of subsidiaries		998,051			700,922			1,991,782
Income tax credits		6,052			1,984			8,313
Income before equity in undistributed income of subsidiaries		1,004,103			702,906			2,000,095
Equity in undistributed income of subsidiaries
Net income of subsidiaries		1,879,643			1,358,746			1,954,054
Less: dividends received		(1,025,000	)		(708,500	)		(2,025,000	)
Equity in undistributed income of subsidiaries		854,643			650,246			(70,946	)
Net income	$	1,858,746		$	1,353,152		$	1,929,149
Net income per common share
Basic	$	13.81		$	9.94		$	13.76
Diluted		13.80			9.94			13.75

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Condensed Statement of Cash Flows

	Year Ended December 31
	2021			2020			2019
	(In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$	1,858,746		$	1,353,152		$	1,929,149
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Equity in undistributed income of subsidiaries		(854,643	)		(650,246	)		70,946
Provision for deferred income taxes		10,356			1,079			5,263
Net change in accrued income and expense		(23,047	)		(24,206	)		(34,525	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		991,412			679,779			1,970,833
Cash flows from investing activities
Proceeds from sales or maturities of investment securities		—			—			100
Net investment in consolidated subsidiaries		(199,000	)		125,654			—
Other, net		(2,777	)		50,396			51,235
Net cash provided (used) by investing activities		(201,777	)		176,050			51,335
Cash flows from financing activities
Purchases of treasury stock		—			(373,750	)		(1,349,785	)
Dividends paid — common		(580,260	)		(568,112	)		(552,138	)
Dividends paid — preferred		(68,200	)		(68,256	)		(67,454	)
Redemption of Series A and Series C preferred stock		—			—			(381,500	)
Proceeds from issuance of Series I and Series G preferred stock		495,000			—			396,000
Other, net		(7,551	)		(5,992	)		(4,431	)
Net cash used by financing activities		(161,011	)		(1,016,110	)		(1,959,308	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		628,624			(160,281	)		62,860
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		800,069			960,350			897,490
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	$	1,428,693		$	800,069		$	960,350
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
Interest received during the year	$	1,165		$	1,493		$	1,752
Interest paid during the year		20,457			30,913			49,451
Income taxes received during the year		53,067			11,528			6,251

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27. Recent accounting developments

The following table provides a description of accounting standards that were adopted by the Company in 2021 as well as standards that are not effective that could have an impact to M&T’s consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

Standard

Description

Required date

of adoption

Effect on consolidated financial statements

Standards Adopted in 2021

Clarifying the Interactions Between Equity Securities, Equity Method and Joint Ventures, and Derivatives and Hedging

The amendments clarify the following guidance:

1. That an entity should consider observable transactions that require it to either apply or discontinue the equity method of accounting for the purposes of applying the measurement alternative in the equity securities investments guidance immediately before applying or upon discontinuing the equity method of accounting.

2. For the purpose of applying the derivatives and hedging guidance an entity should not consider whether, upon the settlement of a forward contract or exercise of a purchased option, individually or with existing investments, the underlying securities would be accounted for under the equity method of accounting or the fair value option in accordance with the financial instruments guidance. An entity also would evaluate the remaining characteristics in the derivatives and hedging guidance to determine the accounting for those forward contracts and purchased options.

January 1, 2021

The Company adopted the amended guidance effective January 1, 2021 using a prospective transition method. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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Standard

Description

Required date

of adoption

Effect on consolidated financial statements

Standards Adopted in 2021

Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes

The amendments remove the following exceptions for accounting for income taxes:

1. Exception to the incremental approach for intraperiod tax allocation when there is a loss from continuing operations and income or a gain from other items (for example, discontinued operations or other comprehensive income);

2. Exception to the requirement to recognize a deferred tax liability for equity method investments when a foreign subsidiary becomes an equity method investment;

3. Exception to the ability not to recognize a deferred tax liability for a foreign subsidiary when a foreign equity method investment becomes a subsidiary; and

4. Exception to the general methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period when a year-to-date loss exceeds the anticipated loss for the year.

The amendments also simplify the accounting for income taxes by doing the following:

1. Requiring that an entity recognize a franchise tax (or similar tax) that is partially based on income as an income-based tax and account for any incremental amount incurred as a non-income-based tax.

