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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted 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 and post such files). Yes x ~~Yes~~No ¨ No

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

Indicate by ~~checkmark~~check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ ~~Yes~~No x No

Number of shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.50 par value, outstanding as of the close of business on October ~~31, 2014: 132,111,892~~23, 2015: 133,289,778 shares.


											September 30,			December 31,
Dollars in thousands, except per share	Dollars in thousands, except per share		September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013			Dollars in thousands, except per share		2015			2014
Assets										Cash and due from banks	$	1,249,704			1,289,965
		Cash and due from banks	$	1,445,877			1,573,361
		Interest-bearing deposits at banks		7,676,064			1,651,138			Interest-bearing deposits at banks		4,713,266			6,470,867
		Federal funds sold		77,766			99,573			Federal funds sold		—			83,392
		Trading account		296,913			376,131			Trading account		340,710			308,175
		Investment securities (includes pledged securities that can be sold or repledged of $1,634,682 at September 30, 2014; $1,696,438 at December 31, 2013)								Investment securities (includes pledged securities that can be sold or repledged of $1,614,909 at September 30, 2015; $1,631,267 at December 31, 2014)
		Available for sale (cost: $9,175,295 at September 30, 2014; $4,444,365 at December 31, 2013)		9,384,017			4,531,786			Available for sale (cost: $10,923,234 at September 30, 2015; $8,919,324 at December 31, 2014)		11,159,509			9,156,932
		Held to maturity (fair value: $3,621,391 at September 30, 2014; $3,860,127 at December 31, 2013)		3,635,815			3,966,130			Held to maturity (fair value: $3,025,687 at September 30, 2015; $3,538,282 at December 31, 2014)		2,998,486			3,507,868
		Other (fair value: $328,536 at September 30, 2014; $298,581 at December 31, 2013)		328,536			298,581			Other (fair value: $336,544 at September 30, 2015; $328,742 at December 31, 2014)		336,544			328,742

		Total investment securities		13,348,368			8,796,497			Total investment securities		14,494,539			12,993,542

		Loans and leases		65,800,972			64,325,783			Loans and leases		68,766,144			66,899,369
		Unearned discount		(228,613	)		(252,624	)		Unearned discount		(225,896	)		(230,413	)

		Loans and leases, net of unearned discount		65,572,359			64,073,159			Loans and leases, net of unearned discount		68,540,248			66,668,956
		Allowance for credit losses		(918,633	)		(916,676	)		Allowance for credit losses		(933,798	)		(919,562	)

		Loans and leases, net		64,653,726			63,156,483			Loans and leases, net		67,606,450			65,749,394

		Premises and equipment		612,076			633,520			Premises and equipment		581,976			612,984
		Goodwill		3,524,625			3,524,625			Goodwill		3,513,325			3,524,625
		Core deposit and other intangible assets		42,197			68,851			Core deposit and other intangible assets		18,179			35,027
		Accrued interest and other assets		5,550,730			5,282,212			Accrued interest and other assets		5,278,913			5,617,564

		Total assets	$	97,228,342			85,162,391			Total assets	$	97,797,062			96,685,535

Liabilities										Noninterest-bearing deposits	$	28,189,330			26,947,880
		Noninterest-bearing deposits	$	27,440,524			24,661,007			NOW accounts		2,459,527			2,307,815
		NOW accounts		2,098,577			1,989,441			Savings deposits		39,298,134			41,085,803
		Savings deposits		41,389,867			36,621,580			Time deposits		2,791,367			3,063,973
		Time deposits		3,170,998			3,523,838			Deposits at Cayman Islands office		206,185			176,582
		Deposits at Cayman Islands office		241,536			322,746
										Total deposits		72,944,543			73,582,053
		Total deposits		74,341,502			67,118,612
										Federal funds purchased and agreements to repurchase securities		173,783			192,676
		Federal funds purchased and agreements to repurchase securities		164,609			260,455			Accrued interest and other liabilities		1,582,513			1,567,951
		Accrued interest and other liabilities		1,327,524			1,368,922			Long-term borrowings		10,174,289			9,006,959
		Long-term borrowings		9,061,391			5,108,870
										Total liabilities		84,875,128			84,349,639
		Total liabilities		84,895,026			73,856,859

Shareholders’ equity		Preferred stock, $1.00 par, 1,000,000 shares authorized; Issued and outstanding: Liquidation preference of $1,000 per share: 731,500 shares at September 30, 2014; 381,500 shares at December 31, 2013; Liquidation preference of $10,000 per share: 50,000 shares at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013		1,231,500			881,500			Preferred stock, $1.00 par, 1,000,000 shares authorized; Issued and outstanding: Liquidation preference of $1,000 per share: 731,500 shares at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014; Liquidation preference of $10,000 per share: 50,000 shares at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014		1,231,500			1,231,500
		Common stock, $.50 par, 250,000,000 shares authorized, 132,100,384 shares issued at September 30, 2014; 130,516,364 shares issued at December 31, 2013		66,050			65,258			Common stock, $.50 par, 250,000,000 shares authorized, 133,274,963 shares issued at September 30, 2015; 132,312,931 shares issued at December 31, 2014		66,637			66,157
		Common stock issuable, 41,261 shares at September 30, 2014; 47,231 shares at December 31, 2013		2,590			2,915			Common stock issuable, 36,462 shares at September 30, 2015; 41,330 shares at December 31, 2014		2,341			2,608
		Additional paid-in capital		3,377,714			3,232,014			Additional paid-in capital		3,511,182			3,409,506
		Retained earnings		7,642,995			7,188,004			Retained earnings		8,273,747			7,807,119
		Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net		12,467			(64,159	)		Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net		(163,473	)		(180,994	)

		Total shareholders’ equity		12,333,316			11,305,532			Total shareholders’ equity		12,921,934			12,335,896

		Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	97,228,342			85,162,391			Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	97,797,062			96,685,535


			Three months ended September 30						Nine months ended September 30								Three months ended September 30						Nine months ended September 30
In thousands, except per share	In thousands, except per share		2014			2013			2014			2013			In thousands, except per share		2015			2014			2015			2014
Interest income		Loans and leases, including fees	$	647,280			683,482		$	1,937,531			2,071,332			Loans and leases, including fees	$	672,092			647,280		$	1,981,904			1,937,531
		Investment securities														Investment securities
		Fully taxable		91,036			55,746			250,145			141,799			Fully taxable		93,062			91,036			272,163			250,145
		Exempt from federal taxes		1,271			1,617			4,068			5,223			Exempt from federal taxes		950			1,271			3,330			4,068
		Deposits at banks		3,198			1,650			7,617			3,372			Deposits at banks		3,852			3,198			10,321			7,617
		Other		238			191			904			1,142			Other		70			238			749			904

		Total interest income		743,023			742,686			2,200,265			2,222,868			Total interest income		770,026			743,023			2,268,467			2,200,265

Interest expense		NOW accounts		394			333			1,021			976			NOW accounts		360			394			1,020			1,021
		Savings deposits		11,532			13,733			34,314			41,560			Savings deposits		10,937			11,532			31,517			34,314
		Time deposits		3,805			6,129			11,600			21,809			Time deposits		3,643			3,805			11,073			11,600
		Deposits at Cayman Islands office		161			213			550			801			Deposits at Cayman Islands office		151			161			448			550
		Short-term borrowings		19			58			76			385			Short-term borrowings		32			19			102			76
		Long-term borrowings		58,053			49,112			158,098			150,592			Long-term borrowings		62,076			58,053			188,764			158,098

		Total interest expense		73,964			69,578			205,659			216,123			Total interest expense		77,199			73,964			232,924			205,659

		Net interest income		669,059			673,108			1,994,606			2,006,745			Net interest income		692,827			669,059			2,035,543			1,994,606
		Provision for credit losses		29,000			48,000			91,000			143,000			Provision for credit losses		44,000			29,000			112,000			91,000

		Net interest income after provision for credit losses		640,059			625,108			1,903,606			1,863,745			Net interest income after provision for credit losses		648,827			640,059			1,923,543			1,903,606

Other income		Mortgage banking revenues		93,532			64,731			269,237			249,096			Mortgage banking revenues		84,035			93,532			288,238			269,237
		Service charges on deposit accounts		110,071			113,839			321,637			336,505			Service charges on deposit accounts		107,259			110,071			314,860			321,637
		Trust income		128,671			123,801			379,816			370,132			Trust income		113,744			128,671			356,076			379,816
		Brokerage services income		17,416			16,871			51,403			49,840			Brokerage services income		16,902			17,416			49,224			51,403
		Trading account and foreign exchange gains		6,988			8,987			21,477			27,138			Trading account and foreign exchange gains		8,362			6,988			20,639			21,477
		Gain on bank investment securities		—			—			—			56,457			Loss on bank investment securities		—			—			(108	)		—
		Total other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) losses		—			—			—			(1,884	)		Equity in earnings of Bayview Lending Group LLC		(3,721	)		(4,114	)		(11,043	)		(12,623	)
		Portion of OTTI losses recognized in other comprehensive income (before taxes)		—			—			—			(7,916	)		Other revenues from operations		113,118			98,547			359,043			296,683

		Net OTTI losses recognized in earnings		—			—			—			(9,800	)		Total other income		439,699			451,111			1,376,929			1,327,630

		Equity in earnings of Bayview Lending Group LLC		(4,114	)		(3,881	)		(12,623	)		(9,990	)
		Other revenues from operations		98,547			153,040			296,683			349,581

		Total other income		451,111			477,388			1,327,630			1,418,959

Other expense		Salaries and employee benefits		348,776			339,332			1,059,815			1,019,019			Salaries and employee benefits		363,567			348,776			1,115,117			1,059,815
		Equipment and net occupancy		67,713			66,220			206,964			195,657			Equipment and net occupancy		68,470			67,713			201,792			206,964
		Printing, postage and supplies		9,184			9,752			29,320			30,749			Printing, postage and supplies		8,691			9,184			27,586			29,320
		Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets		7,358			10,628			26,654			36,473			Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets		4,090			7,358			16,848			26,654
		FDIC assessments		13,193			14,877			43,836			52,010			FDIC assessments		11,090			13,193			32,551			43,836
		Other costs of operations		233,060			217,817			696,160			558,905			Other costs of operations		197,908			219,135			642,925			656,664

		Total other expense		679,284			658,626			2,062,749			1,892,813			Total other expense		653,816			665,359			2,036,819			2,023,253

		Income before taxes		411,886			443,870			1,168,487			1,389,891			Income before taxes		434,710			425,811			1,263,653			1,207,983
		Income taxes		136,542			149,391			379,790			472,833			Income taxes		154,309			150,467			454,951			419,286

		Net income	$	275,344			294,479		$	788,697			917,058			Net income	$	280,401			275,344		$	808,702			788,697

																Net income available to common shareholders
		Net income available to common shareholders														Basic	$	257,337			251,905		$	739,627			724,307
		Basic	$	251,905			275,336		$	724,307			858,944			Diluted		257,346			251,917			739,656			724,344
		Diluted		251,917			275,356			724,344			859,000			Net income per common share
																Basic	$	1.94			1.92		$	5.59			5.54
		Net income per common share														Diluted		1.93			1.91			5.56			5.50
		Basic	$	1.92			2.13		$	5.54			6.69			Cash dividends per common share	$	.70			.70		$	2.10			2.10
		Diluted		1.91			2.11			5.50			6.64			Average common shares outstanding
																Basic		132,630			131,265			132,347			130,782
		Cash dividends per common share	$	.70			.70		$	2.10			2.10			Diluted		133,376			132,128			133,089			131,698

		Average common shares outstanding
		Basic		131,265			129,171			130,782			128,369
		Diluted		132,128			130,265			131,698			129,312


	Three months ended September 30					Nine months ended September 30					Three months ended September 30						Nine months ended September 30
In thousands	2014			2013		2014			2013		2015			2014			2015			2014

Net income	$	275,344			294,479	$	788,697			917,058	$	280,401			275,344		$	808,702			788,697
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax and reclassification adjustments:
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investment securities		(27,637	)		23,367		75,229			26,724		48,332			(27,637	)		1,053			75,229
Reclassification to income for amortization of gains on terminated cash flow hedges		613			—		(98	)		—
Unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges												(24	)		613			823			(98	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(1,817	)		1,251		(1,504	)		205		(3	)		(1,817	)		(521	)		(1,504	)
Defined benefit plans liability adjustment		1,000			5,091		2,999			15,273		5,724			1,000			16,166			2,999

Total other comprehensive income (loss)		(27,841	)		29,709		76,626			42,202		54,029			(27,841	)		17,521			76,626

Total comprehensive income	$	247,503			324,188	$	865,323			959,260	$	334,430			247,503		$	826,223			865,323


		Nine months ended September 30							Nine months ended September 30
In thousands		2014			2013				2015			2014
Cash flows from operating activities	Net income	$	788,697			917,058		Net income	$	808,702			788,697
	Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities							Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
	Provision for credit losses		91,000			143,000		Provision for credit losses		112,000			91,000
	Depreciation and amortization of premises and equipment		74,516			66,547		Depreciation and amortization of premises and equipment		73,916			74,516
	Amortization of capitalized servicing rights		51,572			46,966		Amortization of capitalized servicing rights		36,730			51,572
	Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets		26,654			36,473		Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets		16,848			26,654
	Provision for deferred income taxes		33,777			93,229		Provision for deferred income taxes		20,141			33,777
	Asset write-downs		5,114			16,204		Asset write-downs		5,775			5,114
	Net gain on sales of assets		(3,771	)		(124,375	)	Net gain on sales of assets		(61,969	)		(3,771	)
	Net change in accrued interest receivable, payable		9,638			(2,819	)	Net change in accrued interest receivable, payable		(5,484	)		9,638
	Net change in other accrued income and expense		(89,425	)		115,400		Net change in other accrued income and expense		11,200			(89,425	)
	Net change in loans originated for sale		(224,425	)		(808,778	)	Net change in loans originated for sale		232,974			(224,425	)
	Net change in trading account assets and liabilities		11,163			4,772		Net change in trading account assets and liabilities		(2,993	)		11,163

	Net cash provided by operating activities		774,510			503,677		Net cash provided by operating activities		1,247,840			774,510

Cash flows from investing activities	Proceeds from sales of investment securities							Proceeds from sales of investment securities
	Available for sale		16			1,081,747		Available for sale		2,579			16
	Other		23,309			12,994		Other		377			23,309
	Proceeds from maturities of investment securities							Proceeds from maturities of investment securities
	Available for sale		686,183			887,092		Available for sale		1,343,869			686,183
	Held to maturity		337,677			216,627		Held to maturity		519,359			337,677
	Purchases of investment securities							Purchases of investment securities
	Available for sale		(5,310,246	)		(41,358	)	Available for sale		(3,320,931	)		(5,310,246	)
	Held to maturity		(15,202	)		(1,586,425	)	Held to maturity		(22,592	)		(15,202	)
	Other		(53,264	)		(8,825	)	Other		(8,179	)		(53,264	)
	Net (increase) decrease in loans and leases		(1,420,572	)		905,491		Net increase in loans and leases		(2,208,660	)		(1,420,572	)
	Net increase in interest-bearing deposits at banks		(6,024,926	)		(1,795,866	)	Net (increase) decrease in interest-bearing deposits at banks		1,757,601			(6,024,926	)
	Capital expenditures, net		(50,400	)		(85,964	)	Capital expenditures, net		(42,744	)		(50,400	)
	Net increase in loan servicing advances		(340,750	)		(185,507	)	Net (increase) decrease in loan servicing advances		461,700			(340,750	)
	Other, net		38,707			37,860		Other, net		(75,449	)		38,707

	Net cash used by investing activities		(12,129,468	)		(562,134	)	Net cash used by investing activities		(1,593,070	)		(12,129,468	)

Cash flows from financing activities	Net increase in deposits		7,225,487			604,311		Net increase (decrease) in deposits		(636,144	)		7,225,487
	Net decrease in short-term borrowings		(95,846	)		(828,463	)	Net decrease in short-term borrowings		(18,893	)		(95,846	)
	Proceeds from long-term borrowings		4,345,478			799,760		Proceeds from long-term borrowings		1,500,000			4,345,478
	Payments on long-term borrowings		(373,642	)		(258,937	)	Payments on long-term borrowings		(324,308	)		(373,642	)
	Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock		346,500			—		Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock		—			346,500
	Dividends paid - common		(278,118	)		(273,518	)	Dividends paid - common		(281,149	)		(278,118	)
	Dividends paid - preferred		(46,966	)		(31,494	)	Dividends paid - preferred		(58,003	)		(46,966	)
	Other, net		82,774			119,936		Other, net		40,074			82,774

	Net cash provided by financing activities		11,205,667			131,595		Net cash provided by financing activities		221,577			11,205,667

	Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(149,291	)		73,138		Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(123,653	)		(149,291	)
	Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		1,672,934			1,986,615		Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		1,373,357			1,672,934

	Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	1,523,643			2,059,753		Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	1,249,704			1,523,643

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information	Interest received during the period	$	2,147,236			2,184,128		Interest received during the period	$	2,234,476			2,147,236
	Interest paid during the period		185,377			226,335		Interest paid during the period		234,989			185,377
	Income taxes paid during the period		329,621			331,117		Income taxes paid during the period		373,016			329,621

Supplemental schedule of noncash investing and financing activities	Securitization of residential mortgage loans allocated to							Securitization of residential mortgage loans allocated to
	Available for sale investment securities	$	110,971			1,807,180		Available-for-sale investment securities	$	51,481			110,971
	Held to maturity investment securities		—			917,045		Capitalized servicing rights		528			1,429
	Capitalized servicing rights		1,429			29,264		Real estate acquired in settlement of loans		35,018			35,422
	Real estate acquired in settlement of loans		35,422			35,865


																																	Accumulated
																																	other
																								Common			Additional						comprehensive
																				Preferred		Common		stock			paid-in			Retained			income
In thousands, except per share	Preferred stock		Common stock		Common stock issuable			Additional paid-in capital			Retained earnings			Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net			Total			stock		stock		issuable			capital			earnings			(loss), net			Total
2013
Balance - January 1, 2013	$	872,500		64,088		3,473			3,025,520			6,477,276			(240,264	)		10,202,593
Total comprehensive income		—		—		—			—			917,058			42,202			959,260
Preferred stock cash dividends		—		—		—			—			(40,088	)		—			(40,088	)
Amortization of preferred stock discount		6,510		—		—			—			(6,510	)		—			—
Exercise of 407,542 Series C stock warrants into 186,589 shares of common stock		—		93		—			(93	)		—			—			—
Exercise of 57,327 Series A stock warrants into 21,130 shares of common stock		—		11		—			(11	)		—			—			—
Stock-based compensation plans:
Compensation expense, net		—		147		—			29,826			—			—			29,973
Exercises of stock options, net		—		747		—			133,981			—			—			134,728
Directors’ stock plan		—		6		—			1,223			—			—			1,229
Deferred compensation plans, net, including dividend equivalents		—		5		(584	)		568			(98	)		—			(109	)
Other		—		—		—			1,967			—			—			1,967
Common stock cash dividends - $2.10 per share		—		—		—			—			(273,351	)		—			(273,351	)

Balance - September 30, 2013	$	879,010		65,097		2,889			3,192,981			7,074,287			(198,062	)		11,016,202

2014
Balance - January 1, 2014	$	881,500		65,258		2,915			3,232,014			7,188,004			(64,159	)		11,305,532		$	881,500		65,258		2,915			3,232,014			7,188,004			(64,159	)		11,305,532
Total comprehensive income		—		—		—			—			788,697			76,626			865,323			—		—		—			—			788,697			76,626			865,323
Preferred stock cash dividends		—		—		—			—			(55,560	)		—			(55,560	)		—		—		—			—			(55,560	)		—			(55,560	)
Issuance of Series E preferred stock		350,000		—		—			(3,500	)		—			—			346,500			350,000		—		—			(3,500	)		—			—			346,500
Exercise of 395,905 Series A stock warrants into 156,521 shares of common stock		—		78		—			(78	)		—			—			—			—		78		—			(78	)		—			—			—
Stock-based compensation plans:
Compensation expense, net		—		128		—			34,117			—			—			34,245			—		128		—			34,117			—			—			34,245
Exercises of stock options, net		—		535		—			102,695			—			—			103,230			—		535		—			102,695			—			—			103,230
Stock purchase plan		—		43		—			9,545			—			—			9,588			—		43		—			9,545			—			—			9,588
Directors’ stock plan		—		5		—			1,266			—			—			1,271			—		5		—			1,266			—			—			1,271
Deferred compensation plans, net, including dividend equivalents		—		3		(325	)		335			(87	)		—			(74	)		—		3		(325	)		335			(87	)		—			(74	)
Other		—		—		—			1,320			—			—			1,320			—		—		—			1,320			—			—			1,320
Common stock cash dividends - $2.10 per share		—		—		—			—			(278,059	)		—			(278,059	)		—		—		—			—			(278,059	)		—			(278,059	)

Balance - September 30, 2014	$	1,231,500		66,050		2,590			3,377,714			7,642,995			12,467			12,333,316		$	1,231,500		66,050		2,590			3,377,714			7,642,995			12,467			12,333,316

2015
Balance - January 1, 2015																				$	1,231,500		66,157		2,608			3,409,506			7,807,119			(180,994	)		12,335,896
Total comprehensive income																					—		—		—			—			808,702			17,521			826,223
Preferred stock cash dividends																					—		—		—			—			(60,953	)		—			(60,953	)
Exercise of 2,315 Series A stock warrants into 904 shares of common stock																					—		1		—			(1	)		—			—			—
Stock-based compensation plans:
Compensation expense, net																					—		143		—			31,416			—			—			31,559
Exercises of stock options, net																					—		285		—			57,133			—			—			57,418
Stock purchase plan																					—		45		—			10,301			—			—			10,346
Directors’ stock plan																					—		4		—			1,346			—			—			1,350
Deferred compensation plans, net, including dividend equivalents																					—		2		(267	)		290			(76	)		—			(51	)
Other																					—		—		—			1,191			—			—			1,191
Common stock cash dividends - $2.10 per share																					—		—		—			—			(281,045	)		—			(281,045	)

Balance - September 30, 2015																				$	1,231,500		66,637		2,341			3,511,182			8,273,747			(163,473	)		12,921,934

The consolidated financial statements of M&T Bank Corporation (“M&T”) and subsidiaries (“the Company”) were compiled in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) using the accounting policies set forth in note 1 of Notes to Financial Statements included in the ~~2013~~2014 Annual Report. Additionally, effective January 1, 2015 the Company made an accounting policy election in accordance with amended accounting guidance issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in January 2014 to account for investments in qualified affordable housing projects using the proportional amortization method. Under the proportional amortization 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. The adoption of the amended guidance did not have a significant effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations, but did result in the restatement of the consolidated statement of income for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014 to remove $14 million and $39 million, respectively, of losses associated with qualified affordable housing projects from “other costs of operations” and include the amortization of the initial cost of the investment in income tax expense. The cumulative effect adjustment associated with adopting the amended guidance was not material as of the beginning of any period presented in these consolidated financial statements. See note 11 for information regarding the Company’s investments in qualified affordable housing projects.

In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation have been made and, except as described above, were all of a normal recurring nature.

On August 27, 2012, M&T announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (“Hudson City”), headquartered in Paramus, New Jersey, under which Hudson City would be acquired by M&T. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Hudson City shareholders will receive consideration for each common share of Hudson City in an amount valued at ~~.08403~~..08403 of an M&T share in the form of either M&T common stock or cash, based on the election of each Hudson City shareholder, subject to proration as specified in the merger agreement (which provides for an aggregate split of total consideration of 60% common stock of M&T and 40% cash). As of September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, total consideration to be paid was valued at approximately ~~$5.4~~$5.3 billion.

At September 30, 2014, Hudson City had $37.2 billion of assets, including $22.4 billion of loans and $8.4 billion of investment securities, and $32.3 billion of liabilities, including $20.0 billion of deposits. The merger has received the approval of the common shareholders of M&T and Hudson City. ~~However,~~M&T announced on September 30, 2015 that it had received the ~~merger is subject to a number of other conditions, including regulatory approvals.~~

On June 17, 2013, M&T and Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (“M&T Bank”), M&T’s principal banking subsidiary, entered into a written agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (“Federal Reserve Bank”). Under the terms of the agreement, M&T and M&T Bank are required to submit to the Federal Reserve Bank a revised compliance risk management program designed to ensure compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money-laundering laws and regulations and to take certain other steps to enhance their compliance practices. The Company has commenced a major initiative, including the hiring of outside consulting firms, intended to fully address the Federal Reserve Bank’s concerns. In view of the timeframe required to implement this initiative, demonstrate its efficacy to the satisfactionapproval of the Federal Reserve ~~Bank and otherwise meet any other regulatory requirements that may be imposed in connection with these matters, M&T and~~to acquire Hudson City ~~extended~~and on October 9, 2015 M&T received approval of the ~~date after which either party may elect~~proposed acquisition from the New York State Department of Financial Services. The transaction is expected to ~~terminate the merger agreement if the merger has not yet been completed to December 31, 2014. Nevertheless, there can be no assurances that the merger will~~ be completed ~~by that date.~~

~~In connection with~~on or about November 1, 2015 pending the ~~pending acquisition, the Company incurred merger-related expenses related to preparing for systems conversions~~satisfaction of customary closing conditions. At September 30, 2015, Hudson City had $35.1 billion of assets, including $19.2 billion of loans and ~~other costs~~$8.3 billion of ~~integrating~~investment securities, and ~~conforming acquired operations with and into the Company. Those expenses consisted largely~~$30.3 billion of ~~professional services and other temporary help fees associated with planning for the conversion~~liabilities, including $17.9 billion of systems and/or integration of operations; initial marketing and promotion expenses designed to introduce M&T Bank to its new customers; travel costs; and printing, postage, supplies and other costs of planning for the transaction and commencing operations in new markets and offices.deposits.

A summary of merger-related expenses in 2013 associated with the pending Hudson City acquisition included in the consolidated statement of income is presented below. There were no merger-related expenses during the three-month or nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014, or during the three-month period ended September 30, 2013.

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


	Amortized cost		Gross unrealized gains		Gross unrealized losses		Estimated fair value		Amortized cost		Gross unrealized gains		Gross unrealized losses		Estimated fair value
	(in thousands)								(in thousands)
September 30, 2014
September 30, 2015
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies	$	166,092		206		111	$	166,187	$	197,764		1,630		—	$	199,394
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		9,174		270		53		9,391		6,174		170		48		6,296
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed		8,751,108		145,708		2,765		8,894,051		10,504,756		228,333		19,041		10,714,048
Privately issued		112		4		4		112		82		2		2		82
Collateralized debt obligations		30,788		24,383		363		54,808		28,467		22,465		1,056		49,876
Other debt securities		138,278		2,304		15,183		125,399		136,793		1,650		17,975		120,468
Equity securities		79,743		54,732		406		134,069		49,198		20,360		213		69,345

		9,175,295		227,607		18,885		9,384,017		10,923,234		274,610		38,335		11,159,509

Investment securities held to maturity:
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		151,789		3,284		92		154,981		125,251		1,395		347		126,299
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed		3,269,344		50,477		18,196		3,301,625		2,679,546		69,486		4,787		2,744,245
Privately issued		206,695		—		49,897		156,798		186,883		1,628		40,174		148,337
Other debt securities		7,987		—		—		7,987		6,806		—		—		6,806

		3,635,815		53,761		68,185		3,621,391		2,998,486		72,509		45,308		3,025,687

Other securities		328,536		—		—		328,536		336,544		—		—		336,544

Total	$	13,139,646		281,368		87,070	$	13,333,944	$	14,258,264		347,119		83,643	$	14,521,740

There were no significant gross realized gains or losses from the sale of investment securities for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, or for the three-month period ended September 30, 2013. Gross realized gains on investment securities were $116 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013. During the second quarter of 2013, the Company sold its holdings of Visa Class B shares for a gain of approximately $90 million and its holdings of MasterCard Class B shares for a gain of $13 million. Gross realized losses on investment securities were $60 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013. During the second quarter of 2013, the Company sold substantially all of its privately issued mortgage-backed securities that had been held in the available-for-sale investment securities portfolio. In total, $1.0 billion of such securities were sold for a net loss of approximately $46 million.

There were $10 million of pre-tax other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) losses recognized during the first quarter of 2013 related to privately issued mortgage-backed securities. The impairment charges were recognized in light of deterioration of real estate values and a rise in delinquencies and charge-offs of underlying mortgage loans collateralizing those securities. The OTTI losses represented management’s estimate of credit losses inherent in the debt securities considering projected cash flows using assumptions for delinquency rates, loss severities, and other estimates for future collateral performance. The Company did not recognize any OTTI losses during the first nine months of 2014 or during the second and third quarters of 2013.

~~Changes in credit losses associated with debt securities for which OTTI losses had been recognized in earnings for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2013 follow:~~

~~There were no significant credit losses associated with debt securities held by the Company as of September 30, 2014 or December 31, 2013.~~respectively.

At September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, the amortized cost and estimated fair value of debt securities by contractual maturity were as follows:


	Amortized cost		Estimated fair value
	(in thousands)				Amortized cost		Estimated fair value
					(in thousands)
Debt securities available for sale:
Due in one year or less	$	12,359		12,439	$	8,282		8,330
Due after one year through five years		164,546		164,995		197,796		199,712
Due after five years through ten years		4,322		4,456		3,296		3,495
Due after ten years		163,105		173,895		159,824		164,497

		344,332		355,785		369,198		376,034
Mortgage-backed securities available for sale		8,751,220		8,894,163		10,504,838		10,714,130

	$	9,095,552		9,249,948	$	10,874,036		11,090,164


Debt securities held to maturity:
Due in one year or less	$	21,190		21,354	$	30,523		30,706
Due after one year through five years		80,804		82,554		74,511		75,150
Due after five years through ten years		49,795		51,073		20,217		20,443
Due after ten years		7,987		7,987		6,806		6,806

		159,776		162,968		132,057		133,105
Mortgage-backed securities held to maturity		3,476,039		3,458,423		2,866,429		2,892,582

	$	3,635,815		3,621,391	$	2,998,486		3,025,687

A summary of investment securities that as of September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013~~2014 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					Less than 12 months					12 months or more
	Fair value		Unrealized losses			Fair value		Unrealized losses			Fair value		Unrealized losses			Fair value		Unrealized losses
	(in thousands)										(in thousands)
September 30, 2014
September 30, 2015
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies	$	104,495		(111	)		—		—
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		1,756		(52	)		323		(1	)	$	516		(2	)		1,405		(46	)
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed		1,420,096		(2,560	)		8,006		(205	)		1,942,135		(18,925	)		5,503		(116	)
Privately issued		—		—			72		(4	)		—		—			48		(2	)
Collateralized debt obligations		2,436		(340	)		5,871		(23	)		5,733		(324	)		2,155		(732	)
Other debt securities		4,506		(58	)		95,497		(15,125	)		19,335		(458	)		86,813		(17,517	)
Equity securities		2,264		(406	)		—		—			—		—			212		(213	)

		1,535,553		(3,527	)		109,769		(15,358	)


Investment securities held to maturity:
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		15,456		(77	)		1,836		(15	)
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed		180,033		(1,168	)		705,988		(17,028	)
Privately issued		—		—			156,798		(49,897	)

		195,489		(1,245	)		864,622		(66,940	)


Total	$	1,731,042		(4,772	)		974,391		(82,298	)


December 31, 2013
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies	$	745		(2	)		—		—
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		—		—			558		(6	)
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed		1,697,094		(19,225	)		5,815		(125	)
Privately issued		—		—			98		(5	)
Collateralized debt obligations		—		—			6,257		(857	)
Other debt securities		1,428		(4	)		103,602		(19,461	)
Equity securities		159		(227	)		—		—

		1,699,426		(19,458	)		116,330		(20,454	)
												1,967,719		(19,709	)		96,136		(18,626	)

Investment securities held to maturity:
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		13,517		(120	)		1,558		(15	)		37,336		(292	)		4,096		(55	)
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed		2,629,950		(65,149	)		—		—			16,619		(129	)		240,730		(4,658	)
Privately issued		—		—			159,005		(60,623	)		—		—			118,840		(40,174	)

		2,643,467		(65,269	)		160,563		(60,638	)		53,955		(421	)		363,666		(44,887	)

Total	$	4,342,893		(84,727	)		276,893		(81,092	)	$	2,021,674		(20,130	)		459,802		(63,513	)

December 31, 2014
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies											$	6,505		(5	)		—		—
Obligations of states and political subdivisions												1,785		(52	)		121		(1	)
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed												39,001		(186	)		5,555		(151	)
Privately issued												—		—			65		(3	)
Collateralized debt obligations												2,108		(696	)		5,512		(337	)
Other debt securities												14,017		(556	)		92,661		(18,092	)
Equity securities												2,138		(1,164	)		—		—

												65,554		(2,659	)		103,914		(18,584	)

Investment securities held to maturity:
Obligations of states and political subdivisions												29,886		(184	)		268		(5	)
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed												137,413		(361	)		446,780		(6,639	)
Privately issued												—		—			127,512		(44,576	)

												167,299		(545	)		574,560		(51,220	)

Total											$	232,853		(3,204	)		678,474		(69,804	)

The Company owned ~~386~~320 individual investment securities with aggregate gross unrealized losses of ~~$87~~$84 million at September 30, ~~2014.~~2015. Based on a review of each of the securities in the investment securities portfolio at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, the Company concluded that it expected to recover the amortized cost basis of its investment. As of September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, 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 September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, the Company has not identified events or changes in circumstances which may have a significant adverse effect on the fair value of the ~~$329~~$337 million of cost method investment securities.