2. Requiring that an entity evaluate when a step up in the tax basis of goodwill should be considered part of the business combination in which the book goodwill was originally recognized and when it should be considered a separate transaction.

3. Specifying that an entity is not required to allocate the consolidated amount of current and deferred tax expense to a legal entity that is not subject to tax in its separate financial statements. However, an entity may elect to do so (on an entity-by-entity basis) for a legal entity that is both not subject to tax and disregarded by the taxing authority.

4. Requiring that an entity reflect the effect of an enacted change in tax laws or rates in the annual effective tax rate computation in the interim period that includes the enactment date.

5. Making minor Codification improvements for income taxes related to employee stock ownership plans and investments in qualified affordable housing projects accounted for using the equity method.

January 1, 2021

The amendments related to separate financial statements of legal entities that are not subject to tax should be applied on a retrospective basis for all periods presented. The amendments related to changes in ownership of foreign equity method investments or foreign subsidiaries should be applied on a modified retrospective basis through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The amendments related to franchise taxes that are partially based on income should be applied on either a retrospective basis for all periods presented or a modified retrospective basis through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. All other amendments should be applied on a prospective basis.

The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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Standard

Description

Required date

of adoption

Effect on consolidated financial statements

Standards Not Yet Adopted as of December 31, 2021

Changes to Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity

The amendments reduce the number of accounting models for convertible debt instruments and convertible preferred stock. The amendments also reduce form-over-substance-based guidance for the derivatives scope exception for contacts in an entity’s own equity. For convertible instruments, embedded conversion features no longer are separated from the host contract for convertible instruments with conversion features that are not required to be accounted for as derivatives, or that do not result in substantial premiums accounted for as paid-in capital. Consequently, a convertible debt instrument will be accounted for as a single liability measured at its amortized cost and a convertible preferred stock will be accounted for as a single equity instrument measured at its historical cost, as long as no other features require bifurcation and recognition as derivatives. By removing those separation models, the interest rate of convertible debt instruments typically will be closer to the coupon interest rate on the instrument. The amendments also require certain changes to EPS calculations for convertible instruments as well as additional disclosures relating to conditions that cause conversion features to be met.

For contacts in an entity’s own equity, the amendments revise the derivatives scope exception guidance as follows:

1. Remove the settlement in unregistered shares, collateral, and shareholder rights conditions from the settlement guidance.

2. Clarify that payment penalties for failure to timely file do not preclude equity classification.

3. Require instruments that are required to be classified as an asset or liability to be measured subsequently at fair value, with changes reported in earnings and disclosed in the financial statements.

4. Clarifiy that the scope of the disclosure requirements in the Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity section of the Derivatives guidance applies only to freestanding instruments.

5. Clarify that the scope of the reassessment guidance in the Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity section of the Derivatives guidance applies to both freestanding instruments and embedded features.

January 1, 2022

Early adoption permitted

At January 1, 2022 the Company did not have the types of instruments affected by the amended guidance and, therefore, the adoption had no impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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Standard

Description

Required date

of adoption

Effect on consolidated financial statements

Standards Not Yet Adopted of December 31, 2021

Issuer’s Accounting for Certain Modifications or Exchanges of Freestanding Equity-Classified Written Call Options

The amendments clarify and reduce diversity in an issuer’s accounting for modifications or exchanges of freestanding equity-classified written call options (for example, warrants) that remain equity classified after modification or exchange.

The amendments clarify that:

1. A modification of the terms or conditions or an exchange of a freestanding equity-classified written call option that remains equity classified after modification or exchange should be treated as an exchange of the original instrument for a new instrument.

2. The effect of a modification or an exchange of a freestanding equity-classified written call option that remains equity classified after modification or exchange should be measured as follows:

a. For a modification or an exchange that is a part of or directly related to a modification or an exchange of an existing debt instrument or line-of-credit or revolving-debt arrangements, as the difference between the fair value of the modified or exchanged written call option and the fair value of that written call option immediately before it is modified or exchanged.

b. For all other modifications or exchanges, as the excess, if any, of the fair value of the modified or exchanged written call option over the fair value of that written call option immediately before it is modified or exchanged.