The outstanding principal balance and the carrying amount of acquired loans that were recorded at fair value at the acquisition date and included in the consolidated balance sheet follow:


	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013		September 30,		December 31,
	(in thousands)				2015		2014
					(in thousands)
Outstanding principal balance	$	3,416,175		4,656,811	$	2,410,454		3,070,268
Carrying amount:
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.		299,161		580,685		103,583		247,820
Commercial real estate		1,094,030		1,541,368		728,376		961,828
Residential real estate		485,365		576,473		385,885		453,360
Consumer		1,013,238		1,308,926		812,117		933,537

	$	2,891,794		4,007,452	$	2,029,961		2,596,545

Purchased impaired loans included in the table above totaled ~~$237~~$149 million at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~$331~~$198 million at December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, representing less than 1% of the Company’s assets as of each date. A summary of changes in the accretable yield for acquired loans for the three months and nine months ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013~~2014 follows:


	Nine months ended September 30												Three months ended September 30
	2014						2013						2015						2014
	Purchased impaired			Other acquired			Purchased impaired			Other acquired			Purchased			Other			Purchased			Other
	(in thousands)												impaired			acquired			impaired			acquired
													(in thousands)
Balance at beginning of period	$	37,230			538,633		$	42,252			638,272		$	77,624			344,989		$	26,082			450,970
Interest income		(15,583	)		(135,105	)		(28,879	)		(190,072	)		(5,865	)		(37,396	)		(4,149	)		(39,019	)
Reclassifications from nonaccretable balance, net		415			10,448			31,520			122,519
Reclassifications from nonaccretable balance														47			769			129			9,673
Other (a)		—			9,518			—			(3,158	)		—			4,697			—			1,870

Balance at end of period	$	22,062			423,494		$	44,893			567,561		$	71,806			313,059		$	22,062			423,494


													Nine months ended September 30
													2015						2014
													Purchased			Other			Purchased			Other
													impaired			acquired			impaired			acquired
													(in thousands)
Balance at beginning of period													$	76,518			397,379		$	37,230			538,633
Interest income														(16,843	)		(118,697	)		(15,583	)		(135,105	)
Reclassifications from nonaccretable balance														12,131			27,792			415			10,448
Other (a)														—			6,585			—			9,518

Balance at end of period													$	71,806			313,059		$	22,062			423,494

A summary of current, past due and nonaccrual loans as of September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013~~2014 follows:


			30-89		90 Days or more past due and accruing				Purchased								30-89 Days past due			90 Days or more past due and accruing				Purchased impaired (b)			Nonaccrual			Total
	Current		Days past due		Non- acquired		Acquired (a)		impaired (b)		Nonaccrual		Total		Current				Non- acquired			Acquired (a)					Nonaccrual			Total
					(in thousands)										(in thousands)
December 31, 2013
September 30, 2015																	30-89 Days past due
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.	$	18,489,474		77,538		4,981		6,778		15,706		110,739	$	18,705,216	$	19,965,307		29,451			5,882		3,477	Purchased impaired (b)		4,645			224,415		$	20,233,177
Real estate:
Commercial		21,236,071		145,749		63,353		35,603		88,034		173,048		21,741,858		23,184,906		105,140			21,629		17,906		45,523			176,491			23,551,595
Residential builder and developer		1,025,984		8,486		141		7,930		137,544		96,427		1,276,512		1,479,659		15,951			—		7,488		65,102			46,022			1,614,222
Other commercial construction		2,986,598		42,234		—		8,031		57,707		35,268		3,129,838		3,493,349		28,433			1,373		1,769		17,484			12,312			3,554,720
Residential		7,630,368		295,131		294,649		43,700		29,184		252,805		8,545,837		7,323,813		206,044			194,280		16,295		14,392			153,354			7,908,178
Residential Alt-A		283,253		18,009		—		—		—		81,122		382,384		226,871		11,662			—		—		—			64,351			302,884
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans		5,972,365		40,537		—		27,754		2,617		78,516		6,121,789		5,710,632		38,506			—		15,454		2,275			78,126			5,844,993
Automobile		1,314,246		29,144		—		366		—		21,144		1,364,900		2,319,556		36,867			—		53		—			13,892			2,370,368
Other		2,726,522		47,830		5,386		—		—		25,087		2,804,825		3,084,080		31,210			8,301		18,385		—			18,135			3,160,111

Total	$	61,664,881		704,658		368,510		130,162		330,792		874,156	$	64,073,159	$	66,788,173		503,264			231,465		80,827		149,421			787,098		$	68,540,248


															Current		30-89 Days past due			90 Days or more past due and accruing				Purchased impaired (b)			Nonaccrual			Total
															Current				Non- acquired			Acquired (a)					Nonaccrual			Total
															(in thousands)
December 31, 2014																	30-89 Days past due							Purchased impaired (b)
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.															$	19,228,265		37,246			1,805		6,231		10,300			177,445		$	19,461,292
Real estate:
Commercial																22,208,491		118,704			22,170		14,662		51,312			141,600			22,556,939
Residential builder and developer																1,273,607		11,827			492		9,350		98,347			71,517			1,465,140
Other commercial construction																3,484,932		17,678			—		—		17,181			25,699			3,545,490
Residential																7,640,368		226,932			216,489		35,726		18,223			180,275			8,318,013
Residential Alt-A																249,810		11,774			—		—		—			77,704			339,288
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans																5,859,378		42,945			—		27,896		2,374			89,291			6,021,884
Automobile																1,931,138		30,500			—		133		—			17,578			1,979,349
Other																2,909,791		33,295			4,064		16,369		—			18,042			2,981,561

Total															$	64,785,780		530,901			245,020		110,367		197,737			799,151		$	66,668,956

One-to-four family residential mortgage loans ~~originated~~held for sale were ~~$466~~$422 million and ~~$401~~$435 million at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. Commercial mortgage loans held for sale were ~~$159~~$71 million at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~$68~~$308 million at December 31, ~~2013.~~2014.

Changes in the allowance for credit losses for the three months ended September 30, 2015 were as follows:

Changes in the allowance for credit losses for the three months ended September 30, 2014 were as follows:


	Commercial, Financial,			Real Estate
	Leasing, etc.			Commercial			Residential			Consumer			Unallocated			Total			Commercial, Financial, Leasing, etc.			Real Estate
	(in thousands)																		Commercial, Financial, Leasing, etc.			Commercial			Residential			Consumer			Unallocated			Total
																			(in thousands)
Beginning balance	$	292,251			311,254			72,404			165,871			75,886		$	917,666		$	292,251			311,254			72,404			165,871			75,886		$	917,666
Provision for credit losses		2,373			8,046			(3,187	)		21,815			(47	)		29,000			2,373			8,046			(3,187	)		21,815			(47	)		29,000
Net charge-offs
Charge-offs		(15,921	)		(1,666	)		(4,193	)		(21,312	)		—			(43,092	)		(15,921	)		(1,666	)		(4,193	)		(21,312	)		—			(43,092	)
Recoveries		7,849			1,267			2,498			3,445			—			15,059			7,849			1,267			2,498			3,445			—			15,059

Net charge-offs		(8,072	)		(399	)		(1,695	)		(17,867	)		—			(28,033	)		(8,072	)		(399	)		(1,695	)		(17,867	)		—			(28,033	)

Ending balance	$	286,552			318,901			67,522			169,819			75,839		$	918,633		$	286,552			318,901			67,522			169,819			75,839		$	918,633

Changes in the allowance for credit losses for the ~~three~~nine months ended September 30, ~~2013~~2015 were as follows:


	Commercial, Financial,			Real Estate
	Leasing, etc.			Commercial			Residential			Consumer			Unallocated		Total			Commercial, Financial, Leasing, etc.			Real Estate
	(in thousands)																	Commercial, Financial, Leasing, etc.			Commercial			Residential			Consumer			Unallocated		Total
																		(in thousands)
Beginning balance	$	268,867			324,264			85,311			174,291			74,332	$	927,065		$	288,038			307,927			61,910			186,033			75,654	$	919,562
Provision for credit losses		20,209			12,139			315			14,935			402		48,000			32,686			13,769			(571	)		65,038			1,078		112,000
Allowance related to loans securitized and sold		—			—			—			(11,000	)		—		(11,000	)
Net charge-offs
Charge-offs		(30,931	)		(7,701	)		(5,320	)		(20,242	)		—		(64,194	)		(46,990	)		(12,352	)		(9,695	)		(64,542	)		—		(133,579	)
Recoveries		5,150			4,751			2,399			4,199			—		16,499			12,933			3,745			3,352			15,785			—		35,815

Net charge-offs		(25,781	)		(2,950	)		(2,921	)		(16,043	)		—		(47,695	)		(34,057	)		(8,607	)		(6,343	)		(48,757	)		—		(97,764	)

Ending balance	$	263,295			333,453			82,705			162,183			74,734	$	916,370		$	286,667			313,089			54,996			202,314			76,732	$	933,798

Changes in the allowance for credit losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 were as follows:

~~Changes in the allowance for credit losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 were as follows:~~


	Commercial, Financial,			Real Estate
	Leasing, etc.			Commercial			Residential			Consumer			Unallocated		Total			Commercial, Financial, Leasing, etc.			Real Estate
	(in thousands)																	Commercial, Financial, Leasing, etc.			Commercial			Residential			Consumer			Unallocated		Total
																		(in thousands)
Beginning balance	$	246,759			337,101			88,807			179,418			73,775	$	925,860		$	273,383			324,978			78,656			164,644			75,015	$	916,676
Provision for credit losses		93,736			914			3,913			43,478			959		143,000			40,527			(4,067	)		(916	)		54,632			824		91,000
Allowance related to loans securitized and sold		—			—			—			(11,000	)		—		(11,000	)
Net charge-offs
Charge-offs		(86,787	)		(21,493	)		(18,583	)		(62,905	)		—		(189,768	)		(44,872	)		(7,966	)		(17,124	)		(62,407	)		—		(132,369	)
Recoveries		9,587			16,931			8,568			13,192			—		48,278			17,514			5,956			6,906			12,950			—		43,326

Net charge-offs		(77,200	)		(4,562	)		(10,015	)		(49,713	)		—		(141,490	)		(27,358	)		(2,010	)		(10,218	)		(49,457	)		—		(89,043	)

Ending balance	$	263,295			333,453			82,705			162,183			74,734	$	916,370		$	286,552			318,901			67,522			169,819			75,839	$	918,633

Despite the above allocation, the allowance for credit losses is general in nature and is available to absorb losses from any loan or lease type.

In establishing the allowance for credit losses, the Company estimates losses attributable to specific troubled credits identified through both normal and detailed or intensified credit review processes and also estimates losses inherent in other loans and leases 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 loan type. The amounts of loss components in the Company’s loan and lease portfolios are determined through aloan-by-loan analysis of larger balance commercial loans and commercial real estate loans that are in nonaccrual status and by applying loss factors to groups of loan balances based on loan type and management’s classification of such loans under the Company’s loan grading system. Measurement of the specific loss components is typically based on expected future cash flows, collateral values and other factors that may impact the borrower’s ability to pay. In determining the allowance for credit losses, the Company utilizes a loan grading system which is applied to commercial and commercial real estate credits on an individual loan basis. Loan officers are responsible for ~~continually~~ assigning grades to these loans based on standards outlined in the Company’s Credit Policy. Internal loan grades are also monitored by the Company’s loan review department to ensure consistency and strict adherence to the prescribed standards. Loan grades are assigned loss component factors that reflect the Company’s loss estimate for each group of loans and leases. Factors considered in assigning loan grades and loss component factors 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; levels of and trends in portfolio charge-offs and recoveries; levels of and trends in portfolio delinquencies and impaired loans; changes in the risk profile of specific portfolios; trends in volume and terms of loans; effects of changes in credit concentrations; and observed trends and practices in the banking industry. As updated appraisals are obtained on individual loans or other events in the market place indicate that collateral values have significantly changed, individual loan grades are adjusted as appropriate. Changes in other factors cited may also lead to loan grade changes at any time. Except for consumer loans and residential real estate loans that are considered smaller balance homogenous loans and acquired loans that are evaluated on an aggregated basis, the Company considers a loan to be impaired for purposes of applying GAAP when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to

collect all amounts according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement or the loan is delinquent 90 days. Regardless of loan type, the Company considers a loan to be impaired if it qualifies as a troubled debt restructuring. 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.

~~The following tables provide information~~Information with respect to loans and leases that were considered impaired ~~as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013.~~follows.


	September 30, 2014							December 31, 2013						September 30, 2015						December 31, 2014
	Recorded investment		Unpaid principal balance		Related allowance			Recorded investment		Unpaid principal balance		Related allowance		Recorded investment		Unpaid principal balance		Related allowance		Recorded investment		Unpaid principal balance		Related allowance
	(in thousands)													(in thousands)
With an allowance recorded:
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.	$	138,884		168,163		33,805			90,293		112,092		24,614	$	144,051		166,877		35,195		132,340		165,146		31,779
Real estate:
Commercial		94,124		112,373		16,172			113,570		132,325		19,520		105,561		122,369		18,932		83,955		96,209		14,121
Residential builder and developer		16,306		20,309		1,218			33,311		55,122		4,379		6,544		10,276		788		17,632		22,044		805
Other commercial construction		12,937		15,302		4,071			86,260		90,515		4,022		2,445		3,991		391		5,480		6,484		900
Residential		88,879		106,795		4,621			96,508		114,521		7,146		83,349		101,367		4,775		88,970		107,343		4,296
Residential Alt-A		105,489		119,616		9,000			111,911		124,528		14,000		93,168		107,075		8,500		101,137		114,565		11,000
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans		19,343		20,436		6,030			13,672		14,796		3,312		23,257		24,239		3,541		19,771		20,806		6,213
Automobile		31,843		31,843		8,516			40,441		40,441		11,074		23,985		23,985		5,118		30,317		30,317		8,070
Other		18,743		18,743		5,051			17,660		17,660		4,541		18,870		18,870		5,486		18,973		18,973		5,459

		526,548		613,580		88,484			603,626		702,000		92,608		501,230		579,049		82,726		498,575		581,887		82,643

With no related allowance recorded:
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.		78,849		82,176		—			28,093		33,095		—		111,023		133,100		—		73,978		81,493		—
Real estate:
Commercial		88,258		97,806		—			65,271		84,333		—		77,147		84,677		—		66,777		78,943		—
Residential builder and developer		67,401		103,996		—			72,366		104,768		—		42,800		68,906		—		58,820		96,722		—
Other commercial construction		14,974		34,212		—			7,369		11,493		—		10,307		28,480		—		20,738		41,035		—
Residential		18,155		27,999		—			84,144		95,358		—		16,232		26,626		—		16,815		26,750		—
Residential Alt-A		25,110		45,705		—	��		28,357		52,211		—		20,891		35,836		—		26,752		46,964		—

		292,747		391,894		—			285,600		381,258		—		278,400		377,625		—		263,880		371,907		—


Total:
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.		217,733		250,339		33,805			118,386		145,187		24,614		255,074		299,977		35,195		206,318		246,639		31,779
Real estate:
Commercial		182,382		210,179		16,172			178,841		216,658		19,520		182,708		207,046		18,932		150,732		175,152		14,121
Residential builder and developer		83,707		124,305		1,218			105,677		159,890		4,379		49,344		79,182		788		76,452		118,766		805
Other commercial construction		27,911		49,514		4,071			93,629		102,008		4,022		12,752		32,471		391		26,218		47,519		900
Residential		107,034		134,794		4,621			180,652		209,879		7,146		99,581		127,993		4,775		105,785		134,093		4,296
Residential Alt-A		130,599		165,321		9,000			140,268		176,739		14,000		114,059		142,911		8,500		127,889		161,529		11,000
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans		19,343		20,436		6,030			13,672		14,796		3,312		23,257		24,239		3,541		19,771		20,806		6,213
Automobile		31,843		31,843		8,516			40,441		40,441		11,074		23,985		23,985		5,118		30,317		30,317		8,070
Other		18,743		18,743		5,051			17,660		17,660		4,541		18,870		18,870		5,486		18,973		18,973		5,459

Total	$	819,295		1,005,474		88,484			889,226		1,083,258		92,608	$	779,630		956,674		82,726		762,455		953,794		82,643

In determining the allowance for credit losses, residential real estate loans and consumer loans are generally evaluated collectively after considering such factors as payment performance and recent loss experience and trends, which are mainly driven by current collateral values in the market place as well as the amount of loan defaults. Loss rates on such loans are determined by reference to recent charge-off history and are evaluated (and adjusted if deemed appropriate) through consideration of other factors including near-term forecasted loss estimates developed by the Company’s Credit Department. In arriving at such forecasts, the Company considers the current estimated fair value of its collateral based on geographical adjustments for home price depreciation/appreciation and overall borrower repayment performance. With regard to collateral values, the realizability of such values by the Company contemplates repayment of any first lien position prior to recovering amounts on a second lien position. However, residential real estate loans and outstanding balances of home equity loans and lines of credit that are more than 150 days past due are generally evaluated for collectibility on a loan-by-loan basis giving consideration to estimated collateral values. The carrying value of residential real estate loans and home equity loans and lines of credit for which a partial charge-off has been recognized aggregated $59 million and $20 million, respectively, at September 30, 2015 and $63 million and $18 million,

respectively, at December 31, 2014. Residential real estate loans and home equity loans and lines of credit that were more than 150 days past due but did not require a partial charge-off because the net realizable value of the collateral exceeded the outstanding customer balance totaled $20 million and $28 million, respectively, at September 30, 2015 and $27 million and $28 million, respectively, at December 31, 2014.

In accordance with the previously described policies, the Company utilizes a loan grading system that is applied to all commercial loans and commercial real estate loans. Loan grades are utilized to differentiate risk within the portfolio and consider the expectations of default for each loan. Commercial loans and commercial real estate 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. All larger balance criticized commercial loans and commercial real estate loans are individually reviewed by centralized loan review personnel each quarter to determine the appropriateness of the assigned loan grade, including whether the loan should be reported as accruing or nonaccruing. Smaller balance criticized loans are analyzed by business line risk management areas to ensure proper loan grade classification. Furthermore, criticized nonaccrual commercial loans and commercial real estate loans are considered impaired and, as a result, specific loss allowances on such loans are established within the allowance for credit losses to the extent appropriate in each individual instance. The following table summarizes the loan grades applied to the various classes of the Company’s commercial loans and commercial real estate loans.

In determining the allowance for credit losses, residential real estate loans and consumer loans are generally evaluated collectively after considering such factors as payment performance and recent loss experience and trends, which are mainly driven by current collateral values in the market place as well as the amount of loan defaults. Loss rates on such loans are determined by reference to recent charge-off history and are evaluated (and adjusted if deemed appropriate) through consideration of other factors including near-term forecasted loss estimates developed by the Company’s Credit Department. In arriving at such forecasts, the Company considers the current estimated fair value of its collateral based on geographical adjustments for home price depreciation/appreciation and overall borrower repayment performance. With regard to collateral values, the realizability of such values by the Company contemplates repayment of the original balance of any first lien position prior to recovering amounts on a second lien position. However, residential real estate loans and outstanding balances of home equity loans and lines of credit that are more than 150 days past due are generally evaluated for collectibility on a loan-by-loan basis giving consideration to estimated collateral values. The carrying value of residential real estate loans and home equity loans and lines of credit for which a partial charge-off has been recognized aggregated $64 million and $18 million, respectively, at September 30, 2014 and $58 million and $18 million, respectively, at December 31, 2013.

The Company also measures additional losses for purchased impaired loans when it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all cash flows expected at acquisition plus additional cash flows expected to be collected arising from changes in estimates after acquisition. The determination of the allocated portion of the allowance for credit losses is very subjective. Given that inherent subjectivity and potential imprecision involved in determining the allocated portion of the allowance for credit losses, the Company also provides an inherent unallocated portion of the allowance. The unallocated portion of the allowance is intended to recognize probable losses that are not otherwise identifiable and includes management’s subjective determination of amounts necessary to provide for the possible use of imprecise estimates in determining

the allocated portion of the allowance. Therefore, the level of the unallocated portion of the allowance is primarily reflective of the inherent imprecision in the various calculations used in determining the allocated portion of the allowance for credit losses. Other factors that could also lead to changes in the unallocated portion include the effects of expansion into new markets for which the Company does not have the same degree of familiarity and experience regarding portfolio performance in changing market conditions, the introduction of new loan and lease product types, and other risks associated with the Company’s loan portfolio that may not be specifically identifiable.

The allocation of the allowance for credit losses summarized on the basis of the Company’s impairment methodology was as follows:


	Commercial, Financial, Leasing, etc.			Real Estate										Commercial, Financial,			Real Estate
			Commercial			Residential		Consumer		Total			Leasing, etc.			Commercial			Residential		Consumer		Total
	Commercial, Financial, Leasing, etc.	(in thousands)													(in thousands)
September 30, 2014
September 30, 2015
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	33,805			21,148		13,602		19,597		$	88,152		$	35,195			19,743		13,275		14,145		$	82,358
Collectively evaluated for impairment		247,951			297,169		52,206		149,430			746,756			250,271			292,214		39,804		186,706			768,995
Purchased impaired		4,796			584		1,714		792			7,886			1,201			1,132		1,917		1,463			5,713

Allocated	$	286,552			318,901		67,522		169,819			842,794		$	286,667			313,089		54,996		202,314			857,066

Unallocated												75,839													76,732


Total											$	918,633												$	933,798


December 31, 2013
December 31, 2014
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	24,614			27,563		21,127		18,927		$	92,231		$	31,779			15,490		14,703		19,742		$	81,714
Collectively evaluated for impairment		246,096			296,781		55,864		144,210			742,951			251,607			291,244		45,061		165,140			753,052
Purchased impaired		2,673			634		1,665		1,507			6,479			4,652			1,193		2,146		1,151			9,142

Allocated	$	273,383			324,978		78,656		164,644			841,661		$	288,038			307,927		61,910		186,033			843,908

Unallocated												75,015													75,654


Total											$	916,676												$	919,562

The recorded investment in loans and leases summarized on the basis of the Company’s impairment methodology was as follows:


	Commercial, Financial, Leasing, etc.			Real Estate										Commercial, Financial,			Real Estate
			Commercial			Residential		Consumer		Total			Leasing, etc.			Commercial			Residential		Consumer		Total
	Commercial, Financial, Leasing, etc.	(in thousands)													(in thousands)
September 30, 2014
September 30, 2015
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	217,733			292,932		237,247		69,929		$	817,841		$	255,074			243,743		213,640		66,112		$	778,569
Collectively evaluated for impairment		18,879,499			26,454,145		8,402,610		10,781,602			64,517,856			19,973,458			28,348,685		7,983,030		11,307,085			67,612,258
Purchased impaired		14,777			195,770		23,551		2,564			236,662			4,645			128,109		14,392		2,275			149,421


Total	$	19,112,009			26,942,847		8,663,408		10,854,095		$	65,572,359		$	20,233,177			28,720,537		8,211,062		11,375,472		$	68,540,248


December 31, 2013
December 31, 2014
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	118,386			376,339		320,360		71,773		$	886,858		$	206,318			252,347		232,398		69,061		$	760,124
Collectively evaluated for impairment		18,571,124			25,488,584		8,578,677		10,217,124			62,855,509			19,244,674			27,148,382		8,406,680		10,911,359			65,711,095
Purchased impaired		15,706			283,285		29,184		2,617			330,792			10,300			166,840		18,223		2,374			197,737


Total	$	18,705,216			26,148,208		8,928,221		10,291,514		$	64,073,159		$	19,461,292			27,567,569		8,657,301		10,982,794		$	66,668,956

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.

The tables below summarize the Company’s loan modification activities that were considered troubled debt restructurings for the three months ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013:~~2014:

The tables below summarize the Company’s loan modification activities that were considered troubled debt restructurings for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014:

~~The tables below summarize the Company’s loan modification activities that were considered troubled debt restructurings for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013:~~

Troubled debt restructurings are considered to be impaired loans and for purposes of establishing the allowance for credit losses 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. Impairment of troubled debt restructurings that have subsequently defaulted may also be measured based on the loan’s observable market price or the fair value of collateral if the loan is collateral-dependent. Charge-offs may also be recognized on troubled debt restructurings that have subsequently defaulted. Loans that were modified as troubled debt restructurings during the twelve months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 and for which there was a subsequent payment default during the nine-month ~~period~~periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, were ~~$3 million. Loans that were modified as troubled debt restructurings during the twelve months ended September 30, 2013 and for~~not material.

~~which there~~4. Loans and leases and the allowance for credit losses, continued

Effective January 1, 2015, the Company adopted amended accounting and disclosure guidance for reclassification of residential real estate collateralized consumer mortgage loans upon foreclosure. The amended guidance clarifies that 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. The adoption resulted in an insignificant increase in other real estate owned. The amount of foreclosed residential real estate property held by the Company was ~~a subsequent payment default during the nine-month period ended~~$43 million and $44 million at September 30, ~~2013~~2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. At September 30, 2015, there were ~~$20~~$151 million ~~(largely commercial~~in loans secured by residential real estate ~~loans).~~that were in the process of foreclosure.

During February 2015, M&T Bank issued $1.5 billion of fixed rate senior notes pursuant to a Bank Note Program, of which $750 million have a 2.10% interest rate and mature in 2020 and $750 million have a 2.90% interest rate and mature in 2025.

M&T had ~~$835~~$513 million of fixed and floating rate junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures (“Junior Subordinated Debentures”) outstanding at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 which are held by various trusts that 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 current risk-based capital guidelines, the Capital Securities are includable in M&T’s Tier 1 capital. However, in July 2013, the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued a final rule to comprehensively revise the capital framework for the U.S. banking sector. Under that rule, trust preferred capital securities will be phased out from inclusion in Tier 1 capital such that in 2015 only 25% of then-outstanding securities will be included in Tier 1 capital and beginning in 2016 none of the securities will be included in Tier 1 capital.

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.

On April 15, 2015, M&T redeemed all of the issued and outstanding Capital Securities issued by M&T Capital Trust I, M&T Capital Trust II and M&T Capital Trust III, and the related Junior Subordinated Debentures held by those respective trusts. In the aggregate, $323 million of Junior Subordinated Debentures were redeemed. In February ~~27,~~ 2014, M&T redeemed all of the issued and outstanding 8.5% $350 million ~~trust preferred securities~~Capital Securities issued by M&T Capital Trust IV and the related Junior Subordinated Debentures held by M&T Capital Trust IV.

Also included in long-term borrowings are agreements to repurchase securities of $1.4 billion at each of September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. The agreements reflect various repurchase dates in 2016 and 2017 and are subject to legally enforceable master netting arrangements, however, the Company has not offset any amounts related to these agreements in its consolidated financial statements. The Company posted collateral consisting primarily of government guaranteed mortgage-backed securities of $1.5 billion at each of September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~$1.6 billion at~~ December 31, ~~2013.~~2014.

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 September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 is presented below:


	Shares issued and outstanding		Carrying value September 30, 2014		Carrying value December 31, 2013		Shares issued and outstanding		Carrying value
			(dollars in thousands)				(dollars in thousands)
Series A (a)
Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, $1,000 liquidation preference per share		230,000	$	230,000	$	230,000		230,000	$	230,000

Series C (a)
Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C, $1,000 liquidation preference per share		151,500		151,500		151,500		151,500	$	151,500

Series D (b)
Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D, $10,000 liquidation preference per share		50,000		500,000		500,000		50,000	$	500,000

Series E (c)
Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock Series E, $1,000 liquidation preference per share		350,000		350,000		—		350,000	$	350,000

In addition to the Series A ~~and Series C~~ warrants mentioned in (a) above, a warrant to purchase 95,383 shares of M&T common stock at $518.96 per share was outstanding at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. The obligation under that warrant was assumed by M&T in an acquisition.

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


													Pension benefits						Other postretirement benefits
													Three months ended September 30
													2015			2014			2015			2014
													(in thousands)
Service cost													$	5,916			5,130			188			151
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation														17,754			17,290			651			695
Expected return on plan assets														(23,527	)		(22,892	)		—			—
Amortization of prior service credit														(1,501	)		(1,638	)		(340	)		(340	)
Amortization of net actuarial loss														11,207			3,624			26			—

Net periodic benefit cost													$	9,849			1,514			525			506

	Pension benefits						Other postretirement benefits
	Three months ended September 30												Pension benefits						Other postretirement benefits
	2014			2013			2014			2013			Nine months ended September 30
	(in thousands)												2015			2014			2015			2014
													(in thousands)
Service cost	$	5,130			6,090			151			186		$	17,748			15,390			562			453
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation		17,290			15,032			695			673			53,261			51,871			1,953			2,084
Expected return on plan assets		(22,892	)		(21,838	)		—			—			(70,578	)		(68,676	)		—			—
Amortization of prior service cost		(1,638	)		(1,639	)		(340	)		(340	)
Amortization of prior service credit														(4,504	)		(4,914	)		(1,019	)		(1,019	)
Amortization of net actuarial loss		3,624			10,269			—			90			33,619			10,871			79			—


Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,514			7,914			506			609		$	29,546			4,542			1,575			1,518

Expense incurred in connection with the Company’s defined contribution pension and retirement savings plans totaled ~~$13,558,000~~$14,281,000 and ~~$12,440,000~~$13,558,000 for the three months ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively, and ~~$41,963,000~~$44,377,000 and ~~$40,757,000~~$41,963,000 for the nine months ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively.


	Three months ended September 30						Nine months ended September 30						Three months ended September 30						Nine months ended September 30
	2014			2013			2014			2013			2015			2014			2015			2014
	(in thousands, except per share)												(in thousands, except per share)
Income available to common shareholders:

Net income	$	275,344			294,479		$	788,697			917,058		$	280,401			275,344		$	808,702			788,697
Less: Preferred stock dividends (a)		(20,443	)		(13,363	)		(55,560	)		(40,088	)		(20,318	)		(20,443	)		(60,953	)		(55,560	)
Amortization of preferred stock discount (a)		—			(2,235	)		—			(6,575	)

Net income available to common equity		254,901			278,881			733,137			870,395			260,083			254,901			747,749			733,137
Less: Income attributable to unvested stock-based compensation awards		(2,996	)		(3,545	)		(8,830	)		(11,451	)		(2,746	)		(2,996	)		(8,122	)		(8,830	)


Net income available to common shareholders	$	251,905			275,336		$	724,307			858,944		$	257,337			251,905		$	739,627			724,307

Weighted-average shares outstanding:

Common shares outstanding (including common stock issuable) and unvested stock-based compensation awards		132,832			130,836			132,372			130,088			134,049			132,832			133,805			132,372
Less: Unvested stock-based compensation awards		(1,567	)		(1,665	)		(1,590	)		(1,719	)		(1,419	)		(1,567	)		(1,458	)		(1,590	)


Weighted-average shares outstanding		131,265			129,171			130,782			128,369			132,630			131,265			132,347			130,782

Basic earnings per common share	$	1.92			2.13		$	5.54			6.69		$	1.94			1.92		$	5.59			5.54


	Three months ended September 30						Nine months ended September 30
	2014			2013			2014			2013			Three months ended September 30						Nine months ended September 30
	(in thousands, except per share)												2015			2014			2015			2014
													(in thousands, except per share)
Net income available to common equity	$	254,901			278,881		$	733,137			870,395		$	260,083			254,901		$	747,749			733,137

Less: Income attributable to unvested stock-based compensation awards		(2,984	)		(3,525	)		(8,793	)		(11,395	)		(2,737	)		(2,984	)		(8,093	)		(8,793	)


Net income available to common shareholders	$	251,917			275,356		$	724,344			859,000		$	257,346			251,917		$	739,656			724,344

Adjusted weighted-average shares outstanding:

Common and unvested stock-based compensation awards		132,832			130,836			132,372			130,088			134,049			132,832			133,805			132,372
Less: Unvested stock-based compensation awards		(1,567	)		(1,665	)		(1,590	)		(1,719	)		(1,419	)		(1,567	)		(1,458	)		(1,590	)
Plus: Incremental shares from assumed conversion of stock-based compensation awards and warrants to purchase common stock		863			1,094			916			943			746			863			742			916


Adjusted weighted-average shares outstanding		132,128			130,265			131,698			129,312			133,376			132,128			133,089			131,698

Diluted earnings per common share	$	1.91			2.11		$	5.50			6.64		$	1.93			1.91		$	5.56			5.50

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 approximately ~~1.7~~1.5 million and ~~3.1~~1.7 million common shares during the three-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively, and ~~2.1~~1.9 million and ~~4.1~~2.1 million common shares during the nine-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively, were not included in the computations of diluted earnings per common share because the effect on those periods would have been antidilutive.

The following table displays the components of other comprehensive income (loss) and amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to net income:


	Investment Securities																			Investment Securities
	With OTTI		All other		Defined benefit plans			Other			Total amount before tax			Income tax			Net			With OTTI (a)		All other			Defined benefit plans			Other			Total amount before tax			Income tax			Net
	(in thousands)																			(in thousands)

Balance – January 1, 2014	$	37,255		18,450		(161,617	)		115		$	(105,797	)		41,638		$	(64,159	)

Balance – January 1, 2015																				$	7,438		201,828			(503,027	)		(4,082	)	$	(297,843	)		116,849		$	(180,994	)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications:
Unrealized holding gains, net		12,038		109,263		—			—			121,301			(47,615	)		73,686
Unrealized holding gains (losses), net																					9,699		(11,139	)		—			—			(1,440	)		952			(488	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		—		—		—			(2,314	)		(2,314	)		810			(1,504	)		—		—			—			(735	)		(735	)		214			(521	)
Unrealized losses on cash flow hedges		—		—		—			(162	)		(162	)		64			(98	)
Gains on cash flow hedges																					—		—			—			1,453			1,453			(568	)		885

Total other comprehensive income before reclassifications		12,038		109,263		—			(2,476	)		118,825			(46,741	)		72,084			9,699		(11,139	)		—			718			(722	)		598			(124	)


Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income that (increase)decrease net income:

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income that (increase) decrease net income:
Accretion of unrealized holding losses on held-to-maturity (“HTM”) securities		1		2,539		—			—			2,540	(a)		(997	)		1,543			—		2,417			—			—			2,417	(b)		(944	)		1,473
Losses realized in net income																					—		108			—			—			108	(c)		(40	)		68
Accretion of net gain on terminated cash flow hedges																					—		—			—			(102	)		(102	)(d)		40			(62	)
Amortization of prior service credit		—		—		(5,933	)		—			(5,933	)(d)		2,328			(3,605	)		—		—			(5,523	)		—			(5,523	)(e)		2,359			(3,164	)
Amortization of actuarial losses		—		—		10,871			—			10,871	(d)		(4,267	)		6,604			—		—			33,698			—			33,698	(e)		(14,368	)		19,330

Total reclassifications		1		2,539		4,938			—			7,478			(2,936	)		4,542			—		2,525			28,175			(102	)		30,598			(12,953	)		17,645


Total gain (loss) during the period		12,039		111,802		4,938			(2,476	)		126,303			(49,677	)		76,626			9,699		(8,614	)		28,175			616			29,876			(12,355	)		17,521

Balance – September 30, 2015																				$	17,137		193,214			(474,852	)		(3,466	)	$	(267,967	)		104,494		$	(163,473	)

Balance – September 30, 2014	$	49,294		130,252		(156,679	)		(2,361	)	$	20,506			(8,039	)	$	12,467


	Investment Securities																					Investment Securities
	With OTTI			All other			Defined benefit plans			Other			Total amount before tax			Income tax			Net			With OTTI (a)		All other		Defined benefit plans			Other			Total amount before tax			Income tax			Net
	(in thousands)																					(in thousands)

Balance – January 1, 2013	$	(91,835	)		152,199			(455,590	)		(431	)	$	(395,657	)		155,393		$	(240,264	)

Balance – January 1, 2014																						$	37,255		18,450		(161,617	)		115		$	(105,797	)		41,638		$	(64,159	)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications:
Unrealized holding gains (losses), net		59,523			(61,706	)		—			—			(2,183	)		814			(1,369	)
Unrealized holding gains, net																							12,038		109,263		—			—			121,301			(47,615	)		73,686
Foreign currency translation adjustment		—			—			—			296			296			(91	)		205			—		—		—			(2,314	)		(2,314	)		810			(1,504	)
Unrealized losses on cash flow hedges																							—		—		—			(162	)		(162	)		64			(98	)

Total other comprehensive income before reclassifications		59,523			(61,706	)		—			296			(1,887	)		723			(1,164	)		12,038		109,263		—			(2,476	)		118,825			(46,741	)		72,084


Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income that (increase) decrease net income:

Accretion of unrealized holding losses on HTM securities		230			3,127			—			—			3,357	(a)		(1,318	)		2,039			1		2,539		—			—			2,540	(b)		(997	)		1,543
OTTI charges recognized in net income		9,800			—			—			—			9,800	(b)		(3,847	)		5,953
Losses (gains) realized in net income		41,217			(8,129	)		—			—			33,088	(c)		(12,987	)		20,101
Amortization of prior service credit		—			—			(5,936	)		—			(5,936	)(d)		2,330			(3,606	)		—		—		(5,933	)		—			(5,933	)(e)		2,328			(3,605	)
Amortization of actuarial losses		—			—			31,077			—			31,077	(d)		(12,198	)		18,879			—		—		10,871			—			10,871	(e)		(4,267	)		6,604

Total reclassifications		51,247			(5,002	)		25,141			—			71,386			(28,020	)		43,366			1		2,539		4,938			—			7,478			(2,936	)		4,542


Total gain (loss) during the period		110,770			(66,708	)		25,141			296			69,499			(27,297	)		42,202			12,039		111,802		4,938			(2,476	)		126,303			(49,677	)		76,626

Balance – September 30, 2014																						$	49,294		130,252		(156,679	)		(2,361	)	$	20,506			(8,039	)	$	12,467

Balance – September 30, 2013	$	18,935			85,491			(430,449	)		(135	)	$	(326,158	)		128,096		$	(198,062	)

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 and collateral provisions protecting the at-risk party. Based on adherence to the Company’s credit standards and the presence of the netting and collateral provisions, the Company believes that the credit risk inherent in these contracts iswas not significant as of September 30, ~~2014.~~2015.

The net effect of interest rate swap agreements was to increase net interest income by $11 million for each of the three-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 and ~~2013,~~$33 million and $34 ~~million and $30~~ million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively.

~~At September 30, 2014, interest rate swap agreements were used as fair value hedges for approximately $1.4 billion of outstanding fixed rate long-term borrowings.~~ 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:


	Notional amount		Average maturity			Weighted- average rate						Notional amount				Average maturity			Weighted- average rate
					Fixed				Variable						Fixed					Variable
	(in thousands)			(in years)										(in thousands)				(in years)
September 30, 2014
September 30, 2015
Fair value hedges:
Fixed rate long-term borrowings (a)	$	1,400,000		2.9			4.42	%		1.19	%	$	1,400,000				1.9			4.42	%	1.29	%


December 31, 2013
December 31, 2014
Fair value hedges:
Fixed rate long-term borrowings (a)	$	1,400,000		3.7			4.42	%		1.20	%	$	1,400,000				2.7			4.42	%	1.19	%

The use of cash flow hedges to manage the variability of cash flows associated with the then-forecasted issuance of long-term debt did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

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 values of ~~$17.2 billion and $17.4~~$17.6 billion at each of September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013, respectively.~~2014. The notional amounts of foreign currency and other option and futures contracts entered into for trading account purposes aggregated ~~$1.0~~$1.6 billion and ~~$1.4~~$1.3 billion at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, 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				Asset derivatives				Liability derivatives
	Fair value				Fair value				Fair value				Fair value
	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013		September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013		September 30, 2015		December 31, 2014		September 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
	(in thousands)								(in thousands)
Derivatives designated and qualifying as hedging instruments
Fair value hedges:
Interest rate swap agreements (a)	$	76,249		102,875	$	—		—	$	60,782		73,251	$	—		—
Commitments to sell real estate loans (a)		1,454		6,957		2,438		487		899		728		5,142		4,217

		77,703		109,832		2,438		487		61,681		73,979		5,142		4,217
Derivatives not designated and qualifying as hedging instruments
Mortgage-related commitments to originate real estate loans for sale (a)		16,732		7,616		240		3,675		17,832		17,396		185		49
Commitments to sell real estate loans (a)		1,387		6,120		3,157		230		26		754		4,162		4,330
Trading:
Interest rate contracts (b)		203,779		274,864		165,065		234,455		268,332		215,614		221,626		173,513
Foreign exchange and other option and futures contracts (b)		17,049		15,831		16,677		15,342		13,404		31,112		11,380		29,950

		238,947		304,431		185,139		253,702		299,594		264,876		237,353		207,842


Total derivatives	$	316,650		414,263	$	187,577		254,189	$	361,275		338,855	$	242,495		212,059


	Amount of unrealized gain (loss) recognized											Amount of gain (loss) recognized
	Three months ended September 30, 2014					Three months ended September 30, 2013						Three months ended September 30, 2015					Three months ended September 30, 2014
	Derivative			Hedged item		Derivative			Hedged item			Derivative			Hedged item		Derivative			Hedged item
	(in thousands)											(in thousands)
Derivatives in fair value hedging relationships

Interest rate swap agreements:
Fixed rate long-term borrowings (a)	$	(16,792	)		16,380	$	(86	)		(20	)	$	(2,719	)		2,382	$	(16,792	)		16,380


Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

Trading:
Interest rate contracts (b)	$	132				$	2,778					$	4,120				$	132
Foreign exchange and other option and futures contracts (b)		(781	)				(862	)					2,441					(781	)


Total	$	(649	)			$	1,916					$	6,561				$	(649	)


	Amount of unrealized gain (loss) recognized										Amount of gain (loss) recognized
	Nine months ended September 30, 2014					Nine months ended September 30, 2013					Nine months ended September 30, 2015					Nine months ended September 30, 2014
	Derivative			Hedged item		Derivative			Hedged item		Derivative			Hedged item		Derivative			Hedged item
	(in thousands)										(in thousands)
Derivatives in fair value hedging relationships

Interest rate swap agreements:
Fixed rate long-term borrowings (a)	$	(26,627	)		25,658	$	(29,097	)		27,733	$	(12,469	)		11,495	$	(26,627	)		25,658


Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

Trading:
Interest rate contracts (b)	$	1,214				$	5,974				$	6,552				$	1,214
Foreign exchange and other option and futures contracts (b)		(6,597	)				(2,469	)				1,563					(6,597	)


Total	$	(5,383	)			$	3,505				$	8,115				$	(5,383	)

In addition, 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 ~~$28~~$23 million and ~~$23~~$28 million at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, 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 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 ~~$149~~$96 million and ~~$194~~$161 million at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. After consideration of such netting arrangements, the net liability positions with counterparties aggregated ~~$89~~$91 million and ~~$107~~$103 million at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. The Company was required to post collateral relating to those positions of $81 million and ~~$95~~$90 million at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, 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 rating were to fall below specified ratings, the counterparties to 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~~credit risk-related contingent features in a net liability position on September 30, ~~2014~~2015 was ~~$26~~$17 million, for which the Company had posted collateral of ~~$18~~$11 million in the normal course of business. If the credit-risk-related contingent features had been triggered on September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, the maximum amount of additional collateral the Company would have been required to post to counterparties was $8$6 million.

The aggregate fair value of derivative financial instruments in an asset position, which are subject to enforceable master netting arrangements, was ~~$134~~$40 million and ~~$183~~$104 million at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. After consideration of such netting arrangements, the net asset positions with counterparties aggregated ~~$74~~$35 million and ~~$95~~$46 million at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. Counterparties posted collateral relating to those positions of ~~$74~~$35 million and ~~$93~~$46 million at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. Trading 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 additional collateral for contracts in a net liability position. The net fair values of derivative financial instruments

cleared through clearinghouses was a net liability position of $96 million and $35 million at ~~each of~~ September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013 were not material.~~2014, respectively. Collateral posted with clearinghouses was ~~$34~~$143 million and ~~$14~~$61 million at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013, respectively,~~2014, respectively.

11. Variable interest entities and ~~was predominantly related to initial margin requirements.~~asset securitizations

In the third quarter of 2013, the Company securitized approximately $1.8 billion of one-to-four family residential real estate loans in guaranteed mortgage securitizations with the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”). Approximately $1.0 billion of such loans were formerly held in the Company’s loan portfolio, whereas the remaining $811 million of the loans were newly originated. The Company recognized gains of $35 million related to loans previously held for investment, which was recorded in “other revenues from operations,” and gains of $15 million on newly originated loans, which was reflected in “mortgage banking revenues.” In total, the Company securitized approximately $2.8 billion of one-to-four family residential real estate loans in guaranteed mortgage securitizations with Ginnie Mae during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. Approximately $1.4 billion of such loans were formerly held in the Company’s loan portfolio, whereas the remaining $1.4 billion were newly originated. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company recognized pre-tax gains of $42 million related to loans previously held for investment, which were recorded in “other revenues from operations,” and pre-tax gains of $25 million on newly originated loans, which were reflected in “mortgage banking revenues.” As a result of the securitization structure, the Company does not have effective control over the underlying loans and expects no material credit-related losses on the retained securities as a result of the guarantees by Ginnie Mae. In similar transactions for the nine months ended September 30, 2014,2015, the Company securitized ~~$110~~approximately $15 million and $51 million, respectively, ofone-to-four family residential real estate loans that had been originated for sale in guaranteed mortgage securitizations with the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”) and retained the resulting securities in its investment securities portfolio. ~~Pre-tax gains on such~~In similar transactions for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company securitized $35 million and $110 million, respectively, of one-to-four family residential real estate loans. Gains associated with those transactions were not material. In the third quarter of 2013, the Company securitized and sold approximately $1.4 billion of automobile loans held in its loan portfolio. The Company recognized gains of $21 million related to the sale, which was recorded in “other revenues from operations.” The Company has securitized loans to improve its regulatory capital ratios and strengthen its liquidity and risk profile as a result of changing regulatory liquidity and capital requirements.significant.

In accordance with GAAP, the Company determined that it was the primary beneficiary of a residential mortgage loan securitization trust considering its role as servicer and its retained subordinated interests in the trust. As a result, the Company has included the one-to-four family residential mortgage loans that were included in the trust in its consolidated financial statements. At September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, the carrying values of the loans in the securitization trust were ~~$105~~$84 million and ~~$121~~$98 million, respectively. The outstanding principal amount of mortgage-backed securities issued by the qualified special purpose trust that was held by parties unrelated to M&T at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013~~2014 was ~~$16~~$13 million and ~~$18~~$15 million, respectively. Because the transaction was non-recourse, the Company’s maximum exposure to loss as a result of its association with the trust at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 is limited to realizing the carrying value of the loans less the amount of the mortgage-backed securities held by the third parties.

As described in note 5, 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 September 30,

~~2014~~ 2015 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, the Company included the junior subordinated debentures as “long-term borrowings” in its consolidated balance ~~sheet. The Company has~~sheet and recognized $24 million and $34 million, respectively, 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 5.

The Company has invested as a limited partner in various partnerships that collectively had total assets of approximately ~~$1.3~~$1.2 billion at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. 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 maximum exposure to loss of its investments in such partnerships was ~~$257~~$301 million, including ~~$71~~$85 million of unfunded commitments, at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~$236~~$243 million, including ~~$45~~ $56

million of unfunded commitments, at December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. Contingent commitments to provide additional capital contributions to these partnerships were not material at September 30, 2015. The Company has not provided financial or other support to the partnerships that was not contractually required. 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 the accounting provisions for variable interest entities, the partnership entities are not included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. As described in note 1, effective January 1, 2015 the Company retrospectively adopted for all periods presented amended accounting guidance on the accounting for investments in qualified affordable housing projects whereby the Company’s investment cost 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 amortized $10 million and $31 million of its investments in qualified affordable housing projects to income tax expense during the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively, and recognized $15 million and $44 million of tax credits and other tax benefits during those respective periods. Similarly, for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company amortized $14 million and $39 million, respectively, of its investments in qualified affordable housing projects to income tax expense, and recognized $18 million and $53 million of tax credits and other tax benefits during those respective periods.

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 September 30, ~~2014.~~2015.

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.

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 consist primarily of interest rate swap agreements 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 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.

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.

The Company sold substantially all of its privately issued mortgage-backed securities classified as available for sale during the second quarter of 2013. In prior periods, the Company generally used model-based techniques to value such securities because the Company was significantly restricted in the level of market observable assumptions that could be relied upon. Specifically, market assumptions regarding credit adjusted cash flows and liquidity influences on discount rates were difficult to observe at the individual bond level. Because of the inactivity in the markets and the lack of observable valuation inputs, the Company classified the valuation of privately issued mortgage-backed securities as Level 3.

Included in collateralized debt obligations are securities backed by trust preferred securities issued by financial institutions and other entities. The Company could not obtain pricing indications for many of these securities from its two primary independent pricing sources. The Company, therefore, performed internal modeling to estimate the cash flows and fair value of its portfolio of securities backed by trust preferred securities at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. The modeling techniques included estimating cash flows using bond-specific assumptions about future collateral defaults and related loss severities. The resulting cash flows were then discounted by reference to market yields observed in the single-name trust preferred securities market. In determining a market yield applicable to the estimated cash flows, a margin over LIBOR ranging from 4% to 10%, with a weighted-average of 7%8%, was used. Significant unobservable inputs used in the determination of estimated fair value of collateralized debt obligations are included in the accompanying table of significant unobservable inputs to Level 3 measurements. At September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, the total amortized cost and fair value of securities backed by trust preferred securities issued by financial institutions and other entities were ~~$31~~$28 million and ~~$55~~$50 million, respectively, and at December 31, ~~2013~~2014 were ~~$42~~$30 million

and ~~$63~~$50 million, respectively. ~~Privately issued mortgage-backed securities and securities~~Securities backed by trust preferred securities issued by financial institutions and other entities constituted all of the available-for-sale investment securities classified as Level 3 valuations.

The Company ensures an appropriate control framework is in place over the valuation processes and techniques used for significant Level 3 fair value measurements. Internal pricing models used for significant valuation measurements have generally been subjected to validation procedures including testing of mathematical constructs, review of valuation methodology and significant assumptions used.

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 originated 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 are 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.

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.

The following tables present assets and liabilities at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013~~2014 measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis:


									Fair value measurements at September 30, 2015		Level 1 (a)		Level 2 (a)		Level 3
									(in thousands)
Trading account assets									$	340,710		48,006		292,704		—
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies										199,394		—		199,394		—
Obligations of states and political subdivisions										6,296		—		6,296		—
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed										10,714,048		—		10,714,048		—
Privately issued										82		—		—		82
Collateralized debt obligations										49,876		—		—		49,876
Other debt securities										120,468		—		120,468		—
Equity securities										69,345		40,370		28,975		—

										11,159,509		40,370		11,069,181		49,958

Real estate loans held for sale										493,453		—		493,453		—
Other assets (b)										79,539		—		61,707		17,832

Total assets									$	12,073,211		88,376		11,917,045		67,790

Trading account liabilities									$	233,006		—		233,006		—
Other liabilities (b)										9,489		—		9,304		185

Total liabilities									$	242,495		—		242,310		185

	Fair value measurements at September 30, 2014		Level 1 (a)		Level 2 (a)		Level 3
	(in thousands)								Fair value measurements at December 31, 2014		Level 1 (a)		Level 2 (a)		Level 3
									(in thousands)
Trading account assets	$	296,913		50,757		246,156		—	$	308,175		51,416		256,759		—
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies		166,187		—		166,187		—		161,947		—		161,947		—
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		9,391		—		9,391		—		8,198		—		8,198		—
Mortgage-backed securities:
Government issued or guaranteed		8,894,051		—		8,894,051		—		8,731,123		—		8,731,123		—
Privately issued		112		—		—		112		103		—		—		103
Collateralized debt obligations		54,808		—		—		54,808		50,316		—		—		50,316
Other debt securities		125,399		—		125,399		—		121,488		—		121,488		—
Equity securities		134,069		70,401		63,668		—		83,757		64,841		18,916		—

		9,384,017		70,401		9,258,696		54,920		9,156,932		64,841		9,041,672		50,419


Real estate loans held for sale		625,258		—		625,258		—		742,249		—		742,249		—
Other assets (b)		95,822		—		79,090		16,732		92,129		—		74,733		17,396

Total assets	$	10,402,010		121,158		10,209,200		71,652	$	10,299,485		116,257		10,115,413		67,815


Trading account liabilities	$	181,742		—		181,742		—	$	203,464		—		203,464		—
Other liabilities (b)		5,835		—		5,595		240		8,596		—		8,547		49

Total liabilities	$	187,577		—		187,337		240	$	212,060		—		212,011		49

The changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis during the three months ended September 30, 2014 were as follows:


	Investment securities available for sale									Investment securities available for sale
	Privately issued mortgage-backed securities			Collateralized debt obligations			Other assets and other liabilities			Privately issued mortgage-backed securities			Collateralized debt obligations			Other assets and other liabilities
	(in thousands)									(in thousands)
Balance – June 30, 2014	$	119		$	56,200		$	22,023		$	119		$	56,200		$	22,023

Total gains (losses) realized/unrealized:
Included in earnings		—			—			9,657	(b)		—			—			9,657	(a)
Included in other comprehensive income		—			2,201	(e)		—			—			2,201	(d)		—
Settlements		(7	)		(3,593	)		—			(7	)		(3,593	)		—
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3 (c)		—			—			(15,188	)(d)

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3 (b)											—			—			(15,188	)(c)

Balance – September 30, 2014	$	112		$	54,808		$	16,492		$	112		$	54,808		$	16,492

Changes in unrealized gains included in earnings related to assets still held at September 30, 2014										$	—		$	—		$	12,421	(a)

Changes in unrealized gains (losses) included in earnings related to assets still held at September 30, 2014	$	—		$	—		$	12,421	(b)

The changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis during the ~~three~~nine months ended September 30, ~~2013~~2015 were as follows:

The changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 were as follows:

~~The changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 were as follows:~~

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 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 uncollectible 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 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 ~~20%~~10% to 90% at September 30, ~~2014.~~2015. As these discounts are not readily observable and are considered significant, the valuations have been classified as Level 3. Loans subject to nonrecurring fair value measurement were $177 million at September 30, 2015 ($106 million and $71 million of which were classified as Level 2 and Level 3, respectively), $173 million at December 31, 2014 ($94 million and $79 million of which were classified as Level 2 and Level 3, respectively) and $196 million at September 30, 2014 ($112 million and $84 million of which were classified as Level 2 and Level 3, respectively)~~, $222 million at December 31, 2013 ($173~~. Changes in fair value recognized for partial charge-offs of loans and loan impairment reserves on loans held by the Company on September 30, 2015 were decreases of $11 million and ~~$49~~$53 million ~~of which were classified as Level 2~~for the three- and ~~Level 3, respectively) and $247 million at~~nine-month periods ended September 30, ~~2013 ($163 million and $84 million of which were classified as Level 2 and Level 3, respectively).~~2015, respectively. Changes in fair value recognized for partial charge-offs of loans and loan impairment reserves on loans held by the Company on September 30, 2014 were decreases of $23 million and $46 million for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014, respectively. Changes in fair value recognized for partial charge-offs of loans and loan impairment reserves on loans held by the Company on September 30, 2013 were decreases of $33 million and $82 million for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively.

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 ~~$21~~$15 million and ~~$20~~$21 million at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and September 30, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. Changes in fair value recognized for those foreclosed assets held by the Company were not material during the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013.~~2014.

The following tables present quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurements for Level 3 assets and liabilities at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013.~~2014:

Fair value at
December 31, 2013

Valuation

technique

Unobservable

input/assumptions

Range
(weighted-
average)

Fair value at
September 30,
2015

Valuation
technique

Unobservable
input/assumptions

Range
(weighted-
average)

(in thousands)

Recurring fair value measurements

Privately issued mortgage–backed securities

1,850

Two independent pricing quotes

—

Two independent
pricing quotes

—

Collateralized debt obligations

63,083

Discounted cash flow

Probability of default

17%-55% (39%)

49,876

Discounted cash flow

Probability of default

12%-57% (33%)

Loss severity

100%

Loss severity

100%

Net other assets (liabilities)(a)

3,941

Discounted cash flow

Commitment expirations

0%-90% (20%)

17,647

Discounted cash flow

Commitment
expirations

0%-66% (38%)

Fair value at
December 31,
2014

Valuation
technique

Unobservable
input/assumptions

Range
(weighted-
average)

(in thousands)

Recurring fair value measurements

Privately issued mortgage–backed securities

103

Two independent
pricing quotes

—

Collateralized debt obligations

50,316

Discounted cash flow

Probability of default

12%-57% (36%)

Loss severity

100%

Net other assets (liabilities)(a)

17,347

Discounted cash flow

Commitment
expirations

0%-96% (17%)

An increase (decrease) in the probability of default and loss severity for collateralized debt securities would generally result in a lower (higher) fair value measurement.

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.

The carrying amounts and estimated fair value for financial instrument assets (liabilities) are presented in the following table:


	September 30, 2014														September 30, 2015
	Carrying amount			Estimated fair value			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3			Carrying amount			Estimated fair value			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3
	(in thousands)														(in thousands)
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,523,643		$	1,523,643		$	1,444,153	$	79,490		$	—		$	1,249,704		$	1,249,704		$	1,193,831	$	55,873		$	—
Interest-bearing deposits at banks		7,676,064			7,676,064			—		7,676,064			—			4,713,266			4,713,266			—		4,713,266			—
Trading account assets		296,913			296,913			50,757		246,156			—			340,710			340,710			48,006		292,704			—
Investment securities		13,348,368			13,333,944			70,401		13,051,825			211,718			14,494,539			14,521,740			40,370		14,283,075			198,295
Loans and leases:
Commercial loans and leases		19,112,009			18,838,297			—		—			18,838,297			20,233,177			19,920,031			—		—			19,920,031
Commercial real estate loans		26,942,847			26,831,373			—		158,938			26,672,435			28,720,537			28,633,973			—		71,357			28,562,616
Residential real estate loans		8,663,408			8,686,180			—		5,389,134			3,297,046			8,211,062			8,302,630			—		4,918,613			3,384,017
Consumer loans		10,854,095			10,763,554			—		—			10,763,554			11,375,472			11,280,973			—		—			11,280,973
Allowance for credit losses		(918,633	)		—			—		—			—			(933,798	)		—			—		—			—

Loans and leases, net		64,653,726			65,119,404			—		5,548,072			59,571,332			67,606,450			68,137,607			—		4,989,970			63,147,637
Accrued interest receivable		243,779			243,779			—		243,779			—			242,935			242,935			—		242,935			—

Financial liabilities:
Noninterest-bearing deposits	$	(27,440,524	)	$	(27,440,524	)	$	—	$	(27,440,524	)	$	—		$	(28,189,330	)	$	(28,189,330	)	$	—	$	(28,189,330	)	$	—
Savings deposits and NOW accounts		(43,488,444	)		(43,488,444	)		—		(43,488,444	)		—			(41,757,661	)		(41,757,661	)		—		(41,757,661	)		—
Time deposits		(3,170,998	)		(3,192,395	)		—		(3,192,395	)		—			(2,791,367	)		(2,810,224	)		—		(2,810,224	)		—
Deposits at Cayman Islands office		(241,536	)		(241,536	)		—		(241,536	)		—			(206,185	)		(206,185	)		—		(206,185	)		—
Short-term borrowings		(164,609	)		(164,609	)		—		(164,609	)		—			(173,783	)		(173,783	)		—		(173,783	)		—
Long-term borrowings		(9,061,391	)		(9,214,644	)		—		(9,214,644	)		—			(10,174,289	)		(10,219,180	)		—		(10,219,180	)		—
Accrued interest payable		(74,278	)		(74,278	)		—		(74,278	)		—			(73,475	)		(73,475	)		—		(73,475	)		—
Trading account liabilities		(181,742	)		(181,742	)		—		(181,742	)		—			(233,006	)		(233,006	)		—		(233,006	)		—

Other financial instruments:
Commitments to originate real estate loans for sale	$	16,492		$	16,492		$	—	$	—		$	16,492		$	17,647		$	17,647		$	—	$	—		$	17,647
Commitments to sell real estate loans		(2,754	)		(2,754	)		—		(2,754	)		—			(8,379	)		(8,379	)		—		(8,379	)		—
Other credit-related commitments		(114,405	)		(114,405	)		—		—			(114,405	)		(118,656	)		(118,656	)		—		—			(118,656	)
Interest rate swap agreements used for interest rate risk management		76,249			76,249			—		76,249			—			60,782			60,782			—		60,782			—


	December 31, 2013														December 31, 2014
	Carrying amount			Estimated fair value			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3			Carrying amount			Estimated fair value			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3
	(in thousands)														(in thousands)
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,672,934		$	1,672,934		$	1,596,877	$	76,057		$	—		$	1,373,357		$	1,373,357		$	1,296,923	$	76,434		$	—
Interest-bearing deposits at banks		1,651,138			1,651,138			—		1,651,138			—			6,470,867			6,470,867			—		6,470,867			—
Trading account assets		376,131			376,131			51,386		324,745			—			308,175			308,175			51,416		256,759			—
Investment securities		8,796,497			8,690,494			82,450		8,384,106			223,938			12,993,542			13,023,956			64,841		12,750,396			208,719
Loans and leases:
Commercial loans and leases		18,705,216			18,457,288			—		—			18,457,288			19,461,292			19,188,574			—		—			19,188,574
Commercial real estate loans		26,148,208			26,018,195			—		67,505			25,950,690			27,567,569			27,487,818			—		307,667			27,180,151
Residential real estate loans		8,928,221			8,867,872			—		5,432,207			3,435,665			8,657,301			8,729,056			—		5,189,086			3,539,970
Consumer loans		10,291,514			10,201,087			—		—			10,201,087			10,982,794			10,909,623			—		—			10,909,623
Allowance for credit losses		(916,676	)		—			—		—			—			(919,562	)		—			—		—			—

Loans and leases, net		63,156,483			63,544,442			—		5,499,712			58,044,730			65,749,394			66,315,071			—		5,496,753			60,818,318
Accrued interest receivable		222,558			222,558			—		222,558			—			227,348			227,348			—		227,348			—

Financial liabilities:
Noninterest-bearing deposits	$	(24,661,007	)	$	(24,661,007	)	$	—	$	(24,661,007	)	$	—		$	(26,947,880	)	$	(26,947,880	)	$	—	$	(26,947,880	)	$	—
Savings deposits and NOW accounts		(38,611,021	)		(38,611,021	)		—		(38,611,021	)		—			(43,393,618	)		(43,393,618	)		—		(43,393,618	)		—
Time deposits		(3,523,838	)		(3,542,789	)		—		(3,542,789	)		—			(3,063,973	)		(3,086,126	)		—		(3,086,126	)		—
Deposits at Cayman Islands office		(322,746	)		(322,746	)		—		(322,746	)		—			(176,582	)		(176,582	)		—		(176,582	)		—
Short-term borrowings		(260,455	)		(260,455	)		—		(260,455	)		—			(192,676	)		(192,676	)		—		(192,676	)		—
Long-term borrowings		(5,108,870	)		(5,244,902	)		—		(5,244,902	)		—			(9,006,959	)		(9,139,789	)		—		(9,139,789	)		—
Accrued interest payable		(43,419	)		(43,419	)		—		(43,419	)		—			(63,372	)		(63,372	)		—		(63,372	)		—
Trading account liabilities		(249,797	)		(249,797	)		—		(249,797	)		—			(203,464	)		(203,464	)		—		(203,464	)		—

Other financial instruments:
Commitments to originate real estate loans for sale	$	3,941		$	3,941		$	—	$	—		$	3,941		$	17,347		$	17,347		$	—	$	—		$	17,347
Commitments to sell real estate loans		12,360			12,360			—		12,360			—			(7,065	)		(7,065	)		—		(7,065	)		—
Other credit-related commitments		(118,886	)		(118,886	)		—		—			(118,886	)		(119,079	)		(119,079	)		—		—			(119,079	)
Interest rate swap agreements used for interest rate risk management		102,875			102,875			—		102,875			—			73,251			73,251			—		73,251			—

With the exception of marketable securities, certain off-balance sheet financial instruments and one-to-four family residential 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 following assumptions, methods and calculations were used in determining the estimated fair value of financial instruments not measured at fair value in the consolidated balance sheet.