3. The effect of a modification or an exchange of a freestanding equity-classified written call option that remains equity classified after modification or exchange should be recognized on the basis of the substance of the transaction, in the same manner as if cash had been paid as consideration. The effect of a modification or an exchange of a freestanding equity-classified written call option to compensate for goods or services should be recognized in accordance with the Stock Compensation guidance. In a multiple-element transaction (for example, one that includes both debt financing and equity financing), the total effect of the modification should be allocated to the respective elements in the transaction.

January 1, 2022

Early adoption permitted

At January 1, 2022 the Company did not have any of the types of instruments affected by the amended guidance and, therefore, the adoption had no impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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Standard	Description	Required date of adoption	Effect on consolidated financial statements
Standards Not Yet Adopted of December 31, 2021
Lessor’s Accounting for Certain Leases with Variable Lease Payments	The amendments update the classification guidance for lessors. Under the amended guidance lessors should classify and account for a lease with variable lease payments that do not depend on a reference index or a rate as an operating lease if both of the following criteria are met: 1. The lease would have been classified as a sales-type lease or a direct financing lease. 2. The lessor would have otherwise recognized a day-one loss. When a lease is classified as operating, the lessor does not recognize a net investment in the lease, does not derecognize the underlying asset, and, therefore, does not recognize a selling profit or loss.	January 1, 2022 Early adoption permitted	The Company adopted the amended guidance effective January 1, 2022 using a prospective transition method. The Company does not expect the guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers in a Business Combination	The amendments require that an entity (acquirer) recognize and measure contract assets and contract liabilities acquired in a business combination in accordance with specified revenue recognition guidance. At the acquisition date, an acquirer should account for the related revenue contracts as if it had originated the contracts and may assess how the acquiree applied the revenue guidance to determine what to record for such contracts. The guidance is generally expected to result in an acquirer recognizing and measuring the acquired contract assets and contract liabilities consistent with how they were recognized and measured in the acquiree’s financial statements	January 1, 2023 Early adoption permitted	The amendments should be applied prospectively to business combinations occurring on or after the effective date of the amendments. However, if early adoption is elected, the amendments should be applied (1) retrospectively to all business combinations for which the acquisition date occurs on or after the beginning of the fiscal year that includes the interim period of early application and (2) prospectively to all business combinations that occur on or after the date of initial application. The Company has not yet decided which transition method will be applied to the extent applicable. The Company does not expect the guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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Item 9.

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

None.

Item 9A.

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)), René F. Jones, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and Darren J. King, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that M&T’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2021.

(b) Management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting. Included under the heading “Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting” at Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

(c) Attestation report of the registered public accounting firm. Included under the heading “Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” at Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

(d) 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 December 31, 2021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, M&T’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B.

Other Information.

None.

Item 9C.

Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.

None.

PART III

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

The information required to be furnished pursuant to Items 401, 405, 406 and 407(c)(3), (d)(4) and (d)(5) of Regulation S-K will be included in M&T’s Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days after the end of 2021 (the “2022 Proxy Statement”). The information concerning M&T’s directors will appear under the caption “NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR” in the 2022 Proxy Statement. The information concerning M&T’s Code of Ethics for CEO and Senior Financial Officers will appear under the caption “CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OF M&T BANK CORPORATION” in the 2022 Proxy Statement. The information regarding the procedures by which shareholders can recommend director nominees as well as M&T’s Audit Committee, including “audit committee financial experts,” will also appear under the caption “CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OF M&T BANK CORPORATION.” The information concerning compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act will appear, if necessary, under the caption “STOCK OWNERSHIP INFORMATION.” Such information is incorporated herein by reference.

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The information concerning M&T’s executive officers is presented under the caption “Executive Officers of the Registrant” contained in Part I of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 11.

Executive Compensation.

The information required to be furnished pursuant to Items 402 and 407(e)(4) and (e)(5) of Regulation S-K will appear under the captions “COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS,” “EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION,” “DIRECTOR COMPENSATION,” “NOMINATION, COMPENSATION AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION,” and “NOMINATION, COMPENSATION AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE REPORT” in the 2022 Proxy Statement. Such information is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

The information required to be furnished pursuant to Item 403 of Regulation S-K will appear under the caption “STOCK OWNERSHIP INFORMATION” in the 2022 Proxy Statement. Such information is incorporated herein by reference.