Cash and cash equivalents, interest-bearing deposits at banks, deposits at Cayman Islands office, short-term borrowings, accrued interest receivable and accrued interest payable

Due to the nature of cash and cash equivalents and the near maturity of interest-bearing deposits at banks, deposits at Cayman Islands office, short-term borrowings, accrued interest receivable and accrued interest payable, the Company estimated that the carrying amount of such instruments approximated estimated fair value.

Estimated fair values of investments in readily marketable securities were generally based on quoted market prices. Investment securities that were not readily marketable were assigned amounts based on estimates provided by outside parties or modeling techniques that relied upon discounted calculations of projected cash flows or, in the case of other investment securities, which include capital stock of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, at an amount equal to the carrying amount.

In general, discount rates used to calculate values for loan products were based on the Company’s pricing at the respective period end. A higher discount rate was assumed with respect to estimated cash flows associated with nonaccrual loans. Projected loan cash flows were adjusted for estimated credit losses. However, such estimates made by the Company may not be indicative of assumptions and adjustments that a purchaser of the Company’s loans and leases would seek.

Pursuant to GAAP, the estimated fair value ascribed to noninterest-bearing deposits, savings deposits and NOW accounts must be established at carrying value because of the customers’ ability to withdraw funds immediately. Time deposit accounts are required to be revalued based upon prevailing market interest rates for similar maturity instruments. As a result, amounts assigned to time deposits were based on discounted cash flow calculations using prevailing market interest rates based on the Company’s pricing at the respective date for deposits with comparable remaining terms to maturity.

The Company believes that deposit accounts have a value greater than that prescribed by GAAP. The Company feels, however, that the value associated with these deposits is greatly influenced by characteristics of the buyer, such as the ability to reduce the costs of servicing the deposits and deposit attrition which often occurs following an acquisition.

The amounts assigned to long-term borrowings were based on quoted market prices, when available, or were based on discounted cash flow calculations using prevailing market interest rates for borrowings of similar terms and credit risk.

As described in note 13, in the normal course of business, various commitments and contingent liabilities are outstanding, such as loan commitments, credit guarantees and letters of credit. The Company’s pricing of such financial instruments is based largely on credit quality and relationship, probability of funding and other requirements. Loan commitments often have fixed expiration dates and contain termination and other clauses which provide for relief from funding in the event of significant deterioration in the credit quality of the customer. The rates and terms of the Company’s loan commitments, credit guarantees and letters of credit are competitive with other financial institutions operating in markets served by the Company. The Company believes that the carrying amounts, which are included in other liabilities, are reasonable estimates of the fair value of these financial instruments.

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 date, the amounts actually realized or paid upon maturity or settlement of the various financial instruments could be significantly different.

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.


					September 30,		December 31,
	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013		2015		2014
	(in thousands)				(in thousands)
Commitments to extend credit
Home equity lines of credit	$	6,213,108		6,218,823	$	5,535,704		6,194,516
Commercial real estate loans to be sold		141,446		62,386		89,374		212,257
Other commercial real estate and construction		5,224,757		3,919,545		5,356,256		4,834,699
Residential real estate loans to be sold		557,326		469,869		587,206		432,352
Other residential real estate		473,697		384,617		674,338		524,399
Commercial and other		11,037,757		10,419,545		12,144,962		11,080,856

Standby letters of credit		3,524,483		3,600,528		3,441,337		3,706,888

Commercial letters of credit		52,329		53,284		44,082		46,965

Financial guarantees and indemnification contracts		2,518,989		2,457,633		2,922,743		2,490,050

Commitments to sell real estate loans		1,127,641		854,656		977,822		1,237,294

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

Financial guarantees and indemnification contracts are oftentimes similar to standby letters of credit and include mandatory purchase agreements issued to ensure that customer obligations are fulfilled, recourse obligations associated with sold loans, and other guarantees of customer performance or compliance with designated rules and regulations. Included in financial guarantees and indemnification contracts are loan principal amounts sold with recourse in conjunction with the Company’s involvement in the Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and Servicing program. The Company’s maximum credit risk for recourse associated with loans sold under this program totaled approximately ~~$2.3~~$2.5 billion and $2.4 billion at ~~each of~~ September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013.~~2014, respectively.

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

The Company utilizes commitments to sell real estate loans to hedge exposure to changes in the fair value of real estate loans held for sale. Such commitments are considered derivatives and along with commitments to originate real estate loans to be held for sale are generally recorded in the consolidated balance sheet at estimated fair market value.

The Company also has commitments under long-term operating ~~leases and an agreement with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League whereby the Company obtained the naming rights to a football stadium in Baltimore, Maryland through 2027.~~

The Company reinsures credit life and accident and health insurance purchased by consumer loan customers. The Company also enters into reinsurance contracts with third party insurance companies who insure against the risk of a mortgage borrower’s payment default in connection with certain mortgage loans originated by the Company. When providing reinsurance coverage, the Company receives a premium in exchange for accepting a portion of the insurer’s risk of loss. The outstanding loan principal balances reinsured by the Company were approximately $12 million at September 30, 2014. Management believes that any reinsurance losses that may be payable by the Company will not be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position.leases.

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. AtSubject to the outcome of the matter discussed in the following paragraph, at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, management believes that any further liability arising out of the Company’s obligation to loan purchasers is not material to the Company’s consolidated financial position.

The Company is the subject of an investigation by government agencies relating to the origination of Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”) insured residential home loans and residential home loans sold to The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) and The Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”). A number of other U.S. financial institutions have announced similar investigations. Regarding FHA loans, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) Office of Inspector General and the U.S. Department of Justice (collectively, the “Government”) are investigating whether the Company complied with underwriting guidelines concerning certain loans where HUD paid FHA insurance claims. The Company is fully cooperating with the investigation. The Government has advised the Company that based upon its review of a sample of loans for which an FHA insurance claim was paid by HUD, some of the loans do not meet underwriting guidelines. The Company, based on its own review of the sample, does not agree with the sampling methodology and loan analysis employed by the Government. Regarding loans originated by the Company and sold to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the investigation concerns whether the mortgages sold to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae comply with applicable underwriting guidelines. The Company is also cooperating with that portion of the investigation. The investigation could lead to claims by the Government under the False Claims Act and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, which allow treble and other special damages substantially in excess of actual losses. Remedies in these proceedings or settlements may include restitution, fines, penalties, or alterations in the

Company’s business practices. The Company and the Government continue settlement discussions regarding the investigation.

aggregate, beyond the existing recorded liability, was between $0 and $40 million. 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.

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 22 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. 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, the financial information of the reported segments is 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. Effective January 1, 2015, the Company made certain changes to its methodology for measuring segment profit and loss. Those changes in the measurement of segment profitability were largely the result of updated funds transfer pricing and various cost allocation reviews. The most significant changes to the funds transfer pricing resulted from ascribing a longer duration to non-maturity deposits, which significantly benefitted the Retail Banking segment. The cost allocation review having the largest impact related to a branch cost study. That study consisted of transaction reviews and time studies which resulted in a higher cost allocation from the Retail Banking segment to the Business Banking segment. In addition, effective July 1, 2015, the Company changed its internal profitability reporting to move a builder and developer lending unit from the Residential Mortgage Banking segment to the Commercial Real Estate segment. Accordingly, financial information presented herein for the periods prior to July 1, 2015 has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation. Total revenues and net income decreased in the Residential Banking segment and increased in the Commercial Real Estate segment for the three months ended September 30, 2014 by $5 million and $2 million, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 by $13 million and $5 million, respectively. The impact of the change

to total revenues and net income for the second quarter of 2015 was $6 million and $3 million, respectively, and for the first half of 2015 was $12 million and $5 million, respectively. Prior period financial information has been restated to reflect the changes noted to provide segment information on a comparable basis, as noted in the following tables.

As also described in note 22 to the Company’s ~~2013~~2014 consolidated financial statements, neither goodwill nor core deposit and other intangible assets (and the amortization charges associated with such assets) resulting from acquisitions of financial institutions have been allocated to the Company’s reportable segments, but are included in the “All Other” category. The Company does, however, assign such intangible assets to business units for purposes of testing for impairment.


	Three months ended September 30
	2014								2013								Three months ended September 30
	Total revenues(a)		Inter- segment revenues			Net income (loss)			Total revenues(a)		Inter- segment revenues			Net income (loss)			2015								2014
	(in thousands)																Total revenues (a)		Inter- segment revenues			Net income (loss)			Total revenues (a)		Inter- segment revenues			Net income (loss)
																	(in thousands)
Business Banking	$	107,410		1,082			30,905			107,887		1,237			26,552		$	112,650		1,167			23,995		$	113,425		1,082			25,038

Commercial Banking		249,124		1,281			101,740			257,317		1,383			97,221			270,554		1,097			108,422			247,282		1,281			100,705

Commercial Real Estate		167,383		442			78,581			171,094		399			79,450			181,478		469			85,312			170,772		442			78,676

Discretionary Portfolio		17,881		(5,478	)		8,279			44,040		(19,584	)		25,182			13,773		(5,365	)		5,113			24,835		(5,478	)		12,495

Residential Mortgage Banking		110,237		12,875			25,021			92,505		15,241			12,731			99,518		12,918			21,150			104,092		12,875			22,749

Retail Banking		274,117		3,735			32,901			314,273		3,351			53,965			308,520		3,292			64,721			316,052		3,735			72,057

All Other		194,018		(13,937	)		(2,083	)		163,380		(2,027	)		(622	)		146,033		(13,578	)		(28,312	)		143,712		(13,937	)		(36,376	)


Total	$	1,120,170		—			275,344			1,150,496		—			294,479		$	1,132,526		—			280,401		$	1,120,170		—			275,344


	Average total assets
	Nine months ended September 30				Year ended December 31		Average total assets (b)
	2014		2013		2013		Nine months ended September 30				Year ended December 31
	(in millions)						2015		2014		2014
							(in millions)
Business Banking	$	5,287		5,041		5,080	$	5,321		5,287		5,281
Commercial Banking		22,805		21,554		21,655		24,041		22,805		22,892
Commercial Real Estate		16,941		17,112		17,150		18,632		17,187		17,370
Discretionary Portfolio		20,306		16,224		16,480		23,153		20,306		20,798
Residential Mortgage Banking		3,262		2,783		2,858		3,007		3,016		3,076
Retail Banking		10,348		11,304		10,997		10,912		10,348		10,449
All Other		11,003		9,082		9,442		12,279		11,003		12,277

Total	$	89,952		83,100		83,662	$	97,345		89,952		92,143

15. 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. M&T recognizes income or loss from BLG using the equity method of accounting. The carrying value of that investment was ~~$51~~$33 million at September 30, ~~2014.~~2015.

Bayview Financial Holdings, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Bayview Financial”), a privately-held specialty mortgage finance 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 having outstanding principal balances of ~~$5.0~~$4.3 billion and ~~$5.5~~$4.8 billion at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. Revenues from those servicing rights were $6 million ~~and $7 million during~~for each of the ~~three months~~quarters ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively, and ~~$20~~$17 million and ~~$23~~$20 million for the nine months ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. The Company sub-services residential real estate loans for Bayview Financial having outstanding principal

15. Relationship with Bayview Lending Group LLC and Bayview Financial Holdings, L.P., continued

balances totaling ~~$43.2~~$39.5 billion and ~~$45.6~~$41.3 billion at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. Revenues earned for sub-servicing loans for Bayview Financial were ~~$29~~$26 million and $8$29 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively, and ~~$82~~$91 million and ~~$12~~$82 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. In addition, the Company held ~~$207~~$187 million and ~~$220~~$202 million of mortgage-backed securities in its held-to-maturity portfolio at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively, that were securitized by Bayview Financial.

~~- 54 -~~In April 2015, the Company sold the trade processing business within the retirement services division of its Institutional Client Services business. That sale resulted in an after-tax gain of $23 million ($45 million pre-tax) that reflected the allocation of approximately $11 million of previously recorded goodwill to the divested business. Revenues of the sold business had been included in “trust income” and were $9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2015; $8 million and $26 million during the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively; and $34 million during the year ended December 31, 2014. After considering related expenses, net income attributable to the business that was sold was not material to the consolidated results of operations of the Company in any of those periods.

Net income for M&T Bank Corporation (“M&T”) in the third quarter of ~~2014~~2015 was ~~$275~~$280 million or ~~$1.91~~$1.93 of diluted earnings per common share, compared with ~~$294~~$275 million or ~~$2.11~~$1.91 of diluted earnings per common share in the year-earlier quarter. During the second quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, net income totaled ~~$284~~$287 million or $1.98 of diluted earnings per common share. Basic earnings per common share were ~~$1.92~~$1.94 in the recent quarter, compared with ~~$2.13~~$1.92 in the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 and $1.99 in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. For the first nine months of ~~2014,~~2015, net income was ~~$789~~$809 million or ~~$5.50~~$5.56 of diluted earnings per common share, compared with ~~$917~~$789 million or ~~$6.64~~$5.50 of diluted earnings per common share during the similar period of ~~2013.~~2014. Basic earnings per common share were ~~$5.54~~$5.59 and ~~$6.69~~$5.54 for the first nine months of ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively.

The annualized rate of return on average total assets for M&T and its consolidated subsidiaries (“the Company”) in the recent quarter was ~~1.17%~~1.13%, compared with ~~1.39%~~1.17% in the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 and ~~1.27%~~1.18% in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. The annualized rate of return on average common shareholders’ equity was ~~9.18%~~8.93% in the third quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, compared with ~~11.06%~~9.18% and ~~9.79%~~9.37% in the year-earlier quarter and in ~~2014’s~~2015’s second quarter, respectively. During the nine-month period ended September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, the annualized rates of return on average assets and average common shareholders’ equity were ~~1.17%~~1.11% and ~~9.07%~~8.77%, respectively, compared with ~~1.48%~~1.17% and ~~11.98%~~9.07%, respectively, in the first nine months of ~~2013.~~2014.

~~Reflected in the results~~Results for the ~~third~~second quarter of ~~2013 were after-tax gains from loan securitization transactions of $34 million ($56 million pre-tax), or $.26 per diluted common share. During that quarter,~~2015 reflected two noteworthy items. In early April 2015, the Company ~~securitized~~sold the trade processing business within the retirement services division of its Institutional Client Services business. That sale resulted in an after-tax gain of approximately ~~$1.0 billion~~$23 million ($45 million pre-tax). Also during the second quarter of ~~one-to-four family residential real estate loans previously held in~~2015, the ~~Company’s loan portfolio into guaranteed mortgage-backed securities with the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”) and recognized gains~~Company made $40 million of ~~$35 million.~~tax-deductible cash contributions to The ~~Company retained the substantial majority~~M&T Charitable Foundation. The after-tax impact of those ~~securities in its investment securities portfolio. In addition,~~two items lowered net income and diluted earnings per common share during each of the ~~Company securitized and sold in September 2013 approximately $1.4 billion of automobile loans held in its loan portfolio, resulting in a gain of $21 million.~~

~~In addition to the securitization gains realized in the third~~second quarter of ~~2013, results for~~2015 and the ~~nine-month~~nine month period ended September 30, 2013 included certain other noteworthy items. During the second quarter of 2013, the Company sold the majority of its privately issued mortgage-backed securities that had been held in the available-for-sale investment securities portfolio for an after-tax loss of $282015 by approximately $1 million ~~($46 million pre-tax), or $.22 per diluted common share. The Company’s holdings of Visa~~ and MasterCard shares were also sold during that quarter for an after-tax gain of $62 million ($103 million pre-tax), or $.48 per diluted common share. Finally, during 2013’s second quarter the Company reversed an accrual for a contingent compensation obligation assumed in the May 2011 acquisition of Wilmington Trust Corporation that expired, resulting in a $26 million reduction of “other expense – other costs of operations” having an after-tax impact of $15 million, or $.12 of diluted earnings per common share. The gains on securitization transactions in 2013’s third quarter and the noteworthy items in the second quarter of 2013 increased net income by $83 million, or $.64 per diluted common share, in the first nine months of 2013. There were no similar significant noteworthy items reflected in the Company’s results in the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014.$.01.

On August 27, 2012, M&T announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (“Hudson City”), headquartered in Paramus, New Jersey, under which Hudson City would be acquired by M&T. The merger has received the approval of the common shareholders of M&T and Hudson City. M&T announced on September 30, 2015 that it had received the approval of the Federal Reserve to acquire Hudson City and on October 9, 2015 M&T announced that it had received the approval of the New York State Department of Financial Services. The transaction is expected to be completed on or about November 1, 2015, pending the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Hudson City common shareholders ~~would~~will receive consideration for each common share of Hudson City in an amount valued at .08403 of an M&T share in the form of either M&T common stock or cash, based on the election of each Hudson City shareholder, subject to proration as specified in the merger agreement (which provides for an aggregate split of total consideration of 60% common stock of M&T and 40% cash). The estimated purchase price considering the closing price of M&T’s common stock of ~~$123.29~~$121.95 on September 30, ~~2014~~2015 was ~~$5.4~~$5.3 billion.

As of September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, Hudson City had ~~$37.2~~$35.1 billion of assets, including ~~$22.4~~$19.2 billion of loans (predominantly residential real estate

loans) and ~~$8.4~~$7.9 billion of investment securities, and ~~$32.3~~$30.3 billion of liabilities, including ~~$20.0~~$17.9 billion of deposits. ~~The merger has received~~

Effective January 1, 2015, the ~~approval~~Company elected to account for its investments in qualified affordable housing projects using the proportional amortization method as allowed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). Under the proportional amortization method, an entity amortizes the initial cost of the ~~common shareholders~~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 ~~M&T and Hudson City. However,~~income tax expense. The adoption is required to be applied retrospectively. As a result, financial statements for periods prior to 2015 have been restated. The adoption did not have a significant effect on the ~~merger is subject to a number~~Company’s consolidated financial position or results of ~~other conditions, including regulatory approvals.~~

~~On June 17, 2013, M&T and M&T Bank,~~operations, but the ~~principal bank subsidiary of M&T, entered into a written agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Under the terms~~restatement of the ~~agreement, M&T~~consolidated statement of income for the three- and ~~M&T Bank are required to submit to~~nine- month periods ended September 30, 2014 resulted in the ~~Federal Reserve Bank~~removal of ~~New York a revised compliance risk management program designed to ensure compliance~~$14 million and $39 million, respectively, of losses associated with qualified affordable housing projects from “other costs of operations” and added the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money-laundering laws and regulations (“BSA/AML”) and to take certain other steps to enhance their compliance practices. The Company commenced a major initiative, including the hiring of outside consulting firms, intended to fully address those regulator concerns. M&T and M&T Bank continue to make progress towards completing this initiative. In viewamortization of the ~~timeframe required to implement this initiative, demonstrate its efficacy to the satisfaction~~initial cost of the ~~regulators and otherwise meet any other regulatory requirements that may be imposed in connection with these matters, M&T and Hudson City extended~~investment of a similar amount to income tax expense. The similar restatement for the ~~date after which either party may elect to terminate the merger agreement if the merger has not yet been completed to December 31, 2014. Nevertheless, M&T’s pending acquisition~~fourth quarter of Hudson City remains subject to regulatory approval, including approval by the Federal Reserve, and certain other closing conditions and, as a result, there can be no assurances that the merger will be completed by that date.2014 also reflected approximately $14 million of amortization.

~~As discussed in M&T’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, the~~The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ~~(“Dodd-Frank~~(the “Dodd-Frank Act”) that was signed into law on July 21, 2010 has and will continue to significantly change the bank regulatory structure and affect the lending, deposit, investment, trading and operating activities of financial institutions and their holding companies, and the system of regulatory oversight of the Company. ~~The~~In addition, other reforms have been adopted or are being considered by other regulators and policy makers. As required by the Dodd-Frank Act, ~~requires~~ various federal regulatory agencies ~~to adopt~~have proposed or adopted a broad range of ~~new~~ implementing rules and regulations and ~~to prepare~~have prepared numerous studies and reports for ~~Congress,~~Congress. However, given that many of ~~which~~the new and proposed rules are highly complex, the full impact of regulatory reform will not ~~yet completed or implemented. The Dodd-Frank Act could have a material adverse impact on~~be known until the ~~financial services industry as a whole, as well as on M&T’s business, results of operations, financial condition~~rules are implemented and ~~liquidity.~~market practices develop under the final regulations.

A discussion of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act is included in Part I, Item 1 of M&T’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2013.~~2014.

~~On July 31, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order granting summary judgment~~The Company is subject to ~~the plaintiffs in a case challenging certain provisions of~~ the Federal Reserve’s ~~rule concerning electronic debit card transaction fees~~revised comprehensive risk-based capital and ~~network exclusivity arrangements~~

(the “Current Rule”) that were adopted to implement Section 1075 of the Dodd-Frank Act – the so-called “Durbin Amendment.” The Court held that, in adopting the Current Rule, the Federal Reserve violated the Durbin Amendment’s provisions concerning which costs are allowed to be taken into accountleverage framework for purposes of setting fees that are “reasonable and proportional to the costs incurred by the issuer” and therefore the Current Rule’s maximum permissible fees were too high. In addition, the Court held that the Current Rule’s network non-exclusivity provisions concerning unaffiliated payment networks for debit cards also violated the Durbin Amendment. The Court vacated the Current Rule. The Court’s judgment was stayed in September 2013 pending appeal by the Federal Reserve. In March 2014, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overturned the U.S. ~~District Court’s ruling almost in its entirety, remanding to the Federal Reserve Board for further consideration or explanation of the issue of its treatment of transactions-monitoring costs.~~

~~In July 2013, the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation approved final rules~~banking organizations (the “New Capital Rules”) ~~establishing a new comprehensive capital framework for U.S. banking organizations. The New Capital Rules generally implement the Basel Committee~~, subject to certain transitional provisions. These rules went into effect as to M&T on ~~Banking Supervision’s (the “Basel Committee”) December 2010 final capital framework referred to as “Basel III” for strengthening international capital standards.~~January 1, 2015. The New Capital Rules substantially revise the risk-based capital requirements applicable to bank holding companies and their depository institution subsidiaries, including M&T and M&T Bank, as compared to the ~~current~~ U.S. general risk-based capital ~~rules.~~rules that were applicable to M&T and M&T Bank through December 31, 2014.

The New Capital Rules also preclude certain hybrid securities, such as trust preferred securities, from inclusion in bank holding companies’ Tier 1 capital, subject to phase-out in the case of bank holding companies, such as M&T, that had $15 billion or more in total consolidated assets as of December 31, 2009. As a result, beginning in 2015 25% of M&T’s trust preferred securities ~~will be~~are includable in Tier 1 capital, and in 2016 and thereafter, none of M&T’s trust preferred securities will be includable in Tier 1 capital. Trust preferred securities no longer included in M&T’s Tier 1 capital may nonetheless be included as a component of Tier 2 capital on a permanent basis without phase-out and irrespective of whether such securities otherwise meet the revised definition of Tier 2 capital set forth in the New Capital Rules. ~~In the first quarter of 2014,~~On April 15, 2015, in accordance with its 2015 capital plan, M&T redeemed ~~$350 million of 8.50%~~the junior subordinated debentures associated with ~~the~~$310 million of trust

preferred ~~capital~~ securities of M&T Capital Trust IVI, II and ~~issued a like amount of 6.45% preferred stock that qualifies as Tier 1 regulatory capital.~~III. A detailed discussion of the New Capital Rules is included in Part I, Item 1 of M&T’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2013~~2014 under the heading “Capital Requirements.”

~~Management believes that the Company will be able to comply with the revised capital adequacy requirements upon their implementation. More specifically, management estimates that~~ A further discussion of the Company’s ~~ratio of Common Equity Tier 1 (“CET1”) to risk-weighted assets~~regulatory capital ratios is presented herein under the ~~New Capital Rules (and as defined therein) on a fully phased-in basis was approximately 9.50% as of September 30, 2014, reflecting a good faith estimate~~heading “Capital.”

The Company is also subject to the provisions of the ~~computation of CET1 and~~Dodd-Frank Act commonly referred to as the ~~Company’s risk-weighted assets under the methodologies set forth~~“Volcker Rule” which became effective in ~~the New Capital Rules.~~

On December 10, 2013, the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted the final version ofJuly 2015 (subject to a conformance period, as applicable). Pursuant to the Volcker Rule, ~~which was mandated under Dodd-Frank. The Volcker Rule is intended to reduce risks posed to~~ banking ~~entities from proprietary trading activities and investments in or relationships with covered funds. Banking~~

entities are generally prohibited from engaging in proprietary ~~trading.~~ trading and owning or sponsoring private equity or hedge funds, which are “covered funds” under that rule. Under the Volcker Rule, the Company is now required to be in compliance with the prohibition on proprietary trading and covered funds established after December 31, 2013. The Federal Reserve extended the compliance period to July 21, 2016 for investments in and relationships with covered funds that existed prior to January 1, 2014. The Federal Reserve has indicated that it intends to further extend that compliance period to July 21, 2017.

The Company ~~does not believe~~believes that it ~~engages~~has not engaged in any significant amount of ~~“proprietary trading”~~proprietary trading as defined in the Volcker ~~Rule and that any impact would be minimal. In addition, a~~Rule. A review of the Company’s investments was undertaken to determine if any meet the Volcker Rule’s definition of ~~“covered~~covered funds.” Based on that review, the Company believes that any impact related to investments considered to be covered funds would not have a ~~significant~~material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition or its results of operations. Nevertheless, the Company may be required to divest certain investments subject to the Volcker Rule by ~~mid-2015.~~the end of the compliance period, as extended.

On September 3, 2014, ~~the Federal Reserve Board and other~~various federal banking regulators adopted final rules (“Final LCR Rule”) implementing a U.S. version of the Basel Committee’s Liquidity Coverage Ratio requirement (“LCR”)~~. The LCR,~~ including the modified version applicable to bank holding companies, ~~such as~~including M&T, with $50 billion ~~or more~~ in total consolidated assets that are not “advanced approaches” ~~institutions, requires~~institutions. The LCR is intended to ensure that banks hold a ~~banking organization to maintain an~~sufficient amount of ~~unencumbered “high-quality~~“high quality liquid assets” ~~equal~~(“HQLA”) to cover the anticipated net cash outflows during a hypothetical acute 30-day stress scenario. The LCR is the ratio of an institution’s amount of ~~its total~~HQLA (the numerator) over projected net cash outflows over the 30-day period (the denominator), in each case, as calculated pursuant to the Final LCR Rule. Once fully phased-in, a ~~30-day stress period.~~subject institution must maintain an LCR equal to at least 100% in order to satisfy this regulatory requirement. Only specific classes of assets, including U.S. Treasury securities, other U.S. government obligations and agency mortgage-backed securities, qualify under the rule as ~~high-quality assets (the numerator of the ratio),~~HQLA, with ~~riskier~~ classes of assets deemed relatively less liquid and/or subject to a greater degree of credit risk subject to certain haircuts and ~~caps. The total net cash outflow amount (the denominator~~caps for purposes of calculating the ~~ratio) is determined~~numerator under the rule by applying outflow and inflow rates, which reflect certain standardized stressed assumptions, against the balances of the banking organization’s funding sources, obligations, transactions and assets over the 30-day stress period. Inflows that can be included to offset outflows are limited to 75% of outflows (which effectively means that banking organizations must hold high-quality liquid assets equal to 25% of outflows even if outflows perfectly match inflows over the stress period). The total net cash outflow amount for the modifiedFinal LCR ~~applicable to M&T is capped at 70% of the outflow rate that applies to the full LCR.~~Rule.

The initial compliance date for the modified LCR ~~will be~~is January 1, 2016, with the requirement fully phased-in by January 1, 2017. ~~In anticipation of~~The Company intends to comply with the ~~adoption~~LCR as it is phased in. A detailed discussion of the LCR and its requirements is included in Part I, Item 1 of M&T’s Form 10-K for the ~~Company has added Ginnie Mae and Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) mortgage-backed securities to its investment portfolio during 2013 and~~year ended December 31, 2014 ~~that will qualify as high-quality liquid assets~~ under the ~~LCR rule through purchase~~heading “Liquidity Ratios under Basel III.”

On June 17, 2013, M&T and ~~securitization transactions. The LCR is~~M&T Bank, the principal bank subsidiary of M&T, entered into a ~~minimum requirement, and~~written agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Under the terms of the agreement, M&T and M&T Bank were required to submit to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York a revised compliance risk management program designed to ensure compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money-laundering laws and regulations (“BSA/AML”) and to take certain other steps to enhance their compliance practices. M&T and M&T Bank

have made significant progress towards implementing a program commensurate with the expanded scale and scope of the combined organization as recognized by the Board ~~can impose additional liquidity requirements as a supervisory matter.~~of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in its Order approving M&T and M&T Bank’s applications to acquire Hudson City and Hudson City Savings Bank. M&T and M&T Bank will continue to resolve all outstanding issues in the written agreement.

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 and expenses, if any, associated with merging acquired operations into the Company, since such items are considered by management to be “nonoperating” in nature. As a result of business combinations and other acquisitions, the Company had intangible assets consisting of goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets totaling $3.5 billion at September 30, 2015 and $3.6 billion at each of September 30, 2014 ~~September 30, 2013~~ and December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. Included in such intangible assets was goodwill of $3.5 billion at each of those dates. Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets, after tax effect, totaled $3 million ($.02 per diluted common share) in the recent quarter and $4 million ($.03 per diluted common share) during ~~the third quarter~~each of ~~2014, compared with $6 million ($.05 per diluted common share) during~~ the year-earlier quarter and ~~$6 million ($.04 per diluted common share) during~~ the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. For the nine-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets, after tax effect, totaled $10 million ($.08 per diluted common share) and $16 million ($.12 per

diluted common share) ~~and $22 million ($.17 per diluted share)~~, respectively. ~~The after-tax impact of merger-related expenses in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 was $8 million ($12 million pre-tax).~~ There were no merger-related expenses during the ~~third quarter of 2013 or in the~~ first nine months of 2015 or 2014. ~~The merger-related expenses in 2013 were associated with M&T’s pending acquisition of Hudson City.~~ 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 ~~$280~~$283 million in the recent quarter, compared with ~~$301~~$280 million in the third quarter of ~~2013.~~2014. Diluted net operating earnings per common share for the third quarter of ~~2014~~2015 were ~~$1.94,~~$1.95, compared with ~~$2.16~~$1.94 in the year-earlier quarter. Net operating income and diluted net operating earnings per common share were $290 million and ~~$2.02,~~$2.01, respectively, in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. For the first nine months of ~~2014,~~2015, net operating income and diluted net operating earnings per common share were $819 million and $5.64, respectively, compared with $805 million and $5.62, respectively, ~~compared with $947 million and $6.87, respectively,~~ in the corresponding ~~2013~~2014 period.

Net operating income in the recent quarter expressed as an annualized rate of return on average tangible assets was ~~1.24%~~1.18%, compared with ~~1.48%~~1.24% in each of the year-earlier quarter and ~~1.35% in the~~ second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. Net operating income represented an annualized return on average tangible common equity of ~~13.80%~~12.98% in the recently completed quarter, compared with ~~17.64%~~13.80% in the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 and ~~14.92%~~13.76% in ~~2014’s~~2015’s second quarter. For the first nine months of ~~2014,~~2015, net operating income represented an annualized return on average tangible assets and average tangible common shareholders’ equity of ~~1.25%~~1.17% and ~~13.84%~~12.89%, respectively, compared with ~~1.59%~~1.25% and ~~19.66%~~13.84%, respectively, in the similar period of ~~2013.~~2014.

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

Taxable-equivalent net interest income totaled ~~$675~~$699 million in the third quarter of ~~2014, compared with $679~~2015, 4% higher than $675 million in the year-earlier quarter. That ~~modest decrease reflected~~improvement reflects the impact of a 38$5.7 billion or 7% rise in average earning

assets that was partially offset by a 9 basis point (hundredths of one percent) narrowing of the Company’s net interest margin, or taxable-equivalent net interest income expressed as an annualized percentage of average earning assets, to ~~3.23%~~3.14% in the recent ~~quarter offset, in part, by an $8.1 billion, or 11%,~~quarter. The increase in average earning assets ~~including $5.8~~was attributable to higher average balances of loans and leases of $3.1 billion, investment securities of $1.7 billion and interest-bearing deposits at banks of $977 million. Lower yields on average investment securities ~~balances.~~and average loans and leases outstanding contributed to the narrowing of the net interest margin. Taxable-equivalent net interest income ~~was also $675~~increased 1% in the recent quarter from $689 million in the second quarter of ~~2014. A 17 basis point decline~~2015, largely due to one additional day in the recent quarter and growth in average loans outstanding of $179 million. The benefit from that growth and, to a lesser extent, growth in other earning assets was mitigated by a narrowing of the net interest margin in the recent quarter to 3.14% from ~~3.40%~~3.17% in the ~~linked~~second quarter was offset by a $3.2 billion increase in average earning assets, including a $1.8 billion rise in average investment securities. In each quarterly comparison, the decline in the net interest margin was attributable to increased lower-yielding balances of investment securities and deposits held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York combined with downward pressure on yields earned on loans. The growth in investment securities resulted from actions taken by M&T in response to new regulatory liquidity requirements that were recently finalized and will become effective in January 2016.2015.

For the first ~~three quarters~~nine months of ~~2014,~~2015, taxable-equivalent net interest income was ~~$2.01~~$2.05 billion, ~~down 1%~~up 2% from ~~$2.03~~$2.01 billion in the similar period of ~~2013.~~2014. That ~~decline~~increase was attributable to higher average earning assets, which rose $7.4 billion or 9% to $87.0 billion in the first nine months of 2015, offset in part by a 3022 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin to 3.16% in 2015 from 3.38% in ~~2014 from 3.68% in 2013 that~~2014. That narrowing reflected lower yields on average loans outstanding ~~predominantly offset by higher average earning assets, which rose $5.9 billion or 8% to $79.6 billion in~~and the ~~first nine months~~

impact of ~~2014. Contributing~~additions to the ~~growth in average earning assets were higher balances of~~ investment securities ~~and interest-bearing deposits at~~portfolio that were predominantly funded through the ~~Federal Reserve Bank~~issuance of ~~New York, partially offset by lower average balances of loans outstanding.~~long-term borrowings. Those securities were added to facilitate compliance with upcoming Liquidity Coverage Ratio requirements.

Average loans and leases totaled ~~$64.8~~$67.8 billion in the recent quarter, an increase of 5% as compared with ~~$64.9~~$64.8 billion in the third quarter of ~~2013.~~2014. Commercial loans and leases averaged ~~$18.9~~$19.9 billion in the third quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, up ~~$1.1~~$1.0 billion or 6% from ~~$17.8~~$18.9 billion in the year-earlier quarter. Average commercial real estate loans ~~averaged $26.5~~aggregated $28.3 billion in the recent quarter, ~~compared with $26.1~~an increase of $1.8 billion, or 7%, from $26.5 billion in the third quarter of ~~2013.~~2014. Average residential real estate loans outstanding declined ~~$1.0 billion or 10%~~$285 million to ~~$8.6~~$8.3 billion in ~~2014’s~~2015’s third quarter from ~~$9.6~~$8.6 billion in the year-earlier quarter. Included in that portfolio were loans originated for sale, which averaged ~~$424~~$466 million in the recently completed quarter, compared with ~~$1.1~~$424 million in the third quarter of 2014. Consumer loans averaged $11.3 billion in the recent quarter, $500 million or 5% higher than $10.8 billion in the third quarter of ~~2013. Excluding loans held for sale, average residential real estate loans decreased $336 million from the third quarter of 2013 to the third quarter of~~ 2014. That ~~decrease was largely due to securitization activity during the third quarter of 2013. During the second quarter of 2013, the Company securitized approximately $296~~growth reflects a $503 million of residential real estate loans and during the third quarter of 2013 approximately $1.0 billion of residential real estate loans were securitized. The residential real estate loans were guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”) and a substantial majority of the resulting Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed investment securities were retained by the Companyincrease in the investment securities portfolio. Consumer loans averaged $10.8 billion in the recent quarter, $542 million or 5% lower than $11.3 billion in the third quarter of 2013. That decline was predominantly due to lower average ~~balances of~~ automobile ~~loans. In September 2013, the Company securitized and sold approximately $1.4 billion of automobile loans held in its~~ loan portfolio. The Company securitized loans to improve its regulatory capital ratios and strengthen its liquidity and risk profile, including the ability to pledge any of the retained assets, as a result of changing regulatory requirements.balances.

Average loan and lease balances in the recent quarter rose ~~$420~~$179 million ~~or 1%,~~ from the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. Average commercial real estate loans increased ~~$348~~$101 million ~~or 1%,~~ from ~~2014’s~~2015’s second quarter and average balances of consumer loans rose ~~$275~~$211 million, ~~or 3%,~~ while average outstanding commercial loan and lease balances ~~declined $89~~decreased $35 million and average residential real estate loans ~~decreased $113 million, or 1%.~~declined $98 million. Management has chosen not to replace run-off in the residential real estate loan portfolio in advance of the Hudson City merger, as its portfolio is almost entirely comprised of residential mortgage loans. The commercial loan and lease portfolio decrease reflected the usual seasonal slowdown in loans to automobile dealers to finance their floor plan inventory. The accompanying table summarizes quarterly changes in the major components of the loan and lease portfolio.


			Percent increase (decrease) from								Percent increase (decrease) from
	3rd Qtr. 2014		3rd Qtr. 2013			2nd Qtr. 2014			3rd Qtr. 2015		3rd Qtr. 2014			2nd Qtr. 2015
Commercial, financial, etc.	$	18,889		6	%		—	%	$	19,939		6	%		—	%
Real estate – commercial		26,487		1			1			28,309		7			—
Real estate – consumer		8,634		(10	)		(1	)		8,348		(3	)		(1	)
Consumer
Automobile		1,768		(25	)		13			2,271		28			8
Home equity lines		5,751		—			—			5,620		(2	)		(1	)
Home equity loans		304		(22	)		(6	)		234		(23	)		(6	)
Other		2,930		5			3			3,128		7			3

Total consumer		10,753		(5	)		3			11,253		5			2

Total	$	64,763		—	%		1	%	$	67,849		5	%		—	%

For the first nine months of ~~2014,~~2015, average loans and leases aggregated ~~$64.3~~$67.4 billion, ~~down $1.3~~up $3.1 billion or 2%5% from ~~$65.6~~$64.3 billion in the corresponding ~~2013~~2014 period. The most significant factors contributing to that ~~decline~~increase were growth in the ~~2013~~commercial real estate and commercial loan ~~securitizations noted earlier.~~and lease portfolios.

The investment securities portfolio averaged ~~$12.8~~$14.4 billion in the recent quarter, up ~~$5.8~~$1.7 billion or ~~83%~~13% from ~~$7.0~~$12.8 billion in the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$1.8 billion~~$246 million or ~~17%~~2% above the ~~$11.0~~$14.2 billion averaged in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. For the first nine months of ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, investment securities averaged ~~$11.0~~$14.0 billion and ~~$6.0~~$11.0 billion, respectively. Each of those increases from the respective prior periods reflects the net effect of purchases, ~~securitization transactions and sales during 2013 and purchases during the first nine months of 2014,~~ partially offset by maturities and ~~pay-downs~~paydowns of mortgage-backed securities. Beginning in the second quarter of 2013, the Company undertook certain actions to improve its regulatory capital and liquidity positions in response to evolving regulatory requirements. As a result, in the second quarter of 2013 approximately $1.0 billion of privately issued mortgage-backed securities held in the available-for-sale portfolio were sold, as were the Company’s holdings of Visa and MasterCard common stock. In the second and third quarters of 2013, the Company securitized approximately $1.3 billion of residential real estate loans guaranteed by the FHA that were held in its loan portfolio. A substantial majority of the Ginnie Mae securities resulting from those securitizations were retained by the Company. During the second quarter of 2013, the Company also began originating FHA residential real estate loans for purposes of securitizing such loans into Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities to be retained in the Company’s investment securities portfolio. Approximately $1.6 billion of such loans were originated and securitized during 2013. Finally, beginning in May 2013 theThe Company purchased approximately ~~$1.9~~$4.6 billion of ~~Ginnie~~Fannie Mae securities and ~~$250~~$602 million of ~~Fannie~~Ginnie Mae securities that were added to the investment securities portfolio during ~~2013,~~2014, and another ~~$4.6~~$2.7 billion of Fannie Mae securities and ~~$571~~$548 million of Ginnie Mae securities were purchased during the first nine months of ~~2014. The Company has~~2015. Those purchases reflect increased ~~its~~ holdings of investment securities to satisfy the requirements of the LCR that will become effective in ~~response to changing regulatory requirements.~~January 2016.

The investment securities portfolio is largely comprised of residential mortgage-backed securities, debt securities issued by municipalities, trust preferred securities issued by certain financial institutions, 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 the risks assumed, including prepayments. In managing its investment securities portfolio, the Company occasionally sells investment securities as a result of changes in interest rates and spreads, actual or anticipated prepayments, credit risk associated with a particular security, or as a result of restructuring its investment securities portfolio in connection with a business combination.

The Company regularly reviews its investment securities for declines in value below amortized cost that might be characterized as “other than temporary.” ~~Nevertheless, there~~There were no other-than-temporary impairment charges recognized ~~during~~in either of the first nine months of ~~2014~~2015 or the second and third quarters of 2013. During the first quarter of 2013, the Company recognized other-than-temporary impairment charges of $10 million. Those impairment charges related to certain privately issued mortgage-backed securities. Persistently high unemployment, loan delinquencies and foreclosures that led to a backlog of homes held for sale by financial institutions and others were significant factors contributing to the recognition of the other-than-temporary impairment charges related to those securities. Substantially all of the privately issued mortgage-backed securities held in the available-for-sale investment securities portfolio were sold late in the second quarter of 2013. The impairment charge in the initial quarter of 2013 related to a subset of those securities.2014. Additional information about the investment securities portfolio is included in notes 3 and 12 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Other earning assets include ~~interest-earning~~ deposits at the Federal Reserve Bank 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 ~~$5.2~~$6.2 billion in the recent quarter, compared with ~~$2.8~~$5.2 billion and ~~$4.3 billion in the third quarter of 2013 and the second quarter of 2014, respectively. Interest-bearing deposits at banks averaged $5.1~~$5.5 billion in the third quarter of 2014 and the second quarter of 2015, respectively.

Interest-bearing deposits at banks are the largest component of those other earning assets and averaged $6.1 billion in the third quarter of 2015, compared with ~~$2.6~~$5.1 billion in the year-earlier quarter and ~~$4.1~~$5.3 billion in ~~2014’s~~2015’s second quarter. For the nine-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, average balances of other earning assets were ~~$4.3~~$5.6 billion and ~~$2.1~~$4.3 billion, respectively, including ~~$4.1~~$5.5 billion and ~~$1.9~~$4.1 billion, respectively, of interest-bearing deposits at banks. The higher level of average interest-bearing deposits at banks in the second and third quarters of 2014 and in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 as compared with the 2013 periods was due, in part, to liquidity provided through long-term borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) of New York and M&T Bank’s Bank Note Program to meet changing regulatory liquidity requirements. The amounts of investment securities and other earning assets held by the Company are influenced by such factors as demand for loans, which generally yield more than investment securities and other earning assets, liquidity requirements, ongoing repayments, the levels of deposits, and management of balance sheet size and resulting capital ratios.

As a result of the changes described herein, average earning assets aggregated ~~$82.8~~$88.4 billion in the third quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, compared with ~~$74.7~~$82.8 billion in the year-earlier quarter and ~~$79.6~~$87.3 billion in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. Average earning assets totaled ~~$79.6~~$87.0 billion and ~~$73.7~~$79.6 billion during the nine-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively.

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. ~~Core~~Average core deposits ~~averaged $69.1~~totaled $72.0 billion in the third quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, up 8%4% from ~~$64.1~~$69.1 billion in the year-earlier quarter and 2%1% higher than ~~$67.8~~$71.2 billion in the second quarter of 2014. The growth in core deposits since the third quarter of 2013 was due, in part, to higher deposits of trust customers and to the lack of attractive alternative investments available to the Company’s customers resulting from lower interest rates and from the economic environment in the U.S.2015. The low interest rate environment in recent years has resulted in a shift in customer savings trends, as average time deposits have continued to ~~decline, while~~decline. The growth in average ~~noninterest-bearing~~core deposits from the year-earlier quarter reflects increases of approximately $1.2 billion in each of commercial customer deposits and ~~savings~~trust demand deposits. When compared with the second quarter of 2015, average balances of commercial customer deposits ~~have generally increased.~~were $1.1 billion higher in the recent quarter and trust demand deposits increased by $469 million. Those increases were partially offset by a $578 million seasonal decline in municipal deposits during the third quarter of 2015. The following table ~~summarizes~~provides an analysis of quarterly changes in the components of average core deposits. For the nine-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, core deposits averaged $71.1 billion and $67.5 billion, ~~and $63.2 billion,~~ respectively.


			Percent increase (decrease) from								Percent increase (decrease) from
	3rd Qtr. 2014		3rd Qtr. 2013			2nd Qtr. 2014			3rd Qtr. 2015		3rd Qtr. 2014			2nd Qtr. 2015
NOW accounts	$	1,017		12	%		2	%	$	1,289		27	%		(1	)%
Savings deposits		40,042		12			4			40,049		—			(1	)
Time deposits		2,867		(15	)		(3	)		2,449		(15	)		(5	)
Noninterest-bearing deposits		25,127		5			(1	)		28,251		12			6

Total	$	69,053		8	%		2	%	$	72,038		4	%		1	%

~~Additional~~The Company has additional funding sources ~~for the Company included~~including branch-related time deposits over $250,000, deposits associated with the Company’s Cayman Islands office, and brokered deposits. Time deposits over $250,000 ~~excluding brokered certificates~~averaged $350 million in the third quarter of ~~deposit, averaged~~2015, compared with $361 million and $353 million in the third quarter of 2014 ~~compared with $333 million and $378 million in the third quarter of 2013~~ and the second quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, respectively. Cayman Islands office

deposits averaged $206 million, $325 million ~~$392 million~~ and ~~$339~~$212 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, September 30, ~~2013~~2014 and June 30, ~~2014,~~2015, respectively. Brokered time deposits ~~averaged $229 million~~were not significant in the ~~third quarter of 2013 but less than $5 million in each of the second and third~~ quarters ~~of 2014.~~ended September 30, 2015, September 30, 2014 or June 30, 2015. The Company ~~also had~~has brokered NOW and brokered money-market deposit accounts, which in the aggregate averaged ~~$1.0~~$1.2 billion during the recent quarter, compared with ~~$1.2~~$1.0 billion and $1.1

billion during the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 and the second quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, respectively. The levels of brokered ~~NOW and brokered money-market~~ deposit accounts reflect the demand for such deposits, largely resulting from the desire of brokerage firms to earn reasonable yields while ensuring that customer deposits are fully insured. The level of Cayman Islands office deposits ~~are~~is also reflective of customer demand. Additional amounts of Cayman ~~Island~~Islands office deposits orand 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.

The Company also uses borrowings from banks, securities dealers, various Federal Home Loan Banks, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and others as sources of funding. Average short-term borrowings totaled ~~$181~~$174 million in the recent quarter, compared with ~~$299~~$181 million in the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$220~~$195 million in the second quarter of ~~2014. Such~~2015. Short-term borrowings were largely comprised of unsecured federal funds borrowings, which generally mature on the next business day.

Long-term borrowings averaged ~~$8.5~~$10.1 billion in the recent quarter, compared with ~~$5.0~~$8.5 billion in the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$6.5~~$10.2 billion in the second quarter of 2015. During 2013, M&T Bank initiated a Bank Note Program whereby M&T Bank may offer unsecured senior and subordinated notes. Average balances of the unsecured senior notes issued under that program were $5.5 billion during each of the two most recent quarters and $3.6 billion during the third quarter of 2014. ~~Included~~During February 2015, M&T Bank issued $1.5 billion of senior notes of which $750 million mature in 2020 and $750 million mature in 2025. The proceeds from the issuances of borrowings under the Bank Note Program have been predominantly utilized to purchase high-quality liquid assets that will meet the requirements of the LCR. Also included in average long-term borrowings were ~~subordinated capital notes~~amounts borrowed from the Federal Home Loan Banks of ~~$1.6~~New York, Atlanta and Pittsburgh of $1.2 billion in each of ~~those quarters.~~the recent quarter, the third quarter of 2014 and the second quarter of 2015. Subordinated capital notes included in long-term borrowings averaged $1.5 billion in each of the two most recent quarters and $1.6 billion in the quarter ended September 30, 2014. Junior subordinated debentures associated with trust preferred securities that were included in average long-term borrowings were ~~$834~~$513 million in ~~each of~~ the ~~two~~ most recent ~~quarters,~~quarter, compared with ~~$1.2 billion~~$834 million in the third quarter of ~~2013. Additional~~2014 and $562 million in the second quarter of 2015. In accordance with its 2015 capital plan, on April 15, 2015 M&T redeemed the junior subordinated debentures associated with the $310 million of trust preferred securities of M&T Capital Trusts I, II and III. Those borrowings had a weighted-average interest rate of 8.24%. Further information regarding junior subordinated debentures is provided in note 5 of Notes to Financial Statements. During the second quarter of 2014, M&T Bank borrowed approximately $1.1 billion from the FHLB of New York. Those borrowings were split between three-year and five-year terms at fixed rates of interest. Long-term borrowings from the FHLBs of New York, Atlanta and Pittsburgh averaged $1.2 billion in the recent quarter, compared with $29 million and $396 million in the third quarter of 2013 and the second quarter of 2014, respectively. Also included in long-term borrowings were agreements to repurchase securities, which averaged $1.4 billion during each of the third quarters of ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013~~2014 and the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. The agreements have various repurchase dates through 2017, however, the contractual maturities of the underlying securities extend beyond such repurchase dates. During the first quarter of 2013, M&T Bank initiated a Bank Note Program whereby M&T Bank may offer up to $5 billion of unsecured senior and subordinated notes. During March 2013, three-year floating rate senior notes due March 2016 were issued for $300 million and five-year 1.45% fixed rate senior notes due March 2018 were issued for $500 million. In January 2014, M&T Bank issued $1.5 billion of senior notes as follows: $250 million of three-year floating rate notes due January 2017; $500 million of three-year 1.25% fixed rate notes due January 2017; and $750 million of five-year 2.30% fixed rate notes due January 2019. During July 2014, M&T Bank issued an additional $1.7 billion of senior notes as follows: $300 million of three-year floating rate notes due in 2017; $750 million of three-year 1.40% fixed rate notes due in 2017; and $650 million of five-year 2.25% fixed rate notes due in 2019. The proceeds of the issuances have been predominantly utilized to purchase additional liquid investments that will meet the regulatory liquidity requirements. The Company has utilized interest rate swap agreements to modify the repricing characteristics of certain components of long-term debt. As of September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, interest

rate swap agreements were used to hedge approximately $1.4 billion of outstanding fixed rate long-term borrowings. During the second quarter of 2014, the Company had entered into forward-starting interest rate swap agreements to hedge the variability in the interest payments anticipated to be made upon the future issuance of $300 million of the senior notes. Those forward-starting interest rate swaps were terminated upon the issuance of such notes in July 2014. Further information on interest rate swap agreements is provided in note 10 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 2.93% in the third quarter of 2015, compared with 3.05% in the third quarter of 2014 ~~compared with 3.40% in the third quarter of 2013~~ and ~~3.22%~~2.97% in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. The yield on earning assets during the

recent quarter was ~~3.59%~~3.48%, down 3911 basis points from ~~3.98%~~3.59% in the year-earlier quarter, while the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities ~~declined 4~~increased 1 basis ~~points~~point to ~~.54%~~.55% from ~~.58%~~.54% in the third quarter of ~~2013.~~2014. In the second quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, the yield on earning assets was ~~3.73%~~3.52% and the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities was ~~.51%~~.55%. For the first nine months of ~~2014,~~2015, the net interest spread was ~~3.19%~~2.96%, down 2723 basis points from the year-earlier period. The yield on earning assets and the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities for the nine-month period ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 were ~~3.72%~~3.51% and ~~.53%~~.55%, respectively, compared with ~~4.07%~~3.72% and ~~.61%~~.53%, respectively, in the first nine months of ~~2013.~~2014. The narrowing of the net interest spread in the 2015 periods as compared with the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014 reflects the higher level of deposits held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, higher average balances of investment securities and long-term borrowings, and the ongoing impact of the low interest rate environment on the yields earned on investment securities and loans.

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 ~~$28.4~~$32.6 billion in the recent quarter, compared with ~~$27.1~~$28.4 billion in the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$28.6~~$30.8 billion in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. The increase in average net interest-free funds in the recent quarter as compared with the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 was predominantly the result of higher average balances of noninterest-bearing deposits. Such deposits averaged $28.3 billion, $25.1 billion ~~$24.0 billion~~ and ~~$25.5~~$26.8 billion in the quarters ended September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, September 30, ~~2013~~2014 and June 30, ~~2014,~~2015, respectively. The growth in average noninterest-bearing deposits from the year-earlier quarter and the second quarter of 2015 reflects increases in commercial customer deposits of approximately $1.5 billion and $930 million, respectively, and trust demand deposits of approximately $1.2 billion and $469 million, respectively. During the first nine months of ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, average net interest-free funds were ~~$28.0~~$30.9 billion and ~~$26.4~~$28.0 billion, respectively. That increase was also reflective of higher average balances of noninterest-bearing ~~deposits.~~deposits, which totaled $26.9 billion and $24.9 billion during the first nine months of 2015 and 2014, respectively. Goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets averaged ~~$3.6~~$3.5 billion during each of the two most recent quarters, compared with $3.6 billion in the quarter ended September 30, ~~2014, September 30, 2013 and June 30,~~ 2014. Goodwill was reduced by approximately $11 million during the second quarter of 2015 as a result of the previously noted sale of the Company’s trade processing business in that quarter. The cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance averaged $1.7 billion in each of the ~~two most recent quarters~~three-month periods ended September 30, 2015, September 30, 2014 and ~~$1.6 billion in the third quarter of 2013.~~June 30, 2015. Increases in the cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance and benefits received are not included in interest income, but rather are recorded in “other revenues from operations.” The contribution of net interest-free funds to net interest margin was ~~.18%~~.21% in ~~each of~~ the ~~two~~ recent ~~quarters,~~quarter, compared with ~~.21%~~.18% in the third quarter of ~~2013.~~2014 and .20% in the second quarter of 2015. That contribution for the first nine months of 2015 and 2014 was .20% and ~~2013 was~~ .19% ~~and .22%~~, respectively.

Reflecting the changes to the net interest spread and the contribution of interest-free funds as described herein, the Company’s net interest margin was ~~3.23%~~3.14% in the recent quarter, compared with ~~3.61%~~3.23% in the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 and ~~3.40%~~3.17% in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. During the nine-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, the net interest margin was ~~3.38%~~3.16% and ~~3.68%~~3.38%, respectively. 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. In particular, the relatively low interest rate environment

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 ~~portfolios of earning assets and~~ interest-bearing liabilities. Periodic settlement amounts arising from these agreements are ~~generally~~ reflected in ~~either the yields earned on assets or~~ the rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities. The notional amount of interest rate swap agreements entered into for interest rate risk management purposes was $1.4 billion at each of September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, September 30, ~~2013~~2014 and ~~December 31, 2013, compared with $1.7 billion at~~ June 30, ~~2014.~~2015. Under the terms of ~~the $1.4 billion of~~those interest rate swap agreements, ~~that are designated as fair value hedges of certain fixed rate long-term borrowings,~~ the Company received payments based on the outstanding notional amount at fixed rates and made payments at variable rates. Under the terms of the additional $300 million of swap agreements outstanding at June 30, 2014 that were designated as cash flow hedges related to the forecasted issuance of senior note borrowings in July 2014, the Company was to pay a fixed rate of interest and receive a variable rate. Those ~~forward-starting~~ interest rate swap agreements were ~~terminated upon issuance~~designated as fair value hedges of ~~the senior note borrowings in July 2014.~~certain fixed rate long-term borrowings.

In a fair value hedge, the fair value of the derivative (the interest rate swap agreement) and changes in the fair value of the hedged item are recorded in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet with the corresponding gain or loss recognized in current earnings. The difference between changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap agreements and the hedged items represents hedge ineffectiveness and is recorded in “other revenues from operations” in the Company’s consolidated statement of income. In a cash flow hedge, unlike in a fair value hedge, the effective portion of the derivative’s gain or loss is initially reported as a component of other comprehensive income and subsequently reclassified into earnings when the forecasted transaction affects earnings. The ineffective portion of the gain or loss is reported in “other revenues from operations” immediately. The amounts of hedge ineffectiveness recognized during the quarters ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013~~2014 and the quarter ended June 30, ~~2014~~2015 were not material to the Company’s consolidated results of operations. The estimated aggregate fair value of interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges represented gains of approximately $61 million at September 30, 2015, $76 million at September 30, 2014, ~~$114 million at September 30, 2013, $93~~$64 million at June 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~$103~~$73 million at December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. The fair values of such interest rate swap agreements were substantially offset by changes in the fair values of the hedged items. The changes in the fair values of the interest rate swap agreements and the hedged items primarily result from the effects of changing interest rates and spreads. The Company’s credit exposure as of September 30, ~~2014~~2015 with respect to the estimated fair value of interest rate swap agreements used for managing interest rate risk has been substantially mitigated through master netting arrangements with trading account interest rate contracts with the same counterparty as well as counterparty postings of ~~$74~~$35 million of collateral with the Company.

The weighted-average rates to be received and paid under interest rate swap agreements currently in effect were 4.42% and ~~1.19%~~1.29%, respectively, at September 30, ~~2014.~~2015. 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 the accompanying table. Additional information about the Company’s use of interest rate swap agreements and other derivatives is included in note 10 of Notes to Financial Statements.


	Nine months ended September 30												Three months ended September 30
	2014						2013						2015						2014
	Amount			Rate (a)			Amount			Rate (a)			Amount			Rate(a)			Amount			Rate(a)
Increase (decrease) in:
Interest income	$	—			—	%	$	—			—	%	$	—			—	%	$	—			—	%
Interest expense		(33,783	)		(.09	)		(30,180	)		(.09	)		(10,999	)		(.08	)		(11,227	)		(.08	)

Net interest income/margin	$	33,783			.06	%	$	30,180			.06	%	$	10,999			.05	%	$	11,227			.05	%

Average notional amount	$	1,457,143					$	1,079,487					$	1,400,000					$	1,547,826

Rate received (b)					4.25	%					5.31	%					4.42	%					4.00	%
Rate paid (b)					1.14	%					1.57	%					1.25	%					1.07	%


													Nine months ended September 30
													2015						2014
													Amount			Rate(a)			Amount			Rate(a)
Increase (decrease) in:
Interest income													$	—			—	%	$	—			—	%
Interest expense														(33,419	)		(.08	)		(33,783	)		(.09	)

Net interest income/margin													$	33,419			.06	%	$	33,783			.06	%

Average notional amount													$	1,400,000					$	1,457,143

Rate received (b)																	4.42	%					4.25	%
Rate paid (b)																	1.22	%					1.14	%

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. M&T’s banking subsidiaries have access to additional funding sources through borrowings from the FHLB of New York, lines of credit with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the previously noted Bank Note Program, and other available borrowing facilities. The Company has, from time to time, issued subordinated capital notes to provide liquidity and enhance regulatory capital ratios. Such notes generally qualify under the Federal Reserve Board’s risk-based capital guidelines for inclusion in the Company’s capital. However, pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, ~~the Company’s~~ junior subordinated debentures associated with trust preferred securities ~~will be~~are being phased-out of the definition of Tier 1 capital. Effective January 1, 2015, 75% of such ~~securities will be~~junior subordinated debentures are excluded from the Company’s Tier 1 capital, and beginning January 1, 2016, 100% will be excluded. The amounts excluded from Tier 1 capital ~~will be~~are includable in total capital.

The Company has informal and sometimes reciprocal sources of funding available through various arrangements for unsecured short-term borrowings from a wide group of banks and other financial institutions. Short-term federal funds borrowings totaled $122 million, $114 million ~~$158 million~~ and ~~$169~~$135 million at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, September 30, ~~2013~~2014 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. In general, those borrowings were unsecured and matured on the

office deposits may be used by the Company as an alternative to short-term borrowings. Cayman Islands office deposits totaled $206 million at September 30, 2015, $242 million at September 30, 2014 ~~$317 million at September 30, 2013~~ and ~~$323~~$177 million at December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. The Company has also benefited from the placement of brokered deposits. The Company has brokered NOW and brokered money-market deposit accounts which aggregated ~~$1.0 billion at each of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and~~ $1.2 billion at September 30, ~~2013.~~2015, $1.0 billion at September 30, 2014 and $1.1 billion at December 31, 2014. Brokered time deposits were not a significant source of funding as of those dates.