The information required to be furnished pursuant to Item 201(d) concerning equity compensation plans is presented under the caption “Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities” contained in Part II, Item 5 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

The information required to be furnished pursuant to Items 404 and 407(a) of Regulation S-K will appear under the caption “TRANSACTIONS WITH DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS” and “CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OF M&T BANK CORPORATION” in the 2022 Proxy Statement. Such information is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

The information required to be furnished by Item 9(e) of Schedule 14A will appear under the caption “PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM OF M&T BANK CORPORATION FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2022” in the 2022 Proxy Statement. Such information is incorporated herein by reference.

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PART IV

Item 15.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

(a) Financial statements and financial statement schedules filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. See Part II, Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.” Financial statement schedules are not required or are inapplicable, and therefore have been omitted.

(b) Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K. The exhibits listed have been previously filed, are filed herewith or are incorporated herein by reference to other filings.

2.1		Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of February 21, 2021, by and between M&T Bank Corporation, Bridge Merger Corp. and People’s United Financial, Inc. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of M&T Bank Corporation’s Form 8-K dated February 25, 2021 (File No. 1-9861).
3.2		Amended and Restated Bylaws of M&T Bank Corporation, effective April 17, 2018. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Form 8-K dated April 20, 2018 (File No. 1-9861).
3.3		Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of M&T Bank Corporation with respect to Perpetual 6.875% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D, dated May 26, 2011. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of M&T Bank Corporation’s Form 8-K dated May 31, 2011 (File No. 1-9861).
3.4		Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of M&T Bank Corporation, dated April 19, 2013. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K dated April 22, 2013 (File No. 1-9861).
3.5		Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of M&T Bank Corporation with respect to Perpetual Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E, dated February 11, 2014. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K dated February 11, 2014 (File No. 1-9861).
3.6		Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of M&T Bank Corporation with respect to Perpetual Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series F, dated October 27, 2016. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of M&T Bank Corporation’s Form 8-K dated October 28, 2016 (File No. 1-9861).
3.7		Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of M&T Bank Corporation with respect to Perpetual 5.0% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series G, dated July 29, 2019. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of M&T Bank Corporation’s Form 8-K dated July 30, 2019 (File No. 1-9861).
3.8		Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of M&T Bank Corporation with respect to Perpetual 3.500% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series I, dated August 12, 2021. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of M&T Bank Corporation’s Form 8-K dated August 17, 2021 (File No. 1-9861).
4.1		There are no instruments with respect to long-term debt of M&T Bank Corporation and its subsidiaries that involve securities authorized under the instrument in an amount exceeding 10 percent of the total assets of M&T Bank Corporation and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. M&T Bank Corporation agrees to provide the SEC with a copy of instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt of M&T Bank Corporation and its subsidiaries on request.
4.2		Description of Registrant’s Securities. Filed herewith.

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10.1		M&T Bank Corporation Annual Executive Incentive Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.3 to the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1998 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.2		Supplemental Deferred Compensation Agreement between Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company and Brian E. Hickey dated as of July 21, 1994, as amended. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.3		M&T Bank Corporation Supplemental Pension Plan, as amended and restated. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.4		Amendment No. 1 to M&T Bank Corporation Supplemental Pension Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of M&T Bank Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.5		Amendment No. 2 to M&T Bank Corporation Supplemental Pension Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of M&T Bank Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.6		M&T Bank Corporation Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.7		Amendment No. 1 to M&T Bank Corporation Supplemental Retirement Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of M&T Bank Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.8		Amendment No. 2 to M&T Bank Corporation Supplemental Retirement Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of M&T Bank Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.9		M&T Bank Corporation Deferred Bonus Plan, as amended and restated. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.10		M&T Bank Corporation 2008 Directors’ Stock Plan, as amended. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form S-8 dated October 19, 2012 (File No. 333-184504).*
10.11		M&T Bank Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.12		M&T Bank Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan. Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Proxy Statement of M&T Bank Corporation dated March 5, 2015 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.13		M&T Bank Corporation Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.14		M&T Bank Corporation Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.15		M&T Bank Corporation Form of Performance-Vested Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.16		M&T Bank Corporation Form of Performance-Vested Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (for named executive officers (“NEOs”) subject to Section 162 (m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time). Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 (File No. 1-9861).*