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

Certain customers of the Company obtain financing through the issuance of variable rate demand bonds (“VRDBs”). The VRDBs are generally enhanced by 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 totaled $2 million ~~and $14 million~~ at September 30, 2014, ~~and 2013, respectively, and $25 million~~while there were no outstanding VRDBs in the Company’s trading account at September 30, 2015 or December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. The total amount of VRDBs outstanding backed by M&T Bank letters of credit was ~~$1.7 billion at each of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, and~~ $1.8 billion at September 30, ~~2013.~~2015, compared with $1.7 billion at September 30, 2014 and $2.0 billion at December 31, 2014. M&T Bank also serves as remarketing agent for most of those bonds.

The Company enters into contractual obligations in the normal course of business which require future cash payments. Such obligations include, among others, payments related to deposits, borrowings, leases and other contractual commitments. Off-balance sheet commitments to customers may impact liquidity, including commitments to extend credit, standby letters of credit, commercial letters of credit, financial guarantees and indemnification contracts, and commitments to sell real estate loans. Because many of these commitments or contracts expire without being funded in whole or in part, the contract amounts are not necessarily indicative of future cash flows. Further discussion of these commitments is provided in note 13 of Notes to Financial Statements.

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 banking subsidiary to M&T are limited by the amount of earnings of the banking subsidiary in the current year and the two preceding years. For purposes of that test, at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 approximately ~~$1.3~~$1.5 billion was available for payment of dividends to M&T from banking subsidiaries. ~~These historic sources of cash flow have been augmented in the past by the issuance of trust preferred securities and senior notes payable.~~ Information regarding ~~trust preferred securities and~~ the ~~related junior subordinated debentures~~long-term debt obligations of M&T is included in note 5 of Notes to Financial Statements.

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. Banking regulators have finalized rules requiring a banking company to maintain a minimum amount of liquid assets to withstand a standardized supervisory liquidity stress scenario. The effective date offor those rules for the Company is January 1, 2016, subject to a ~~two year~~ phase-in period. The Company has taken steps as noted herein to enhance its liquidity and will take further action, as necessary, to comply with the final regulations when they take effect.

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’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 subsequent twelve months are generally used to determine a base interest rate scenario for the~~projections of net interest ~~income simulation. That calculated base net interest income is then compared to the~~ income calculated under the varying interest rate ~~scenarios.~~scenarios are compared to a base interest rate scenario that is reflective of current interest rates. The model considers the impact of ongoing lending and deposit-gathering activities, as well as interrelationships in the magnitude and timing of the repricing of financial instruments, including the effect of changing interest rates on expected prepayments and maturities. When deemed prudent, management has taken actions to mitigate exposure to interest rate risk through the use of on- or off-balance sheet financial instruments and intends to do so in the future. Possible actions include, but are not limited to, changes in the pricing of loan and deposit products, modifying the composition of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and adding to, modifying or terminating existing interest rate swap agreements or other financial instruments used for interest rate risk management purposes.

The accompanying table as of September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013~~2014 displays the estimated impact on net interest income from non-trading

financial instruments in the base scenario described above resulting from parallel changes in interest rates across repricing categories during the first modeling year.


	Calculated increase (decrease) in projected net interest income						Calculated increase (decrease) in projected net interest income
Changes in interest rates	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013			September 30, 2015			December 31, 2014
+200 basis points	$	256,644			245,089		$	276,710			246,028
+100 basis points		141,087			134,188			159,469			134,393
–100 basis points		(97,979	)		(72,755	)
–200 basis points		(128,736	)		(100,543	)
-100 basis points								(85,404	)		(74,634	)

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 ~~account~~ purposes, loan and deposit volumes and pricing, and deposit maturities. In the scenarios presented, the Company also assumed gradual ~~changes~~increases in interest rates during a twelve-month period of 100 and 200 basis points, as compared with the assumed base ~~scenario.~~scenario, as well as a gradual decrease of 100 basis points. In the ~~event that a 100 or 200~~second quarter of 2015, the Company suspended the -200 basis ~~point~~points scenario due to the persistent low level of interest rates. This scenario will be reinstated if and when interest rates rise sufficiently to make the analysis more meaningful. In the declining rate ~~change cannot be achieved,~~scenario, the ~~applicable~~ rate changes ~~are~~may be limited to lesser amounts such that interest rates ~~cannot be less than zero.~~remain positive 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.

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~~such securities is presented herein under the heading “Capital” and in notes 3 and 12 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 in trading account activities consist predominantly of interest rate contracts, such as 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 positions that are also included in the trading account. The fair values of the offsetting trading account positions associated with interest rate contracts and foreign currency and other option and futures contracts are presented in note 10 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 aggregated $17.6 billion at each of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, compared with $17.2 billion at September 30, ~~2014, compared with~~

~~$15.9 billion at September 30, 2013 and $17.4 billion at December 31, 2013.~~2014. The notional amounts of foreign currency and other option and futures contracts entered into for trading account purposes totaled $1.6 billion, $1.0 billion ~~$904 million~~ and ~~$1.4~~$1.3 billion at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, September 30, ~~2013~~2014 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. Although the notional amounts of these contracts are not recorded in the consolidated balance sheet, the 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 totaled $341 million and $233 million, respectively, at September 30, 2015, $297 million and $182 million, respectively, at September 30, 2014, ~~$371~~and $308 million and ~~$261 million, respectively, at September 30, 2013, and $376 million and $250~~$203 million, respectively, at December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. Included in trading account assets at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 were assets related to deferred compensation plans totaling ~~$26~~$23 million, compared with ~~$27~~$26 million at September 30, ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$29~~$27 million at December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. Changes in the fair ~~value~~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~~ September 30, ~~2014 and 2013~~2015 were ~~$30~~$27 million of liabilities related to deferred compensation plans, compared with ~~$31~~$30 million at each of September 30, 2014 and December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. Changes in the balances of such liabilities due to the valuation of allocated investment options to which the liabilities are indexed are recorded in “other costs of operations” in the consolidated statement of income.

Given the Company’s policies, limits and positions, management believes that the potential loss exposure to the Company resulting from market risk associated with trading 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 10 of Notes to Financial Statements.

The Company maintains an allowance for credit losses that in management’s judgment appropriately reflects losses inherent in the loan and lease portfolio. A provision for credit losses is recorded to adjust the level of the allowance as deemed necessary by management. The provision for credit losses in the third quarter of ~~2014~~2015 was ~~$29~~$44 million, compared with ~~$48~~$29 million in the year-earlier quarter and $30 million in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. For the nine-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, the provision for credit losses was ~~$91~~$112 million and ~~$143~~$91 million, respectively. Net loan charge-offs were ~~$28~~$40 million in the recent quarter, ~~down~~up from ~~$48~~$28 million in the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$29~~$21 million in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. The higher level of net loan charge-offs in 2015’s third quarter reflected an increase in net commercial loan and lease charge-offs to $22 million from $8 million in last year’s third quarter and $4 million in the second quarter of 2015. The largest individual charge-off in the recent quarter was $6 million related to a loan with a general contractor in the greater New York City region. No other individual charge-offs were greater than $3 million and there was no concentration of charge-offs in any particular region or industry. Net charge-offs as an annualized percentage of average loans and leases were .24% in the third quarter of 2015, compared with .17% and .13% in the third quarter of 2014 ~~compared with .29% and .18% in the third quarter of 2013~~ and the second quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, respectively. Net charge-offs for the nine-month periods ended September 30 aggregated $98 million in 2015 and $89 million in 2014, ~~and $141 million in 2013,~~ representing an annualized ~~rates~~rate of .19% ~~and .29%, respectively,~~ of average loans and ~~leases.~~leases in each respective period. A summary of net ~~charge–offs~~charge-offs by loan type is presented in the ~~table that follows.~~accompanying table.


	2014								2015
	1st Qtr.		2nd Qtr.		3rd Qtr.		Year to-date		1st Qtr.		2nd Qtr.		3rd Qtr.		Year to-date
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.	$	9,146		10,140		8,072		27,358	$	8,411		4,056		21,590		34,057
Real estate:
Commercial		289		1,322		399		2,010		6,094		2,429		84		8,607
Residential		5,822		2,701		1,695		10,218		2,129		2,071		2,143		6,343
Consumer		16,651		14,939		17,867		49,457		19,555		12,830		16,372		48,757

	$	31,908		29,102		28,033		89,043	$	36,189		21,386		40,189		97,764


									2014
									1st Qtr.		2nd Qtr.		3rd Qtr.		Year to-date
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.									$	9,146		10,140		8,072		27,358
Real estate:
Commercial										289		1,322		399		2,010
Residential										5,822		2,701		1,695		10,218
Consumer										16,651		14,939		17,867		49,457

									$	31,908		29,102		28,033		89,043

Included in net charge-offs of commercial loans in the second and third quarters of 2013 were $30 million and $19 million, respectively, of charge-offs for a relationship with a motor vehicle-related parts wholesaler. Reflected in net recoveries of commercial real estate loans during the second quarter of 2013 were net recoveries of previously charged-off loans to residential homebuilders and developers of $9 million. Included in net charge-offs of consumer loans and leases were net charge-offs during the quarters ended September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, September 30, ~~2013~~2014 and June 30, ~~2014,~~2015, respectively, of: automobile loans of $2 million, $3 million and $2 million; recreational vehicle loans of $3 million, $2 million and $2 ~~million; recreational vehicle loans of $2 million, $3 million and $3~~ million; and home equity loans and lines of credit, including Alt-A second lien loans, of $3 million, $5 million ~~$4 million~~ and $5$3 million. Alt-A 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. Loans in the Company’s Alt-A portfolio were originated by the Company prior to 2008.

Loans acquired in connection with acquisition transactions subsequent to 2008 were recorded at fair value with no carry-over of any previously recorded allowance for credit losses. Determining the fair value of the acquired loans required estimating cash flows expected to be collected on the loans and discounting those cash flows at then-current interest rates. The excess of expected cash flows over the carrying value of the loans is recognized as interest income over the lives of loans. The difference between contractually required payments and the cash flows expected to be collected is referred to as the nonaccretable balance and is not recorded on the consolidated balance sheet. The nonaccretable balance reflects estimated future credit losses and other contractually required payments that the Company does not expect to collect. The Company regularly evaluates the reasonableness of its cash flow projections. Any decreases to the expected cash flows require the Company to evaluate the need for an additional allowance for credit losses and could lead to charge-offs of acquired loan balances. Any significant increases in expected cash flows result in additional interest income to be recognized over the then-remaining lives of

the loans. The carrying amount of loans obtained in acquisitions subsequent to 2008 was $2.0 billion, $2.9 billion ~~$4.6 billion, $4.0 billion~~ and ~~$3.2~~$2.6 billion at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, September 30, ~~2013,~~2014 and December 31, ~~2013 and June 30,~~ 2014, respectively. The portion of the nonaccretable balance related to remaining principal losses as well as life-to-date principal losses charged against the nonaccretable balance as of

September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013~~2014 are presented in the accompanying table.


	Nonaccretable balance – principal
	Remaining balance				Life-to-date charges				Nonaccretable balance - principal
	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013		September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013		Remaining balance				Life-to-date charges
	(in thousands)								September 30, 2015		December 31, 2014		September 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
									(in thousands)
Commercial, financing, leasing, etc.	$	21,518		31,931		78,267		69,772	$	18,300		19,589		78,613		78,736
Commercial real estate		98,239		110,984		278,192		277,222		54,530		70,261		263,524		276,681
Residential real estate		20,007		23,201		56,853		54,177		13,742		15,958		60,824		59,552
Consumer		30,696		33,989		76,755		74,039		25,684		29,582		80,216		77,819

Total	$	170,460		200,105		490,067		475,210	$	112,256		135,390		483,177		492,788

Nonaccrual loans totaled ~~$848~~$787 million or ~~1.29%~~1.15% of total loans and leases outstanding at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, compared with ~~$916~~$848 million or ~~1.44%~~1.29% at September 30, ~~2013, $874~~2014, $799 million or ~~1.36%~~1.20% at December 31, ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$880~~$797 million or ~~1.36%~~1.17% at June 30, ~~2014.~~2015. The decline in nonaccrual loans at the most recent quarter-end as compared with ~~December 31, 2013 and June~~September 30, 2014 was largely due to lower commercial real estate loans, including residential builder and developer and construction loans, and residential real estate loans, partially offset by an increase in commercial loans in nonaccrual status.

Accruing loans past due 90 days or more (excluding acquired loans) were ~~$313~~$231 million, or ~~.48%~~.34% of total loans and leases at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, compared with ~~$340~~$313 million or ~~.53%~~.48% at September 30, ~~2013, $369~~2014, $245 million or ~~.58%~~.37% at December 31, ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$289~~$239 million or ~~.45%~~.35% at June 30, ~~2014.~~2015. Those loans included loans guaranteed by government-related entities of $194 million at September 30, 2015, $265 million at September 30, 2014, ~~$321 million at September 30, 2013, $298~~$218 million at December 31, ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$276~~$207 million at June 30, ~~2014.~~2015. Such guaranteed loans included one-to-four family residential real estate loans serviced by the Company that were repurchased to reduce 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 that are guaranteed by government-related entities totaled $182 million at September 30, 2015, $237 million at September 30, 2014, ~~$281~~$196 million at December 31, 2014 and $195 million at June 30, 2015. 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. Acquired accruing loans past due 90 days or more are loans that could not be specifically identified as impaired as of the acquisition date, but were recorded at estimated fair value as of such date. Such loans totaled $81 million at September 30, ~~2013, $255~~2015, compared with $132 million at September 30, 2014, $110 million at December 31, ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$238~~$79 million at June 30, ~~2014.~~2015.

Purchased impaired loans are loans obtained in acquisition transactions subsequent to 2008 that as of the acquisition date were specifically identified as displaying signs of credit deterioration and for which the Company did not expect to collect all outstanding principal and contractually required interest payments. 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 continues to accrue interest income on such loans based on the estimated expected cash flows associated with the loans. The carrying amount of such loans was ~~$237~~$149 million at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, or ~~less than 1%~~.22% of total loans. Purchased impaired loans totaled ~~$357~~$237 million and ~~$331~~$198 million at September 30 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. The declines in such loans from the respective ~~2013~~2014 dates were predominantly the result of payments received from customers.

Acquired accruing loans past due 90 days or more are loans that could not be specifically identified as impaired as of the acquisition date, but were recorded at estimated fair value as of such date. Such loans totaled $132 million at September 30, 2014, compared with $154 million at September 30, 2013 and $130 million at December 31, 2013.

In an effort to assist borrowers, the Company modified the terms of select loans. If the borrower was experiencing financial difficulty and a concession was granted, the Company considers 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. In accordance with GAAP, the modified loans are included in impaired loans for purposes of determining the level of the allowance for credit losses. 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 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 aggregated $153 million, $142 million ~~$211 million~~ and ~~$206~~$149 million at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, September 30, ~~2013~~2014 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively.

Nonaccrual commercial loans and leases totaled $224 million at September 30, 2015, $191 million at September 30, 2014, ~~$111~~$177 million at ~~each of September 30, 2013 and~~ December 31, ~~2013,~~2014 and ~~$192~~$210 million at June 30, ~~2014.~~2015. The ~~increases since 2013 in~~largest individual commercial loans ~~and leases~~placed in nonaccrual status during 2015 were ~~not concentrated~~$24 million with a multi-regional automobile rental agency and $19 million with a commercial maintenance services provider with operations in ~~any particular industry group.~~New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Commercial real estate loans classified as nonaccrual aggregated ~~$274~~$235 million at September 30, ~~2014, $348~~2015, $274 million a year earlier, ~~$305~~$239 million at December 31, ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$296~~$246 million at June 30, ~~2014.~~2015. Included in those amounts were nonaccrual loans to residential homebuilders and developers of ~~$73~~$46 million and ~~$113~~$73 million at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and September 30, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively, ~~$96~~$72 million at December 31, ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$84~~$57 million at June 30, ~~2014.~~2015. Information about the location of nonaccrual and charged-off loans to residential real estate builders and developers as of and for the three-month period ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 is presented in the accompanying table.


	September 30, 2014							Quarter ended September 30, 2014
			Nonaccrual					Net charge-offs (recoveries)						September 30, 2015							Quarter ended September 30, 2015
	Outstanding balances (a)		Balances		Percent of outstanding balances			Balances			Annualized percent of average outstanding balances					Nonaccrual					Net charge-offs (recoveries)
	(dollars in thousands)													Outstanding balances(a)		Balances		Percent of outstanding balances			Balances			Annualized percent of average outstanding balances
														(dollars in thousands)
New York	$	568,577	$	8,447		1.49	%	$	(4	)		—	%	$	646,045	$	4,711		.73	%	$	1,439			.77	%
Pennsylvania		138,556		41,396		29.88			4			.01			146,223		26,668		18.24			(71	)		(.20	)
Mid-Atlantic		421,034		25,666		6.10			(193	)		(.17	)		450,578		16,009		3.55			(135	)		(.12	)
Other		315,037		239		.08			—			—			393,454		1,411		.36			—			—


Total	$	1,443,204	$	75,748		5.25	%	$	(193	)		(.05	)%	$	1,636,300	$	48,799		2.98	%	$	1,233			.29	%

Residential real estate loans classified as nonaccrual were $218 million at September 30, 2015, compared with $264 million at September 30, 2014, ~~compared with $334~~$258 million at ~~each of September 30, 2013 and~~ December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, and ~~$278~~$233 million at June 30, ~~2014.~~2015. Included in

residential real estate loans classified as nonaccrual were Alt-A loans of $64 million at September 30, 2015, compared with $80 million at September 30, 2014, ~~compared with $81~~$78 million at ~~each of September 30, 2013 and~~ December 31, ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$79~~$68 million at June 30, ~~2014.~~2015. Residential real estate loans past due 90 days or more and accruing interest (excluding acquired loans) totaled $194 million at September 30, 2015, compared with $264 million at September 30, 2014, ~~compared with $318 million at September 30, 2013, $295~~$216 million at December 31, ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$270~~$207 million at June 30, ~~2014.~~2015. A substantial portion of such amounts related to loans guaranteed by government-related entities. Information about location of nonaccrual and charged-off residential real estate loans as of and for the quarter ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 is presented in the accompanying table.

Nonaccrual consumer loans totaled ~~$119~~$110 million and ~~$123~~$119 million at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively, compared with $125 million at December 31, ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$114~~$108 million at June 30, ~~2014.~~2015. Included in nonaccrual consumer loans and leases at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, September 30, ~~2013,~~2014, December 31, ~~2013~~2014 and June 30, ~~2014~~2015 were automobile loans of $14 million, $17 million, ~~$22 million, $21~~$18 million and ~~$16~~$15 million, respectively; recreational vehicle loans of $8 million, $10 million, $11 ~~million, $12~~ million and $8 million, respectively; and outstanding balances of home equity loans and lines of credit, including junior lien Alt-A loans, of $78 million, $85 million, ~~$78 million, $79~~$89 million and ~~$84~~$78 million, respectively. Information about the location of nonaccrual and charged-off home equity loans and lines of credit as of and for the quarter ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 is presented in the accompanying table.


	September 30, 2014							Quarter ended September 30, 2014						September 30, 2015							Quarter ended September 30, 2015
			Nonaccrual					Net charge-offs (recoveries)								Nonaccrual					Net charge-offs (recoveries)
	Outstanding balances		Balances		Percent of outstanding balances			Balances			Annualized percent of average outstanding balances			Outstanding balances		Balances		Percent of outstanding balances			Balances			Annualized percent of average outstanding balances
	(dollars in thousands)													(dollars in thousands)
Residential mortgages:
New York	$	3,525,185	$	64,111		1.82	%	$	145			.02	%	$	3,399,963	$	57,685		1.70	%	$	987			.11	%
Pennsylvania		1,152,488		19,579		1.70			(21	)		(.01	)		1,071,686		16,266		1.52			512			.19
Mid-Atlantic		2,091,162		33,965		1.62			342			.06			1,979,162		31,579		1.60			502			.10
Other		1,508,451		64,056		4.25			563			.15			1,424,201		46,243		3.25			196			.05

Total	$	8,277,286	$	181,711		2.20	%	$	1,029			.05	%	$	7,875,012	$	151,773		1.93	%	$	2,197			.11	%

Residential construction:
New York	$	7,387	$	153		2.07	%	$	(4	)		(.22	)%	$	7,248	$	168		2.31	%	$	29			1.55	%
Pennsylvania		3,011		649		21.57			—			—			3,734		776		20.79			2			.24
Mid-Atlantic		10,068		34		.34			—			—			9,930		—		—			—			—
Other		15,686		1,134		7.23			3			.07			12,254		637		5.20			13			.44

Total	$	36,152	$	1,970		5.45	%	$	(1	)		(.01	)%	$	33,166	$	1,581		4.77	%	$	44			.54	%

Alt-A first mortgages:
New York	$	58,522	$	17,321		29.60	%	$	(1	)		(.01	)%	$	52,605	$	16,358		31.10	%	$	109			.82	%
Pennsylvania		10,747		2,979		27.72			32			1.19			9,054		2,115		23.36			69			2.92
Mid-Atlantic		69,265		11,762		16.98			227			1.28			61,469		7,825		12.73			(381	)		(2.42	)
Other		211,436		47,955		22.68			409			.76			179,756		38,053		21.17			105			.23

Total	$	349,970	$	80,017		22.86	%	$	667			.75	%	$	302,884	$	64,351		21.25	%	$	(98	)		(.13	)%

Alt-A junior lien:
New York	$	1,151	$	91		7.91	%	$	53			17.88	%	$	941	$	19		1.98	%	$	—			—	%
Pennsylvania		382		58		15.18			—			—			348		34		9.83			—			—
Mid-Atlantic		3,099		129		4.16			193			24.01			2,492		113		4.52			—			—
Other		7,147		644		9.02			147			7.91			6,000		429		7.16			20			1.32

Total	$	11,779	$	922		7.83	%	$	393			12.87	%	$	9,781	$	595		6.08	%	$	20			.79	%

First lien home equity loans:
New York	$	19,785	$	1,899		9.60	%	$	10			.18	%	$	14,245	$	3,600		25.27	%	$	(3	)		(.09	)%
Pennsylvania		63,700		3,433		5.39			136			.81			46,369		3,006		6.48			98			.81
Mid-Atlantic		83,070		931		1.12			50			.23			64,513		1,418		2.20			25			.15
Other		2,809		456		16.23			—			—			865		132		15.32			—			—

Total	$	169,364	$	6,719		3.97	%	$	196			.44	%	$	125,992	$	8,156		6.47	%	$	120			.36	%

First lien home equity lines:
New York	$	1,383,863	$	13,598		.98	%	$	527			.15	%	$	1,339,394	$	13,844		1.03	%	$	744			.22	%
Pennsylvania		845,800		5,594		.66			374			.18			839,265		6,320		.75			310			.15
Mid-Atlantic		873,224		3,101		.36			258			.12			862,510		4,472		.52			190			.09
Other		35,525		1,354		3.81			150			1.72			35,114		1,401		3.99			—			—

Total	$	3,138,412	$	23,647		.75	%	$	1,309			.17	%	$	3,076,283	$	26,037		.85	%	$	1,244			.16	%

Junior lien home equity loans:
New York	$	16,500	$	4,438		26.89	%	$	16			.37	%	$	12,750	$	3,291		25.81	%	$	36			1.10	%
Pennsylvania		19,931		1,128		5.66			7			.14			16,141		748		4.63			29			.70
Mid-Atlantic		67,815		1,847		2.72			134			.76			55,615		1,875		3.37			(9	)		(.07	)
Other		8,218		763		9.29			508			23.84			6,797		810		11.92			(6	)		(.32	)

Total	$	112,464	$	8,176		7.27	%	$	665			2.27	%	$	91,303	$	6,724		7.36	%	$	50			.21	%

Junior lien home equity lines:
New York	$	958,988	$	30,661		3.20	%	$	1,245			.52	%	$	936,375	$	23,758		2.54	%	$	1,120			.47	%
Pennsylvania		393,384		4,371		1.11			360			.37			381,831		3,703		.97			41			.04
Mid-Atlantic		1,208,161		8,971		.74			629			.21			1,156,670		7,283		.63			865			.30
Other		69,493		1,655		2.38			43			.25			66,758		1,870		2.80			(87	)		(.52	)

Total	$	2,630,026	$	45,658		1.74	%	$	2,277			.34	%	$	2,541,634	$	36,614		1.44	%	$	1,939			.30	%

Real estate and other foreclosed assets were $66 million at September 30, 2015, compared with $68 million at September 30, 2014, and $64 million at each of December 31, 2014 and June 30, 2015. At September 30, 2015, foreclosed assets included $43 million of residential real estate properties.

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


	2014 Quarters									2013 Quarters
	Third			Second			First			Fourth			Third			2015 Quarters									2014 Quarters
																Third			Second			First			Fourth			Third
Nonaccrual loans	$	847,784			880,134			890,893			874,156			915,871		$	787,098			797,146			790,586			799,151			847,784
Real estate and other foreclosed assets		67,629			59,793			59,407			66,875			89,203			66,144			63,734			62,578			63,635			67,629

Total nonperforming assets	$	915,413			939,927			950,300			941,031			1,005,074		$	853,242			860,880			853,164			862,786			915,413


Accruing loans past due 90 days or more (a)	$	312,990			289,016			307,017			368,510			339,792

Accruing loans past due 90 days or more(a)																$	231,465			238,568			236,621			245,020			312,990

Government guaranteed loans included in totals above:
Nonaccrual loans	$	68,586			81,817			75,959			63,647			68,519		$	48,955			58,259			60,508			69,095			68,586
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more		265,333			275,846			291,418			297,918			320,732			193,998			206,775			193,618			217,822			265,333


Renegotiated loans	$	209,099			270,223			257,889			257,092			259,301		$	189,639			197,145			198,911			202,633			209,099

Acquired accruing loans past due 90 days or more (b)	$	132,147			134,580			120,996			130,162			153,585
Acquired accruing loans past due 90 days or more(b)																$	80,827			78,591			80,110			110,367			132,147


Purchased impaired loans (c):
Purchased impaired loans(c):
Outstanding customer balance	$	429,915			504,584			534,331			579,975			648,118		$	278,979			312,507			335,079			369,080			429,915
Carrying amount		236,662			282,517			303,388			330,792			357,337			149,421			169,240			184,018			197,737			236,662


Nonaccrual loans to total loans and leases, net of unearned discount		1.29	%		1.36	%		1.39	%		1.36	%		1.44	%		1.15	%		1.17	%		1.18	%		1.20	%		1.29	%
Nonperforming assets to total net loans and leases and real estate and other foreclosed assets		1.39	%		1.45	%		1.48	%		1.47	%		1.58	%		1.24	%		1.26	%		1.27	%		1.29	%		1.39	%
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more (a) to total loans and leases, net of unearned discount		.48	%		.45	%		.48	%		.58	%		.53	%		.34	%		.35	%		.35	%		.37	%		.48	%

Real estate and other foreclosed assets were $68 million at September 30, 2014, compared with $89 million at September 30, 2013, $67 million at December 31, 2013 and $60 million at June 30, 2014. At September 30, 2014, the Company’s holding of residential real estate-related properties comprised 80% of foreclosed assets.

Management determined the allowance for credit losses by performing ongoing evaluations of the loan and lease portfolio, including such factors as the differing economic risks associated with each loan category, the financial

operate, the level of delinquent loans, the value of any collateral and, where applicable, the existence of any guarantees or indemnifications. Management evaluated the impact of changes in interest rates and overall economic conditions on the ability of borrowers to meet repayment obligations when quantifying the Company’s exposure to credit losses and the allowance for such losses as of each reporting date. Factors also considered by management when performing its assessment, in addition to general economic conditions and the other factors described above, included, but were not limited to: (i) the impact of residential real estate values on the Company’s portfolio of 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; (iii) the amount of commercial and industrial loans to businesses in areas of New York State outside of the New York City metropolitan area and in central Pennsylvania that have historically experienced less economic growth and vitality than the vast majority of other regions of the country; (iv) the repayment performance associated with the Company’s 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 other loan types. The level of the allowance is adjusted based on the results of management’s analysis.

Management cautiously and conservatively evaluated the allowance for credit losses as of September 30, ~~2014~~2015 in light of: (i) residential real estate values and the level of delinquencies of loans secured by residential real estate; (ii) economic conditions in the markets served by the Company; (iii) continuing weakness in industrial employment in upstate New York and central Pennsylvania; (iv) the significant subjectivity involved in ~~many~~ commercial real estate valuations; and (v) the amount of loan growth experienced by the Company. While there has been general improvement in economic conditions, concerns continue to exist about the strength and sustainability of such improvements; the ~~slowly strengthening housing market; the~~ troubled state of financial and credit ~~markets;~~markets, including the impact international economic conditions could have on the U.S. economy; Federal Reserve positioning of monetary policy; ~~high~~low levels of ~~unemployment;~~workforce participation; and continued stagnant population growth in the upstate New York and central Pennsylvania regions (approximately 60% of the Company’s loans are to customers in New York State and Pennsylvania).

The Company utilizes a loan grading system which is applied to all commercial loans and commercial real estate loans. Loan grades are utilized to differentiate risk within the portfolio and consider the expectations of default for each loan. Commercial loans and commercial real estate 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. Criticized commercial loans and commercial real estate loans were $2.3 billion at each of September 30, 2015 and June 30, 2015, compared with $2.0 billion at September 30, 2014 ~~compared with $2.2 billion at September 30, 2013~~ and $1.8 billion at ~~each of~~ December 31, ~~2013 and June 30,~~ 2014. ~~The rise~~Increases in criticized ~~loans from June 30,~~loan balances since December 31, 2014 ~~resulted largely from higher~~included approximately $251 million categorized as commercial real estate ~~construction~~ loans and $244 million as commercial loans. Approximately 98% of loan balances added to the criticized category during the first nine months of 2015 were less than 90 days past due and 96% had a current payment status. Given payment performance, amount of supporting collateral, and, in ~~this classification.~~certain instances, the existence of loan guarantees, the incremental impact to the allowance for credit losses resulting from the increase to the criticized loan category was not material. The borrower industries most significantly impacting the higher level of criticized loans were investment real estate, services and

manufacturing. The metropolitan New York City region was most affected by the increases. Loan officers with the support of loan review personnel in different geographic locations are responsible to ~~continuously~~ review and reassign loan grades to pass and criticized loans based on their detailed knowledge of individual borrowers and their judgment of the impact on such borrowers resulting from changing conditions in their respective geographic regions. At least annually, updated financial information is obtained from commercial borrowers associated with pass grade loans and additional analysis is performed. On a quarterly basis, the Company’s centralized loan review 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 reviewed. To the extent that these 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 value as determined by line of business and/or loan workout personnel in the respective geographic regions. Those adjustments are reviewed and assessed for reasonableness by the Company’s loan review department. Accordingly, for real estate collateral securing larger 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. 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 that was securing the Company’s residential real estate loans was 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~~is classified as nonaccrual. At September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, approximately 55% 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 ~~74%~~73% (or approximately 33% 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. At September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, the balance of junior lien loans and lines that were in nonaccrual status solely as a result of first lien loan performance was ~~$26~~$22 million, compared with ~~$32~~$26 million at September 30, ~~2013, $30~~2014, $24 million at December 31, ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$29~~$22 million at June 30, ~~2014.~~2015. 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. Additionally, the Company generally

evaluates home equity loans and lines of credit that are more than 150 days past due for collectibility on a loan-by-loan basis and the excess of the loan balance over the net realizable value of the property collateralizing the loan is charged-off at that time. In determining the amount of such charge-offs, if the Company does not know the amount of the remaining first lien mortgage loan (typically because the Company does not own or service the first lien loan), the Company assumes that the first lien mortgage loan has had no principal amortization since the origination of the junior lien loan. Similarly, data used in estimating incurred losses for purposes of determining the allowance for credit losses also assumes no reductions in outstanding principal of first lien loans since the origination of the junior lien loan. 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 September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, approximately ~~93%~~88% 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 ~~14%~~10% were making contractually allowed payments that do not include any repayment of principal.

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. 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. Similarly, residential real estate valuations can be impacted by housing trends, the availability of financing at reasonable interest rates, and general economic conditions affecting consumers.

In determining the allowance for credit losses, the Company estimates losses attributable to specific troubled credits identified through both normal and detailed or intensified credit review processes and also estimates losses inherent in other loans and leases. In quantifying incurred losses, the Company considers the factors and uses the techniques described herein and in note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements. For purposes of determining the level of the allowance for credit losses, the Company segments its loan and lease portfolio by loan type. The amount of specific loss components in the Company’s loan and lease portfolios is determined through a loan-by-loan analysis of commercial loans and commercial real estate loans in nonaccrual status. Measurement of the specific loss components is typically based on expected future cash flows, collateral values or other factors that may impact the borrower’s ability to pay. Losses associated with residential real estate loans and consumer loans are generally determined by reference to recent charge-off history and are evaluated (and adjusted if deemed appropriate) through consideration of other factors including near-term forecasted loss estimates developed by the Company’s credit department. These forecasts give consideration to overall borrower repayment performance and current geographic region changes in collateral values using third party published historical price indices or automated valuation methodologies. With regard to collateral values, the realizability of such values by the Company contemplates repayment of any first lien position prior to recovering amounts on a junior lien position. Approximately 45% of the Company’s home equity portfolio consists of junior lien loans and lines of credit. The Company generally evaluates residential real estate loans and home equity loans and lines of credit that are more than 150 days past due for collectibility on a loan-by-loan basis and the excess of the loan balance over the net realizable value of the property collateralizing the loan is charged-off at that time. Except for consumer loans and residential real estate loans that are considered smaller balance homogeneous loans and are evaluated collectively and loans obtained in acquisition transactions, the Company considers a loan to be impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement or the loan is delinquent 90 days or more and has been placed in nonaccrual status. Those impaired loans are evaluated for specific loss components. 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. Loans less than 90 days delinquent are deemed to have a minimal delay in payment and are generally not considered to be impaired. Loans acquired in connection with acquisition transactions subsequent to 2008 were recorded at fair value with no carry-over of any previously recorded allowance

for credit losses. Determining the fair value of the acquired loans required estimating cash flows expected to be collected on the loans and discounting those cash flows at then-current interest rates. The impact of estimated future credit losses represents the predominant difference between contractually required payments at acquisition and the cash flows expected to be collected at acquisition. Subsequent decreases to those expected cash flows require the Company to evaluate the need for an additional allowance for credit losses and could lead to charge-offs of acquired loan balances. Additional information regarding the Company’s process for determining the allowance for credit losses is included in note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Management believes that the allowance for credit losses at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 appropriately reflected credit losses inherent in the portfolio as of that date. The allowance for credit losses was ~~$919~~$934 million, or ~~1.40%~~1.36% of total loans and leases at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, compared with ~~$916~~$919 million or ~~1.44%~~1.40% at September 30, ~~2013, $917~~2014, $920 million or ~~1.43%~~1.38% at December 31, ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$918~~$930 million or ~~1.42%~~1.36% at June 30, ~~2014.~~2015. The ratio of the allowance to total loans and leases at each respective date reflects the impact of loans obtained in acquisition transactions subsequent to 2008 that have been recorded at estimated fair value based on estimated future cash flows expected to be received on those loans. Those cash flows reflect the impact of expected defaults on customer repayment performance. As noted earlier, GAAP prohibits any carry-over of an allowance for credit losses for acquired loans recorded at fair value. 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 credit factors considered by management in establishing the allowance for credit losses change and should management’s assessment of losses inherent in the loan portfolio also change, the level of the allowance as a percentage of loans could increase or decrease in future periods. The ratio of the allowance for credit losses to nonaccrual loans was 119% at September 30, 2015, compared with 108% at September 30, 2014, ~~compared with 100% at September 30, 2013, 105%~~115% at December 31, ~~2013~~2014 and ~~104%~~117% at June 30, ~~2014.~~2015. 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 that 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 determining the allowance. The level of the allowance reflects management’s evaluation of the loan and lease portfolio as of each respective date.

Other income totaled ~~$451~~$440 million in the third quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, compared with ~~$477~~$451 million in the year-earlier quarter and ~~$456~~$497 million in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. Reflected in other income in the ~~third~~second quarter of ~~2013 were gains~~2015 was a $45 million gain from ~~loan securitization activities~~the divestiture of ~~$56 million.~~the trade processing business within the retirement services business of the Company. Excluding ~~such gains,~~that gain, other income totaled $452 million in ~~that~~the second quarter ~~totaled $421 million.~~of 2015. The ~~improvement~~decline in the recent quarter as compared with the year-earlier quarter ~~exclusive of the securitization gains,~~ resulted predominantly from ~~higher residential~~lower mortgage banking revenues ~~associated with loan servicing activities.~~and trust income, partially offset by higher gains on the sale of previously leased equipment. The lower trust income reflects the impact of the divested trade processing business. As compared with the second quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, lower ~~revenue associated with~~mortgage banking revenues and loan ~~sales activities was~~syndication fees were partially offset by higher gains on the ~~most significant contributor to the recent quarter decline in other income.~~sale of previously leased equipment.

Mortgage banking revenues were ~~$94~~$84 million in the recently completed quarter, ~~up 44% from $65~~compared with $94 million in the third quarter of ~~2013, but 2% below $96~~2014 and $103 million in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. 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 ~~mortgage~~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 $67 million in the third quarter of 2015, compared with $73 million in the third quarter of 2014 ~~compared with $50 million in the third quarter of 2013~~

and ~~$78~~$75 million in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. The ~~higher~~lower level of residential mortgage banking revenues in the recent quarter as compared with the year-earlier quarter ~~resulted predominantly from increased~~and 2015’s second quarter reflects a decline in revenues ~~from~~associated with servicing residential real estate loans for ~~others. As compared with the second quarter of 2014, the recent quarter’s decline in residential mortgage banking revenues reflects~~others and lower ~~levels of origination activity~~realized and the sale of re-performing government guaranteed loans in 2014’s second quarter. Loans originated for sale include the impact of the Company’s involvement in the U.S. Government’s Home Affordable Refinance Program (“HARP 2.0”), which allows homeowners to refinance their Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac mortgages when the value of their home has fallen such that they have little or no equity. The HARP 2.0 program was set to expire December 31, 2013, but was extended and will now be available to borrowers through December 31, 2015. Nevertheless, volumes associated with the HARP 2.0 refinancing program have declined since 2013.unrealized gains.

New commitments to originate residential real estate loans to be sold were approximately ~~$878~~$870 million in the recent quarter, compared with ~~$1.1 billion~~$878 million and ~~$905~~$995 million in the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 and the second quarter of 2014, respectively. Included in those commitments to originate residential real estate loans to be sold were HARP 2.0 commitments of $102 million, $131 million and $69 million in the quarters ended September 30, 2014, September 30, 2013 and June 30, 2014,2015, respectively. Realized gains from sales of residential real estate loans and loan servicing rights and recognized net unrealized gains and losses attributable to residential real estate loans held for sale, commitments to originate loans for sale and commitments to sell loans totaled to ~~a gain~~gains of ~~$19~~$18 million in the recently completed quarter, compared with gains of ~~$17~~$19 million and ~~$27~~$21 million in the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 and the second quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, respectively.

The Company is contractually obligated to repurchase previously sold 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 for losses related to its obligations to loan purchasers. The amount of those charges varies 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. Residential mortgage banking revenues were reduced for such obligations by ~~less than~~ $1 million during each of the recent quarter, ~~compared with similar reductions of $3 million in each of~~ the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 and the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015.

Loans held for sale that ~~are~~were secured by residential real estate totaled $422 million at September 30, 2015, $466 million at September 30, 2014 ~~$667 million at September 30, 2013~~ and ~~$401~~$435 million at December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. Commitments to sell residential real estate loans and commitments to originate residential real estate loans for sale at pre-determined rates were $817 million and $587 million, respectively, at September 30, 2015, $827 million and $557 million, respectively, at September 30, 2014 ~~$1.1 billion~~ and ~~$648 million, respectively, at September 30, 2013 and $725~~$717 million and ~~$470~~$432 million, respectively, at December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. Net recognized unrealized gains on residential real estate loans held for sale, commitments to sell loans, and commitments to originate loans for sale were $18 million at September 30, 2015, $20 million at ~~each of~~ September 30, 2014 and $19 million at December 31, ~~2013 and $22 million at September 30, 2013.~~2014. Changes in such net unrealized gains are recorded in mortgage banking revenues and resulted in net ~~increases~~decreases in revenues of less than $1 million in the recent quarter and $3$2 million in the second quarter of ~~2014, and~~2015, compared with a net ~~decrease~~increase in revenues of ~~$23~~less than $1 million in the third quarter of ~~2013.~~2014.

Revenues from servicing residential real estate loans for others were ~~$54~~$49 million in the recent quarter, compared with ~~$32~~$54 million in the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$51~~$53 million in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. The decline in the recent quarter as compared with the earlier quarters is largely reflective of lower sub-servicing activities. Revenues earned for sub-servicing loans were $26 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2015, compared with $30 million for each of the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and June 30, 2015. Residential

~~mortgage~~ real estate loans serviced for others totaled $64.3 billion at September 30, 2015, $69.7 billion at September 30, 2014, ~~$72.2 billion at September 30, 2013, $72.4~~$67.2 billion at December 31, ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$71.0~~$66.5 billion at June 30, 2014, including certain small balance commercial real estate loans of $2.9 billion at the recent quarter-end, $3.4 billion at September 30, 2013, $3.2 billion at December 31, 2013 and $3.0 billion at June 30, 2014.2015. Reflected in residential real estate loans serviced for others were loans sub-serviced for others of $40.2 billion at September 30, 2015, $44.4 billion at September 30, 2014, ~~$46.5 billion at September 30, 2013, $46.6~~$42.1 billion at December 31, ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$45.5~~$42.3 billion at June 30, ~~2014.~~2015. The contractual servicing rights associated with loans sub-serviced by the Company were predominantly held by affiliates of Bayview Lending Group LLC (“BLG”). Revenues earned for sub-servicing loans were $30 million and $8 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $27 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2014.

Capitalized servicing rights consist largely of servicing associated with loans sold by the Company. Capitalized residential mortgage loan servicing assets totaled $117 million at September 30, 2015, compared with $114 million at September 30, 2014 ~~compared with $131 million at September 30, 2013~~ and ~~$129~~$111 million at December 31, ~~2013.~~2014.

Commercial mortgage banking revenues were ~~$20~~$18 million in the third quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, compared with ~~$15~~$20 million in the year-earlier period and ~~$18~~$28 million in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. Included in such amounts were revenues from loan origination and sales activities of ~~$11~~$8 million in the recent quarter, compared with $7$11 million in the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 and $9$17 million in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. The decline in such revenues was due to lower origination volume as commitments to purchase multi-family commercial real estate loans by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac slowed from the first half of the year. Commercial real estate loans originated for sale to other investors totaled ~~$513~~$190 million in the recent quarter, compared with ~~$370~~$513 million and ~~$312~~$890 million in the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 and the second quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, respectively. Loan servicing revenues were $10 million in the recent quarter, compared with $9 million in ~~each of~~ the ~~two most recent quarters~~year-earlier quarter and $8$11 million in the ~~third~~second quarter of ~~2013.~~2015. Capitalized commercial mortgage servicing assets totaled ~~$73~~$81 million at September 30, ~~2014, $69~~2015 and $73 million at each of September 30 ~~2013~~ and ~~$72 million at~~ December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. Commercial real estate loans serviced for other investors totaled ~~$11.3 billion, $11.1 billion and $11.4~~$11.6 billion at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015 and $11.3 billion at each of September 30, ~~2013~~2014 and December 31, ~~2013, respectively,~~2014, and included $2.5 billion, $2.3 billion ~~$2.2 billion~~ and ~~$2.3~~$2.4 billion, respectively, of loan balances for which investors had recourse to the Company if such balances are ultimately uncollectible. Commitments to sell commercial real estate loans and commitments to originate commercial real estate loans for sale were $161 million and $89 million, respectively, at September 30, 2015, $300 million and $141 million, respectively, at September 30, 2014 ~~$212~~and $520 million and ~~$60 million, respectively, at September 30, 2013 and $130 million and $62~~$212 million, respectively, at December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. Commercial real estate loans held for sale at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, September 30, ~~2013~~2014 and December 31, ~~2013~~2014 were $71 million, $159 million ~~$152 million~~ and ~~$68~~$308 million, respectively.

Service charges on deposit accounts totaled ~~$110~~$107 million in the third quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, compared with ~~$114~~$110 million in the year-earlier quarter and ~~$107~~$105 million in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. The lower ~~level~~levels of fees in the two most recent quarters as compared with the third quarter of ~~2013 was~~2014 were largely due to lower consumer deposit service fees, particularly overdraft fees.

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 helps high net worth clients grow their wealth, protect it, and transfer it to their heirs. A comprehensive array of wealth management services are offered, including asset management, fiduciary services and family office services. Revenues associated with the ICS business were

approximately $53 million, $63 million ~~$58 million~~ and ~~$61~~$52 million during the quarters ended September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, September 30, ~~2013~~2014 and June 30, 2015, respectively. The ICS revenue decline in the two most recent quarters as compared with the third quarter of 2014 ~~respectively.~~reflects the April 2015 divestiture of the trade processing business within the retirement services division. Revenues associated with the trade processing business totaled $8 million during the quarter ended September 30, 2014 and $9 million during the first quarter of 2015. After consideration of operating expenses, the net income of the sold business was not material to the Company’s consolidated results of operations in any period noted herein. Revenues attributable to WAS were approximately $53 million, $56 million and $58 million for ~~each of~~ the three-month periods ended September 30, 2015, September 30, 2014 and ~~2013, and $60 million for the three-month period ended~~ June 30, ~~2014.~~2015, respectively. The second quarter of 2015 included $3 million of seasonal tax preparation fees. The decline in revenue in the recent quarter when compared to last year’s third quarter and the remainder of the decline from the second quarter of 2015 was attributable to lower values of managed assets, due in part to the recent stock market decline. In total, trust income aggregated ~~$129~~$114 million in the third quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, compared with ~~$124~~$129 million and ~~$130~~$119 million in the year-earlier quarter and the second quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, respectively. Total trust assets, which include assets under management and assets under administration, aggregated $200.0 billion at September 30, 2015, compared with $276.6 billion at September 30, 2014, ~~compared with $255.1 billion at September 30, 2013 and $266.1~~$287.9 billion at December 31, ~~2013.~~2014 and $205.0 billion at June 30, 2015. The decline in trust assets at the two most recent quarter-ends was predominantly due to the customer account balances included in the April 2015 sale of the trade processing business. Trust assets under management were $65.7 billion, $67.7 billion ~~$63.2 billion~~ and ~~$65.1~~$68.2 billion at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, September 30, ~~2013~~2014 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. The Company’s proprietary mutual funds had assets of $11.7 billion, $12.4 billion ~~$13.2 billion~~ and ~~$12.7~~$13.3 billion at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, September 30, ~~2013~~2014 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, respectively.

Brokerage services income, which includes revenues from the sale of mutual funds and annuities and securities brokerage fees, totaled $17 million in each of the third quarters of ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013~~2014 and the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. Gains from trading account and foreign exchange activity were $7$8 million during the most recent quarter, $9$7 million during the year-earlier quarter and $8$6 million in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. 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 10 of Notes to Financial Statements and herein under the heading “Taxable-equivalent Net Interest Income.”

M&T’s share of the operating ~~results~~losses of BLG was $4 million in each of the ~~two most~~ recent ~~quarters~~quarter and in ~~2013’s~~2014’s third quarter ~~was a loss~~and $3 million in the second quarter of ~~$4 million.~~2015. The operating losses of BLG in the respective quarters reflect provisions for losses associated with securitized loans and other loans held by BLG and loan servicing and other administrative costs. Under GAAP, such losses are required to be recognized by BLG despite the fact that many of the securitized loan losses will ultimately be borne by the underlying third party ~~bond-holders.~~bondholders. As these loan losses are realized through later foreclosure and still later sale of real estate collateral, the underlying bonds will be charged-down leading to BLG’s future recognition of debt extinguishment gains. The timing of such debt extinguishment is difficult to predict and given ongoing loan loss provisioning, it is not possible to project when BLG will return to profitability. As a result of

credit and liquidity disruptions, BLG ceased its originations of small-balance commercial real estate loans in 2008. However, as a result of past securitization activities, BLG is entitled to cash flows from mortgage assets that it owns or that are owned by its affiliates and is also entitled to receive distributions from affiliates that provide asset management and other services. Accordingly, the Company believes that BLG is capable of realizing positive cash flows that could be available for distribution to its owners, including M&T, despite a lack of positive GAAP-earnings from its core mortgage activities. ~~To this point, BLG’s affiliates have largely reinvested their earnings to generate additional servicing and asset management activities, further contributing to the value of those affiliates.~~ Information about the Company’s relationship with BLG and its affiliates is included in note 15 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Other revenues from operations totaled ~~$99~~$113 million in the recent quarter, compared with ~~$153~~$99 million in the third quarter of ~~2013~~2014 and ~~$102~~$151 million in the second quarter of ~~2014. Reflected~~2015. The increase in other revenues from operations in the recent quarter when compared with the year-earlier quarter was primarily due to $14 million of gains on the sale of previously leased equipment in the third quarter of ~~2013 were~~2015. Similar gains ~~from securitization transactions which totaled $56 million. During that quarter, the Company securitized approximately $1.0 billion of one-to-four family residential real estate loans held~~ in the ~~Company’s loan portfolio in guaranteed mortgage~~

securitizations with Ginnie Mae and recognized gains of $35 million. Also during that quarter, the Company securitized and sold approximately $1.4 billion of automobile loans held in its loan portfolio, resulting in a gain of $21year-earlier period were less than $1 million. The ~~Company securitized those loans~~recent quarter decline in other revenues from operations as compared with the second quarter of 2015 was predominantly due to ~~improve its regulatory capital ratios and strengthen its liquidity and risk profile as a result~~the $45 million gain associated with the sale of ~~changing regulatory requirements. Also included~~the trade processing business in the retirement services division. Included in other revenues from operations were the following significant ~~components: letter~~components. Letter of credit and other credit-related fees (including loan syndication fees) totaled $29 ~~million in the third quarter of 2014 and $35~~ million in each of the third ~~quarter~~quarters of ~~2013~~2015 and 2014, compared with $37 million in the second quarter of ~~2014; tax-exempt~~2015. Tax-exempt income from bank owned life insurance, which includes increases in the cash surrender value of life insurance policies and benefits received, aggregated $12 million in the third quarter of 2015, $13 million in ~~each of~~ the third ~~quarters~~quarter of 2014 and ~~2013 and~~$15 million in the second quarter of ~~2014; revenues~~2015. Revenues from merchant discount and credit card fees were ~~$25~~$27 million in the recent quarter, compared with ~~$21~~$25 million in the year-earlier quarter and $26 million in the second quarter of 2015. Insurance-related sales commissions and other revenues totaled $9 million in the third quarter of ~~2013 and $24 million in 2014’s second quarter; and insurance-related sales commissions and other revenues totaled~~2015, $10 million in ~~each of the~~last year’s third ~~quarters of 2014~~quarter and ~~2013 and $11~~$8 million in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015.

Other income totaled $1.38 billion in the first nine months of 2015, compared with $1.33 billion in the corresponding 2014 period. Excluding the gain on the divestiture of the trade processing business, other income aggregated $1.33 billion in the first nine months of 2014, compared with $1.42 billion in the corresponding 2013 period. Gains and losses on bank investment securities (including other-than-temporary impairment losses) totaled to net gains of $47 million in 2013. There were no gains or losses on investment securities in 2014. Also reflected in other income in 2013 were gains from securitization transactions of $63 million. Excluding gains and losses from bank investment securities2015. On that basis, higher mortgage banking revenues and gains ~~from securitization activities, other~~on the sale of previously leased equipment were predominantly offset by lower trust income, inreflecting the ~~nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 aggregated $1.31 billion.~~sale of the trade processing business, and lower service charges on deposit accounts.

Mortgage banking revenues were ~~$269~~$288 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, up 8%7% from ~~$249~~$269 million in the year-earlier period. Residential mortgage banking revenues rose ~~13%~~2% to ~~$216~~$220 million during the first nine months of ~~2014~~2015 from ~~$191~~$216 million in the similar ~~2013~~2014 period. New commitments to originate residential real estate loans to be sold were ~~$2.5~~$2.8 billion and ~~$4.7~~$2.5 billion during the first nine months of ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. Realized gains from sales of residential real estate loans and loan servicing rights (net of the impact of costs associated with obligations to repurchase real estate loans originated for sale) and recognized unrealized gains and losses on residential real estate loans held for sale, commitments to originate loans for sale and commitments to sell loans totaled to gains of ~~$61~~$60 million and ~~$108~~$61 million during the nine-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. Residential mortgage banking revenues during the nine-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013~~2014 were reduced by $3$4 million and ~~$13~~$3 million, respectively, related to actual or anticipated settlements of repurchase obligations. Revenues from servicing residential mortgage loans for others were $160 million and $155 million for the first nine months of 2015 and 2014, respectively. That increase reflects

higher sub-servicing revenues that totaled $91 million and $83 million ~~for the first nine-months of 2014 and 2013, respectively. That increase was largely attributable to increased sub-servicing revenues that totaled $83 million and $14 million~~ in the ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013~~2014 periods, respectively. Commercial mortgage banking revenues totaled ~~$53~~$68 million and ~~$58~~$53 million during the nine-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. That ~~decline resulted largely~~increase reflects higher revenues from ~~lower~~loan origination ~~activity.~~and sales activities of $11 million and from loan servicing of $4 million. Commercial real estate loans originated for sale to others were ~~$1.1~~$1.5 billion in the first nine months of ~~2014,~~2015, compared with ~~$1.4~~$1.1 billion in the comparable ~~2013~~2014 period.

Service charges on deposit accounts ~~aggregated $322~~totaled $315 million and ~~$337~~$322 million during the first nine months of ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. That decline resulted predominantly from lower consumer service charges, largely overdraft fees. Trust income ~~rose 3% to~~aggregated $356 million during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2015, compared with $380 ~~million from $370~~ million a year earlier. That decline was largely attributable to $26 million of revenues in the first nine months of 2014 associated with the trade processing business that was sold in April 2015, compared with $9 million of similar revenues in the first quarter of 2015. Brokerage services income totaled ~~$51~~$49 million during the first nine months of ~~2014,~~2015, compared with ~~$50~~$51 million in the year-earlier period. Trading account

and foreign exchange activity resulted in gains of $21 million ~~and $27 million~~ for each of the nine-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013, respectively. That decline reflected lower income from new interest rate swap activity conducted on behalf of customers.~~2014. M&T’s investment in BLG resulted in the recognition of losses of ~~$13~~$11 million for the nine months ended September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, compared with losses of ~~$10~~$13 million in the year-earlier period.

~~Gains and losses on investment securities totaled to net gains of $47~~Other revenues from operations were $359 million in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013. Reflected in that amount were other-than-temporary impairment losses of $10 million. Those losses related to a subset of the privately issued mortgage-backed securities that were sold in the second quarter of 2013. During the second quarter of 2013, the Company sold privately issued mortgage-backed securities held in its available-for-sale portfolio having an amortized cost of approximately $1.0 billion, resulting in a net pre-tax loss of $46 million. The Company sold the privately issued mortgage-backed securities in order to improve its regulatory capital and liquidity position through reduced exposure to such relatively higher risk, less liquid, securities in favor of lower risk, highly liquid, Ginnie Mae securities. Also in 2013’s second quarter, the Company realized a $103 million pre-tax gain from the sale of its holdings of Visa and MasterCard common stock that it had received at no cost as part of the restructuring of those companies several years earlier. There were no gains or losses on investment securities in 2014.

~~Other revenues from operations were $297 million in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014,~~2015, compared with ~~$350~~$297 million in the similar year-earlier period. ~~Reflected in such revenues in 2013 were~~That increase reflects the ~~$63~~$45 million gain from the sale of the trade processing business and $15 million of gains from ~~securitization activities~~the sale of previously ~~discussed.~~leased equipment. Similar gains were not significant during the first nine months of 2014. Also included in other revenues from operations during the nine-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013~~2014 were the following significant ~~components: letter~~components. Letter of credit and other ~~credit related~~credit-related fees oftotaled $92 million in 2015 and $96 million ~~and $99 million, respectively; income~~in 2014. Income from bank owned life insurance ofwas $38 million and $37 million in 2015 and ~~$44 million, respectively; merchant~~2014, respectively. Merchant discount and credit card fees ofaggregated $77 million in 2015 and $70 million ~~and $62 million, respectively; and insurance-related~~in 2014. Insurance-related sales commissions and other revenues ofwere $29 million and $33 million in the first nine months of 2015 and ~~$32 million,~~2014, respectively.

~~Other~~Effective January 1, 2015, M&T adopted amended guidance from the FASB for accounting for investments in qualified affordable housing projects under which the initial cost of such investments is amortized to income tax expense in proportion to the tax benefit received. The adoption of this accounting guidance did not have a significant effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations, but did result in the restatement of the consolidated financial statements for 2014 and earlier years to remove net costs associated with qualified affordable housing projects from other expense and include the amortization of the investments in income tax expense. As a result, the amortization included in income tax expense was $10 million and $31 million in the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015, respectively, and $14 million and $39 million in the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014, respectively. Similarly, losses removed from other costs of operations and amortization amounts now included in income tax expense were $14 million in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Reflecting the application of the new accounting guidance, other expense aggregated ~~$679~~$654 million in the third quarter of ~~2014, up 3%~~2015, down from ~~$659~~$665 million in the year-earlier period ~~but down from $681~~and $697 million in ~~2014’s~~2015’s second quarter.

Included in those amounts are expenses considered by management to be “nonoperating” in nature consisting of amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets of $7$4 million and ~~$11~~$7 million in the third quarters of ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively, and $9$6 million in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. There were no merger-related expenses during those respective quarters. Exclusive of these nonoperating expenses, noninterest operating expenses were ~~$672~~$650 million in each of the two most recent quarters, compared with $648 million in the third quarter of 2013. The most significant factors for the higher level of expenses in the recent quarters as compared with 2013’s third quarter were higher costs for professional services and salaries associated with BSA/AML activities, compliance, capital planning and stress testing, risk management, and other operational initiatives. The comparison of the third and second quarters of 2014 reflects higher salaries and benefits in the most recent quarter, ~~resulting from an additional compensation day~~compared with $658 million in the year-earlier quarter and ~~higher incentive compensation,~~$691 million in the second quarter of 2015. Reflected in operating expenses were contributions to The M&T Charitable Foundation of $40 million in the second quarter of 2015. There were no similar contributions in the recent quarter. Also reflected in the decline in noninterest operating expense in the recent quarter as compared with the year-earlier quarter were lower costs for professional services, partially offset by lower litigation-related costs that had been elevated in 2014’s second quarter to provide for a pre-acquisition contingency associated with Wilmington Trust Corporation, a subsidiary of M&T. In the third quarter of 2014, Wilmington Trust Corporation paid $18.5 million to settle claims by the SEC that Wilmington Trust Corporation had not correctly reported certain of its financial statement information prior to being acquired by M&T.

~~Wilmington Trust Corporation did not admit to the allegations in settling this matter. That settlement had no impact on the Company’s expenses in the third quarter of 2014.~~higher salaries and employee benefits expense.

Other expense for the first nine months of ~~2014~~2015 aggregated ~~$2.06~~$2.04 billion, up ~~$170~~$14 million or 9%1% from ~~$1.89~~$2.02 billion in the year-earlier period. Included in those amounts are expenses considered to be “nonoperating” in nature consisting of amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets of $17 million in 2015 and $27 million in ~~2014 and $36 million in 2013, and~~2014. There were no merger-related expenses of $12 million in 2013. The merger-related expenses were incurred in connection with the pending Hudson City acquisition. Those expenses consisted largely of professional services and other temporary help fees associated with the planned conversion of systems and/or integration of operations; initial marketing and promotion expenses designed to introduce M&T Bank to its new customers; travel costs; and printing, postage, supplies and other costs.during those respective periods. Exclusive of these nonoperating expenses, noninterest operating expenses through the first nine months of ~~2014~~2015 increased ~~$192~~$23 million or ~~10% to $2.04 billion~~1% from ~~$1.84 billion in~~ the corresponding ~~2013~~2014 period. The most significant factors contributing to that increase were higher costs for salaries and employee benefits and charitable contributions, partially offset by lower professional services costs and salaries associated with the BSA/AML activities, compliance, capital planning and stress testing, risk management, and other operational initiatives, and the reversal in the second quarter of 2013 of a contingent compensation obligation that expired.FDIC assessments. Table 2 provides a reconciliation of other expense to noninterest operating expense.

Salaries and employee benefits expense totaled $364 million in the recent quarter, compared with $349 million in the third quarter of 2014 ~~compared with $339 million in the third quarter of 2013~~ and ~~$340~~$362 million in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. For the first three quarters of ~~2014,~~2015, salaries and employee benefits expense totaled ~~$1.06~~$1.12 billion, up 4%5% from ~~$1.02~~$1.06 billion in the year-earlier period. ~~Such~~As compared with the 2014 periods, the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2015 reflect the impact of annual merit increases for employees and higher pension expense. Higher incentive compensation costs also contributed to the increased salaries and benefits expense in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2015 as compared with the similar 2014 period. The increased pension expense in the 2015 periods was predominantly attributable to an increase in the amortization of unrecognized actuarial losses. Cumulative unrecognized actuarial losses increased from $191 million at December 31, 2013 to $512 million at December 31, 2014 due predominantly to a 75 basis point reduction in the discount rate and revised mortality tables released in 2014 by the Society of Actuaries used to determine the pension benefit obligation. In accordance with GAAP, net unrecognized gains or losses that exceed ten percent of the greater of the projected benefit obligation or the market-related value of plan assets are required to be amortized over the expected service period of active employees, and are included ~~stock-based~~as a component of net pension cost. Stock-based compensation oftotaled $11 million ~~$9 million and $12 million~~ during each of the quarters ended September 30, ~~2014,~~2015 and September 30, ~~2013 and~~2014, $17 million during the quarter ended June 30, ~~2014, respectively,~~2015 and ~~$54~~$55 million and ~~$47~~$54 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, ~~and 2013,~~ respectively. The higher expense levels during the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 as compared with the corresponding periods in 2013 reflect costs related to BSA/AML activities, compliance, capital planning and stress testing, risk management, and other operational initiatives. The increase in the recent quarter as compared with the immediately preceding quarter reflects an additional compensation day and higher incentive compensation. The number of full-time equivalent employees was 15,456 at September 30, 2015, 15,260 at September 30, 2014, ~~15,409 at September 30, 2013, 15,368~~15,312 at December 31, ~~2013~~2014 and ~~15,387~~15,380 at June 30, ~~2014.~~2015.