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10.17		Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. Amended and Restated 2011 Stock Incentive Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Form S-8 dated November 2, 2015 (File No. 333-184411).*
10.18		Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the Form S-8 dated November 2, 2015 (File No. 333-184411).*
10.19		M&T Bank Corporation 2019 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan. Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Proxy Statement of M&T Bank Corporation dated March 7, 2019 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.20		M&T Bank Corporation Form of Performance Share Unit Award Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to M&T Bank Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.21		M&T Bank Corporation Form of Performance Share Unit Award Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to M&T Bank Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.22		Amendment No. 3 to M&T Bank Corporation Supplemental Pension Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to M&T Bank Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.23		M&T Bank Corporation Leadership Retirement Savings Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to M&T Bank Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.24		M&T Bank Corporation Form of Performance-Hurdled Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to M&T Bank Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.25		M&T Bank Corporation Form of Stock Option Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to M&T Bank Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.26		M&T Bank Corporation 2008 Directors’ Stock Plan, as amended on February 19, 2021. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of M&T Bank Corporation’s Form S-8 dated March 26, 2021 (File No. 333-254786).*
10.27		M&T Bank Corporation Form of Directors’ Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to M&T Bank Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 (File No. 1-9861).*
10.28		M&T Bank Corporation Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors. Filed herewith.*
11.1		Statement re: Computation of Earnings Per Common Share. Incorporated by reference to note 15 of Notes to Financial Statements filed herewith in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”
21.1		Subsidiaries of the Registrant. Incorporated by reference to the caption “Subsidiaries” contained in Part I, Item 1 hereof.
23.1		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP re: Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-32044, 333-43175, 333-16077, 333-40640, 333-84384, 333-127406, 333-150122, 333-164015, 333-163992, 333-160769, 333-159795, 333-170740, 333-189099, 333-184504, 333-189097, 333-184411, 333-231217 and 333-254786) and Form S-3 (No. 333-259888). Filed herewith.
31.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.

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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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*Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

Item 16.

Form 10-K Summary.

None.

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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, on the 16^th day of February, 2022.

M&T BANK CORPORATION

By:		/S/ René F. Jones
		René F. Jones Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date

Principal Executive Officer:

/S/ René F. Jones René F. Jones	Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer	February 16, 2022
Principal Financial Officer:

/S/ Darren J. King Darren J. King	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	February 16, 2022
Principal Accounting Officer:

/S/ Michael R. Spychala Michael R. Spychala	Senior Vice President and Controller	February 16, 2022
A majority of the board of directors:

/S/ C. Angela Bontempo C. Angela Bontempo		February 16, 2022


/s/ Robert T. Brady Robert T. Brady		February 16, 2022


/s/ Calvin G. Butler, Jr. Calvin G. Butler, Jr.		February 16, 2022


/S/ T. Jefferson Cunningham III T. Jefferson Cunningham III		February 16, 2022

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/s/ Gary N. Geisel Gary N. Geisel		February 16, 2022
/s/ Gary N. Geisel Gary N. Geisel		February 16, 2022
/S/ Leslie V. Godridge Leslie V. Godridge		February 16, 2022

/S/ Richard S. Gold Richard S. Gold		February 16, 2022

/S/ Richard A. Grossi Richard A. Grossi		February 16, 2022
/S/ Richard A. Grossi Richard A. Grossi		February 16, 2022

/S/ Richard H. Ledgett, Jr Richard H. Ledgett, Jr.		February 16, 2022

/S/ Newton P. S. Merrill Newton P. S. Merrill		February 16, 2022
/S/ Newton P. S. Merrill Newton P. S. Merrill		February 16, 2022

/S/ Kevin J. Pearson Kevin J. Pearson		February 16, 2022

/S/ Melinda R. Rich Melinda R. Rich		February 16, 2022

/S/ Robert E. Sadler, Jr. Robert E. Sadler, Jr.		February 16, 2022
/S/ Robert E. Sadler, Jr. Robert E. Sadler, Jr.		February 16, 2022

/S/ Denis J. Salamone Denis J. Salamone		February 16, 2022
/S/ Denis J. Salamone Denis J. Salamone		February 16, 2022

/S/ John R. Scannell John R. Scannell		February 16, 2022

/S/ David S. Scharfstein David S. Scharfstein		February 16, 2022
/S/ Rudina Seseri Rudina Seseri		February 16, 2022

/S/ Herbert L. Washington Herbert L. Washington		February 16, 2022

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