Excluding the nonoperating expense items described earlier from each period, nonpersonnel operating expenses were ~~$323~~$286 million in the third quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, compared with $309 million and ~~$332~~$329 million in the year-earlier quarter and the second quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, respectively. On the same basis, ~~such~~those expenses were ~~$976~~$905 million and ~~$826~~$937 million during the first nine months of ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, respectively. The decrease in such operating

expenses in the recent quarter ~~increase as~~when compared with ~~the~~last year’s third quarter ~~of 2013 was predominantly due to higher costs for~~reflects lower professional ~~services. As~~services costs. The decrease in nonpersonnel operating expenses in the recent quarter as compared with the second quarter of ~~2014, the lower level of expenses in the recent quarter~~2015 was ~~largely attributable~~predominantly due to the ~~$12~~$40 million ~~increase to the Company’s litigation reserves~~of charitable contributions made in the second ~~quarter.~~quarter of 2015. The ~~rise~~decline in nonpersonnel operating expenses in the first nine months of ~~2014~~2015 as compared with the ~~year-earlier~~corresponding 2014 period was ~~due largely~~predominantly attributable to ~~higher~~lower expenses for professional services, ~~expenses of $78 million, increases~~litigation-related costs and FDIC assessments, offset in litigation contingency-related costs of $19 million, and the reversal in 2013 of a $26 million accrual for a contingent compensation obligation assumed in the May 2011 acquisition of Wilmington Trust that expired and was no longer payable. Thepart, by higher ~~level of professional~~charitable contributions. Professional services costs ~~in the 2014 periods as compared with the 2013 periods was attributable~~related to ~~costs incurred related to~~

BSA/AML ~~activities,~~ compliance, capital planning and stress testing, ~~and~~ risk management and other operational ~~initiatives.~~initiatives were elevated throughout 2014. The higher litigation-related charges in 2014 were associated with pre-acquisition activities of M&T’s Wilmington Trust entities.

The efficiency ratio, or noninterest operating expenses (as defined above) divided by the sum of taxable-equivalent net interest income and noninterest income (exclusive of gains and losses from bank investment securities), measures the relationship of noninterest operating expenses to revenues. The Company’s efficiency ratio was ~~59.7%~~57.1% during the recent quarter, ~~compared with 56.0%~~improved from 58.4% and ~~59.4%~~58.2% in the year-earlier quarter and the second quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, respectively. The efficiency ratios for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were 58.9% and ~~2013 were 61.0% and 54.3%~~59.8%, respectively.

The provision for income taxes for the third quarter of ~~2014~~2015 was ~~$137~~$154 million, compared with ~~$149~~$150 million and ~~$130~~$167 million in the year-earlier quarter and second quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, respectively. The effective tax rates were ~~33.2%~~35.5%, ~~33.7%~~35.3% and ~~31.4%~~36.8% for the quarters ended September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, September 30, ~~2013~~2014 and June 30, ~~2014,~~2015, respectively. For the nine-month periods ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013,~~2014, the provision for income taxes was ~~$380~~$455 million and ~~$473~~$419 million, respectively, and the effective tax rates were ~~32.5%~~36.0% and ~~34.0%~~34.7%, respectively. As noted earlier, effective January 1, 2015 the Company adopted amended guidance from the FASB for accounting for investments in qualified affordable housing projects, which resulted in the restatement of the consolidated financial statements for 2014 and earlier years. The adoption of the guidance resulted in higher effective tax rates than existed prior to such adoption. The Company attributed $11 million of non-deductible goodwill to the basis of the trade processing business sold in April 2015, which reduced the recorded gain. Excluding the impact of the attribution of the non-deductible goodwill, the effective tax rate for the three-month period ended June 30, 2015 and the nine-month period ended September 30, 2015 would have been 35.9% and 35.7%, respectively. During the second quarter of 2014, the Company resolved with tax authorities previously uncertain tax positions associated with pre-acquisition activities of M&T’s Wilmington Trust entities, resulting in a reduction of the provision for income taxes ~~in that quarter~~ of $8 million. Excluding that reduction of income tax expense, the effective tax ~~rates~~rate would have been 35.4% for ~~the three-month period ended June 30, 2014 and~~ the nine-month period ended September 30, ~~2014 would have been 33.3% and 33.2%, respectively.~~2014. 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 but infrequently occurring items.

The Company’s effective tax rate in future periods will be affected by the results of operations allocated to the various tax jurisdictions within which the Company operates, any change in income tax laws or regulations within those jurisdictions, 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.

Shareholders’ equity was ~~$12.3~~$12.9 billion at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, representing ~~12.68%~~13.21% of total assets, compared with ~~$11.0~~$12.3 billion or ~~13.05%~~12.68% of total assets a year earlier and ~~$11.3~~$12.3 billion or ~~13.28%~~12.76% at December 31, ~~2013.~~2014.

Included in shareholders’ equity was preferred stock with financial statement carrying values of $1.2 billion at each of September 30, 2015, September 30, 2014 ~~$879 million at September 30, 2013~~ and ~~$882 million at~~ December 31, 2013. On February 11, 2014, M&T issued 350,000 shares of Series E Perpetual Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share and liquidation preference of $1,000 per share. Dividends, if declared, will be 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 London Interbank Offered Rate 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 regulatory

~~capital, M&T may redeem all of the shares within 90 days following that occurrence.~~2014. Further information concerning M&T&T’s preferred stock can be found in note 6 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Common shareholders’ equity was $11.7 billion, or $87.67 per share, at September 30, 2015, compared with $11.1 billion, or $83.99 per share, at September 30, 2014 ~~compared with $10.1~~and $11.1 billion, or ~~$77.81 per share, at September 30, 2013 and $10.4 billion, or $79.81~~$83.88 per share, at December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. Tangible equity per common share, which excludes goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets and applicable deferred tax balances, was ~~$57.10~~$61.22 at the end of the recent quarter, compared with ~~$50.32~~$57.10 a year earlier and ~~$52.45~~$57.06 at December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. The Company’s ratio of tangible common equity to tangible assets was ~~8.05%~~8.66% at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, compared with ~~8.11%~~8.05% a year earlier and ~~8.39%~~8.11% at December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. Reconciliations of total common shareholders’ equity and tangible common equity and total assets and tangible assets as of each of those respective dates are presented in table 2.

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, unrealized losses on held-to-maturity securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment charge has been recognized, 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 $128 million, or $.96 per common share, at September 30, 2015, compared with net unrealized gains of $109 million, or $.83 per common share, at September 30, 2014 ~~compared with net unrealized gains of $64~~and $127 million, or ~~$.49 per common share, at September 30, 2013 and $34 million, or $.26~~$.96 per common share, at December 31, ~~2013.~~2014. Information about unrealized gains and losses as of September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013~~2014 is included in note 3 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Reflected in net unrealized gains at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 were pre-tax effect unrealized losses of ~~$19~~$38 million on available-for-sale investment securities with an amortized cost of ~~$1.7~~$2.1 billion and pre-tax effect unrealized gains of ~~$228~~$274 million on securities with an amortized cost of ~~$7.5~~$8.8 billion. The pre-tax effect unrealized losses reflect ~~$15~~$18 million of losses on trust preferred securities issued by financial institutions having an amortized cost of ~~$115~~$124 million and an estimated fair value of ~~$100~~$106 million (generally considered Level 2 valuations). Further information concerning the Company’s valuations of available-for-sale investment securities is provided in note 12 ~~of Notes to Financial Statements.~~

In the second quarter of 2013, the Company sold substantially all of its privately issued residential mortgage-backed securities that were classified as available for sale and recorded a pre-tax loss of $46 million. Those privately issued mortgage-backed securities previously held by the Company were generally collateralized by prime and Alt-A residential mortgage loans. The sales, which were in response to changing regulatory capital and liquidity standards, resulted in improved liquidity and regulatory capital ratios for the Company. Further information on the sales is provided in note 3 of Notes to Financial Statements.

The Company assesses impairment losses on privately issued mortgage-backed securities in the held-to-maturity portfolio by performing internal modeling to estimate bond-specific cash flows ~~that~~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. ~~As a result, the Company did not recognize any other-than-temporary impairment charge related to mortgage-backed securities in the held-to-maturity portfolio during the third quarter of 2014.~~ In total, at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013,~~2014, the Company had in its held-to-maturity portfolio privately issued mortgage-backed securities with an amortized cost basis of ~~$207~~$187 million and ~~$220~~$202 million, respectively, and a fair value of ~~$157~~$148 million

and ~~$159~~$158 million, respectively. At September 30, ~~2014, 90%~~2015, 86% of the mortgage-backed securities were in the most senior tranche of the securitization structure with ~~32%~~27% being independently rated as investment grade. The mortgage-backed securities are

generally collateralized by residential and small-balance commercial real estate loans originated between 2004 and 2008 and had a weighted-average credit enhancement of ~~19%~~16% at September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, calculated by dividing the remaining unpaid principal balance of bonds subordinate to the bonds owned by the Company plus any overcollateralization remaining in the securitization structure by the remaining unpaid principal balance of all bonds in the securitization structure. All mortgage-backed securities in the held-to-maturity portfolio had a current payment status as of September 30, ~~2014.~~2015. The weighted-average default percentage and loss severity assumptions utilized in the Company’s internal modeling were 34% and 85%, respectively. The Company has concluded that as of September 30, 2015, its privately issued mortgage-backed securities were not other-than-temporarily impaired. Nevertheless, it is possible that adverse changes in the future performance of mortgage loan collateral underlying such securities could impact the Company’s conclusions.

As of September 30, ~~2014,~~2015, based on a review of each of the remaining securities in the investment securities portfolio, the Company concluded that the declines in the values of any securities containing an unrealized loss were temporary and that any additional other-than-temporary impairment charges were not appropriate. It is likely that the Company will be required to sell certain of its collateralized debt obligations backed by trust preferred securities held in the available-for-sale portfolio to comply with the provisions of the Volcker Rule. However, the amortized cost and fair value of those collateralized debt obligations were ~~$26~~$24 million and ~~$35~~$30 million, respectively, at September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and the Company did not expect that it would realize any material losses if it ultimately was required to sell such securities. As of that date, the Company did not intend to sell nor is it anticipated that it would be required to sell any of its other impaired securities, that is, where fair value is less than the 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 cost basis of those securities to become other-than-temporarily impaired. However, because the unrealized losses on available-for-sale investment securities have generally already been reflected in the financial statement values for investment securities and shareholders’ equity, any recognition of an other-than-temporary decline in value of those investment securities would not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition. Any other-than-temporary impairment charge related to held-to-maturity securities would result in reductions in the financial statement values for investment securities and shareholders’ equity. Additional information concerning fair value measurements and the Company’s approach to the classification of such measurements is included in note 12 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

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 $289 million, or $2.17 per common share, at September 30, 2015, $95 million, or $.72 per common share, at September 30, 2014 ~~$261~~and $306 million, or ~~$2.01 per common share, at September 30, 2013 and $98 million, or $.75~~$2.31 per common share, at December 31, ~~2013.~~2014.

Cash dividends declared on M&T’s common stock totaled ~~approximately $93~~$94 million in each of the two most recent quarters, compared with ~~$92~~$93 million in the third quarter of ~~2013,~~2014, and represented a quarterly dividend of $.70 per common share in each of those quarters. Common stock dividends during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were $281 million and ~~2013 were~~ $278 million, ~~and $273 million,~~ respectively.

Cash dividends declared on preferred stock are detailed in the accompanying table. There were ~~as follows:~~no cash dividends declared in the first quarter of 2014 on the Series E Preferred Stock issued in February 2014.

The Company did not repurchase any shares of its common stock ~~under a previously announced program~~ during ~~2013~~2014 or the first nine months of ~~2014.~~2015.

M&T and its subsidiary banks are required to comply with applicable capital adequacy standards established by the federal banking agencies. In July 2013, the Federal ~~regulators generally require~~Reserve Board, the OCC and the FDIC approved New Capital Rules establishing a new comprehensive capital framework for U.S. banking ~~institutions under the current Basel I~~organizations. These rules went into effect as to ~~maintain “Tier~~M&T and its subsidiary banks on January 1, ~~capital”~~2015, subject to phase-in periods for certain components and ~~“total capital” ratios of at least 4% and 8%, respectively, of risk-adjusted total assets. In addition to~~other provisions.

The New Capital Rules substantially revise the risk-based ~~measures, Federal bank regulators have also implemented a minimum “leverage” ratio guideline of 3% of the quarterly average of total assets for~~capital requirements applicable to bank holding companies and ~~member banks~~their depository institution subsidiaries, including M&T and its subsidiaries, M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust, N.A., as compared to the U.S. general risk-based capital rules that ~~either have~~were applicable to the ~~highest supervisory rating~~Company through December 31, 2014. The New Capital Rules revise the definitions and the components of regulatory capital, as well as address other issues affecting the numerator in banking institutions’ regulatory capital ratios. The New Capital Rules also address asset risk weights and other matters affecting the denominator in banking institutions’ regulatory capital ratios. In addition, the New Capital Rules implement certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, including the requirements of Section 939A to remove references to credit ratings from the federal agencies’ rules.

Among other matters, the New Capital Rules: (i) introduce a new capital measure called “Common Equity Tier 1” (“CET1”) and related regulatory capital ratio of CET1 to risk-weighted assets; (ii) specify that Tier 1 capital consists of CET1 and “Additional Tier 1 capital” instruments meeting certain revised requirements; (iii) mandate that most deductions/adjustments to regulatory capital measures be made to CET1 and not to the other components of capital; and (iv) expand the scope of the deductions from and adjustments to capital as compared to the previous regulations. Under the New Capital Rules, for most banking organizations, including M&T, the most common form of Additional Tier 1 capital is non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock and the most common forms of Tier 2 capital are subordinated notes and a portion of the allowance for loan and lease losses, in each case, subject to the New Capital Rules’ specific requirements.

Pursuant to the New Capital Rules, the minimum capital ratios as of January 1, 2015 are as follows:

Pursuant to the New Capital Rules, non-advanced approaches banking organizations, including M&T, may make a one-time permanent election to exclude the effects of certain accumulated other comprehensive income or ~~have implemented~~loss items reflected in shareholders’ equity under U.S. GAAP. M&T made that election during the ~~appropriate federal regulatory authority’s risk-adjusted measure for market risk, and 4% for all other~~first quarter of 2015. The New Capital Rules also preclude certain hybrid securities, such as trust preferred securities, from inclusion in bank holding companies’ Tier 1 capital, subject to phase-out in the case of bank holding companies, ~~and member banks.~~such as M&T, that had $15 billion or more in total consolidated assets as of December 31, 2009. As a result, beginning in 2015 25% of ~~September 30, 2014,~~M&T’s trust preferred securities became includable in Tier 1 capital, ~~included trust preferred securities~~and in 2016, none of approximately $800 million as described in note 5 of Notes to Financial Statements and total capital further included subordinated capital notes of $1.3 billion. As previously noted, pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act,M&T’s trust preferred securities will be ~~phased-out~~includable in Tier 1 capital. Trust preferred securities no longer included in M&T’s Tier 1 capital may nonetheless be included as a component of Tier 2 capital on a permanent basis without phase-out and irrespective of whether such securities otherwise meet the revised definition of Tier 2 capital set forth in the New Capital Rules. A detailed discussion of the new regulatory capital rules is included in Part I, Item 1 ~~capital~~ of ~~bank holding companies beginning in 2015. On February 27, 2014, M&T redeemed $350 million of 8.50% Enhanced Trust Preferred Securities and~~Form 10-K for the ~~associated junior subordinated debentures.~~year ended December 31, 2014.

The regulatory capital ratios of the Company, M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust, N.A., as of September 30, ~~2014~~2015 are presented in the accompanying table.


	M&T (Consolidated)			M&T Bank			Wilmington Trust, N.A.			M&T			M&T			Wilmington
										(Consolidated)			Bank			Trust, N.A.
Common equity Tier 1											10.08	%		10.54	%		88.19	%
Tier 1 capital		12.45	%		10.39	%		56.89	%		11.94	%		10.54	%		88.19	%
Total capital		15.40	%		13.20	%		57.45	%		14.70	%		13.06	%		88.94	%
Tier 1 leverage		10.56	%		8.85	%		21.52	%		10.31	%		9.11	%		17.36	%

~~As described herein under the heading “Recent Legislative and Regulatory Developments,” in July 2013~~On March 12, 2015, M&T announced that the Federal Reserve ~~adopted~~did not object to M&T’s proposed 2015 Capital Plan. Accordingly, M&T may maintain a ~~final rule~~quarterly common stock dividend of $.70 per share; continue to pay dividends and interest on other equity and debt instruments included in regulatory capital, including preferred stock, trust preferred securities and subordinated debt that ~~revises risk-based~~were outstanding at December 31, 2014, consistent with the contractual terms of those instruments; repurchase up to $200 million of common shares during the first half of 2016; and ~~leverage capital requirements for banking organizations, including~~redeem or repurchase up to $310 million of trust preferred securities. As previously noted, those latter securities were redeemed in April 2015. Common and preferred dividends are subject to approval by M&T’s Board of Directors in the ~~Company.~~ordinary course of business.

As required by GAAP, the Company’s reportable segments have been determined based upon its internal profitability reporting system, which is organized by

strategic business unit. Financial information about the Company’s segments is presented in note 14 of Notes to Financial Statements. During 2015, certain methodology and organizational changes were made and, accordingly, the financial information for the Company’s reportable segments for 2014 has been restated to conform with the methods and assumptions used in 2015. As described in note 14 of Notes to Financial Statements, the methodology changes were largely the result of updated funds transfer pricing and various cost allocations. Additionally, the segment financial data also reflect the Company’s adoption of amended guidance for accounting for investments in qualified affordable housing projects.

The Business Banking segment ~~recorded net income~~earned $24 million in the third quarter of ~~$31~~2015, compared with $25 million ~~during~~in each of the ~~quarter~~three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 ~~16% higher than the $27 million earned in~~and June 30, 2015. As compared with the year-earlier quarter, a decrease in net interest income of $2 million was offset, in part, by higher merchant discount and ~~11% above~~credit card fees of $1 million. The lower net interest income reflected a narrowing of the ~~$28 million earned in the second quarter of 2014.~~net interest margin. The ~~improvement~~modest decline in net income as compared with the ~~third~~second quarter of ~~2013 reflects~~2015 reflected a $2 million increase in the provision for credit losses, due to higher net charge-offs, partially offset by an increase in merchant discount and credit card fees of $1 million. Net income recorded by the Business Banking segment totaled $74 million in each of the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. As compared with the 2014 period, a $4 million decrease in the provision for credit losses, due to lower net charge-offs, ~~and higher~~a $3 million increase in merchant discount and credit card fees and a lower costs for FDIC ~~assessment~~assessments of $1 million ~~each, partially~~were offset by ~~lower~~a decline in net interest income of $2$8 million. The decline in net interest income resulted from a narrowing of the net interest margin offset, in part, by an increase in average outstanding deposit balances of $543 million.

The Commercial Banking segment contributed net income of $108 million in each of the two most recent quarters, compared with $101 million in the third quarter of 2014. The recent quarter’s 8% improvement as compared with the year-earlier quarter reflected increased gains on sales of previously leased equipment of $13 million and a $7 million increase in net interest income, partially offset by a $9 million rise in the provision for credit losses, due to higher net charge-offs. The higher net interest income was ~~attributable~~due predominantly to higher average outstanding loan balances of $1.2 billion. As compared with the second quarter of 2015, increased gains on sales of previously leased equipment of $12 million and a $6 million increase in net interest income were partially offset by an $11 million increase in the provision for credit losses, due to higher net charge-offs, and lower credit-related fees of $7 million. The higher net interest income reflected a widening of the net interest margin on loans and a $665 million increase in average outstanding deposit balances. Year-to-date net income for this segment totaled $313 million in 2015 and $304 million in 2014. The improved performance in 2015 resulted largely from increased gains on sales of previously leased equipment of $15 million and an $8 million rise in net interest income, partially offset by a $6 million increase in the provision for credit losses. The higher net interest income reflected growth in average outstanding loan and deposit balances of $1.3 billion and $680 million, respectively.

The Commercial Real Estate segment recorded net income of $85 million during the quarter ended September 30, 2015, compared with $79 million earned in the year-earlier quarter and $83 million in the second quarter of 2015. The recent quarter’s 8% rise in net income as compared with 2014’s third quarter was largely due to a 19$9 million increase in net interest income, predominantly resulting from higher average outstanding loan balances of $1.7 billion. The increase in net income as compared with the second quarter of

2015 reflected an increase in net interest income and a decrease in the provision for credit losses, partially offset by a decline in mortgage banking revenues, the result of lower origination and sales activities. The higher net interest income resulted from increases in average outstanding loan balances of $177 million. Net income for the Commercial Real Estate segment was $251 million and $230 million for the first nine months of 2015 and 2014, respectively. That improvement reflects an $18 million rise in net interest income, a $13 million increase in mortgage banking revenues and a $3 million decrease in the provision for credit losses. The higher net interest income resulted largely from increases in average outstanding loan and deposit balances of $1.6 billion and $345 million, respectively, partially offset by a narrowing of the net interest margin.

The Discretionary Portfolio segment contributed net income of $5 million in the third quarter of 2015, compared with $12 million in the year-earlier quarter and $11 million in the second quarter of 2015. The decline in net income as compared with the year-earlier period was largely due to a $10 million decline in net interest income, partially offset by a $2 million decrease in the provision for credit losses. The lower net interest income reflected a 23 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin on ~~deposits offset, in part, by increases in average deposit (predominantly noninterest-bearing) and loan balances~~investment securities resulting from the Company’s allocation of $325 million and $184 million, respectively. As compared with the second quarter of 2014, the improved results were largely attributable to a $2 million increase in net interest income, mainly the result of a $339 million increase in average deposit balances (predominantly noninterest-bearing), and a $2 million decrease in the provision for credit losses, reflecting lower net charge-offs. Net income recorded by the Business Banking segment totaled $87 million for the first nine months of 2014, 3% below the $90 million earned in the similar 2013 period. That decline resulted from lower net interest income of $7 million and increased costsfunding charges associated with the allocation of expenses related to BSA/AML compliance, risk management, and other operational initiatives across the Company, offset in part, by a $3 million decrease in the provision for credit losses, the result of lower net charge-offs. The lower net interest income was due to a 26 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits, partially offset by increases in average loan and deposit balances of $244 million and $374 million, respectively.

Net income recorded by the Commercial Banking segment aggregated $102 million in the third quarter of 2014, 5% higher than the $97 million earned in the year-earlier quarter, but 3% below the $105 million recorded in the second quarter of 2014. The recent quarter’s improvement as compared with 2013’s third quarter was largely due to an $18 million decrease in the provision for credit losses, reflecting lower net charge-offs, offset, in part, by a $6 million decline in letter of credit and other credit-related fees and lower net interest income of $4 million. The higher net charge-offs recorded in the third quarter of 2013 resulted from $19 million of loans charged-off for a relationship with a motor vehicle-related parts wholesaler. The decline in net interest income was attributable to the narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits and loans of 26 basis points and 11 basis points, respectively, partially offset by higher average deposit and loan balances of $1.4 billion and $1.2 billion, respectively.those assets. The recent quarter’s unfavorable performance as compared with the immediately preceding quarter ~~resulted mainly from~~reflected a $6$3 million decrease in ~~letter of credit~~bank owned life insurance revenues and ~~other credit-related fees, offset, in part, by~~ a $4 million ~~increase~~decrease in net interest ~~income. The higher net interest~~ income, was predominantly due to higher average deposit balances of $1.3 billion. Net income for the Commercial Banking segment was $307 million during the first nine months of 2014, 5% above the $292 million earned in the year-earlier period. That improvement was predominantly due to a $40 million decrease in the provision for credit losses, reflecting lower net charge-offs, partially offset by a $13 million decline in net interest income. The decline in net charge-offs resultedresulting from ~~$49 million of loans charged-off in the 2013 period related to the relationship with the motor vehicle-related parts wholesaler. The lower net interest income reflects~~ a narrowing of the net interest margin on ~~deposits~~investment securities and ~~loans~~loans. Net income recorded by the Discretionary Portfolio segment totaled $22 million for the first nine months of ~~29 basis points and 9 basis points, respectively,~~

~~partially offset by higher average deposit and loan balances of $819 million and $1.3 billion, respectively.~~

~~The Commercial Real Estate segment earned $79 million in each of the third quarters of 2014 and 2013, respectively,~~2015, compared with ~~$78~~$39 million earned in the second quarter of 2014. As compared with the third quarter of 2013, a $5 million increase in mortgage banking revenues and a $2 million decrease in the provision for credit losses were offset by an $8 millioncorresponding 2014 period. The decline ~~in net interest income. The~~was predominantly due to lower net interest income ~~in the recent quarter was attributable to~~of $30 million that resulted from a 31 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits and loans of 29 basis points and 15 basis points, respectively, partially offset by a $431 million increase in average deposit balances (predominantly noninterest-bearing). The main factor contributing toinvestment securities.

Net contribution from the modest improvement in net income in the recent quarter as compared with the immediately preceding quarter was a $2 million increase in mortgage banking revenues. Net income for the Commercial Real EstateResidential Mortgage Banking segment was $231 million and $246 million for the first nine months of 2014 and 2013, respectively. That decline was due to a $28 million decrease in net interest income and a decrease in mortgage banking revenues of $5 million, offset, in part, by a $4 million decline in the provision for credit losses, the result of lower net charge-offs. The lower net interest income reflects the narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits and loans of 34 basis points and 14 basis points, respectively, partially offset by a $471 million increase in average deposit balances (predominantly noninterest-bearing).

~~The Discretionary Portfolio segment contributed net income of $8~~totaled $21 million in the recent quarter, compared with ~~$25~~$23 million in the ~~year-earlier~~third quarter of 2014 and ~~$15~~$25 million in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. The recent quarter’s decline in net income as compared with the year-earlier ~~period was predominantly due to $35~~quarter reflected a $6 million ~~of gains recognized~~decrease in ~~the third quarter of 2013 related to the securitization of approximately $1.0 billion of one-to-four family~~revenues from servicing residential real estate loans, ~~held in the Company’s loan portfolio. As compared with the second quarter of 2014, the lower net income in the recent quarter was predominantly due~~largely related to ~~a $12 million decrease in net interest income, resulting from the narrowing of the net interest margin on investment securities of 44 basis points,~~sub-servicing activities, partially offset by ~~a $1.8 billion increase in average investment securities balances. Year-to-date net income for this segment totaled $35~~lower amortization of capitalized servicing rights of $4 million ~~in 2014 and $19 million in 2013.~~(reflecting lower prepayment trends). The improved performance from the year-earlier period was largely attributable to net pre-tax losses of $46 million from the sale in the second quarter of 2013 of approximately $1.0 billion of privately issued mortgage-backed securities that were held in the available-for-sale investment securities portfolio. Adjusted to exclude the impact of those securities losses and pre-tax other-than-temporary impairment charges of $10 million (relating to a subset of the privately issued mortgage-backed securities that were sold) recorded in the first quarter of 2013, this segment recorded net income of $52 million in the first nine months of 2013. On that basis, the most significant factor contributing to the decline in net income in ~~2014~~2015’s third quarter as compared with the ~~first nine months of 2013 was the $35 million of gains recognized~~immediately preceding quarter reflected decreases in ~~the third quarter of 2013 related to the securitization of one-to-four family~~revenues from servicing residential real estate ~~loans.~~

~~Net~~loans of $5 million and in revenues from mortgage origination and sales activities (including intersegment revenues) of $3 million. Year-to-date net income ~~from~~recorded by the Residential Mortgage Banking segment totaled ~~$25~~$75 million in ~~the recent quarter, compared with $13~~2015 and $65 million in ~~the third quarter of 2013 and $28 million in 2014’s second quarter.~~2014. The ~~recent quarter’s~~ improved performance ~~as compared with the year-earlier quarter reflected~~in 2015 was attributable to: an $8 million increase in revenues from mortgage origination and sales activities (including intersegment revenues) due to higher origination volumes; a ~~$22~~$4 million ~~increase~~rise in revenues from servicing residential real estate loans, predominantly the result of increased sub-servicing ~~activities, partially offset by~~activities; and lower ~~net interest income~~amortization of $3capitalized servicing rights of $15 million. ~~The decrease in net income as compared with the second quarter~~Partially offsetting those favorable factors were higher professional services and personnel-related costs of ~~2014 reflected lower gains of $5 million from the origination and sale of loans and a~~ $2 million ~~increase in salaries~~each and ~~benefits expense, offset, in part, by a $4 million~~

~~increase in revenues from~~increased servicing residential real estate loans. Year-to-date net income for this segment totaled $72 million in 2014 and $81 million in 2013. That 11% decrease was due to the following factors: a $70 million decrease in loan origination and sales revenues (including intersegment revenues) due to lower origination volumes; a $9 million increase in the provision for credit losses, as the year-earlier period included a $9 million recovery of a previously charged-off loan to a residential real estate builder and developer; and a $6 million decline in net interest income. The decline in net interest income was attributable to a 19 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits and a $733 million decrease in average loans, offset in part, by a 50 basis point widening of the net interest margin on loans. Largely offsetting those unfavorable factors was a $69 million rise in revenues from servicing residential real estate loans, predominantly the result of sub-servicing activities.costs.

Net ~~contribution from~~income earned by the Retail Banking segment totaled ~~$33~~$65 million in the ~~third~~ quarter ~~of 2014,~~ended September 30, 2015, compared with ~~$54~~$72 million in the year-earlier ~~quarter~~period and ~~$32~~$69 million in the second quarter of ~~2014.~~2015. The ~~most significant factors contributing to the recent quarter’s~~ decline in net income as compared with the year-earlier ~~period included:~~quarter reflects a ~~$21~~$3 million ~~gain recognized in the third quarter of 2013 on the securitization and sale of approximately $1.4 billion of automobile loans previously held in the Company’s loan portfolio; a $16 million decline~~decrease in net interest income, ~~reflecting~~ a 17 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits and a decrease in average loans of $635 million, offset, in part, by an 11 basis point widening of the net interest margin on loans; and a $6$2 million reduction in fees earned for providing deposit account ~~services. The modest~~services and an increase in centrally-allocated technology-related operating expenses. The lower net interest income resulted

from a narrowing of the ~~recent quarter’s~~ net ~~income as~~interest margin, partially offset by an increase in average outstanding loans of $543 million. As compared with the ~~second~~immediately preceding quarter, ~~of 2014 reflected the offsetting impact of~~ a $3$4 million ~~increase in net interest income and an~~ increase in the provision for credit losses, resulting from higher net charge-offs, and higher equipment and occupancy costs of $3 million were partially offset by a $2 million increase in ~~a like amount.~~net interest income. The increase in net interest income ~~reflects a $265~~resulted from higher average outstanding loan balances of $209 million, ~~increase in~~partially offset by lower average ~~loans, offset, in part, by a $478 million decrease in average deposits.~~outstanding deposit balances of $331 million. Year-to-date net income for this segment ~~was $95~~totaled $202 million in ~~2014~~2015 and ~~$158~~$214 million in ~~2013. That~~2014. The year-over-year decline was ~~attributable~~due to ~~the following significant factors:~~ a ~~$63~~$9 million decrease in net interest income, ~~reflecting~~ a ~~22 basis point~~$5 million reduction in fees earned for providing deposit account services, a $4 million reduction in servicing revenues related to securitized automobile loans, and higher allocated expenses, largely compliance and technology-related. Those factors were offset, in part, by lower personnel-related and equipment and occupancy costs. The decline in net interest income resulted from a narrowing of the net interest margin, ~~on deposits and a $953 million decrease in the average loan balances,~~ partially offset by a ~~14 basis point widening of the net interest margin on loans; the $21~~$594 million ~~gain on the securitization of automobile loans recognized~~increase in ~~2013; an $18 million decline in service charges on deposit accounts; and higher noninterest operating expenses related to the Company-wide operational initiatives.~~average outstanding loan balances.

The “All Other” category ~~reflects~~encompasses 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 resulting from the acquisitions of financial institutions, M&T’s share of the operating losses of BLG, merger-related gains and expenses ~~resulting from~~related to acquisitions, ~~of financial institutions~~ 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 the trust ~~activities~~income of the ~~Company.~~Company that reflects the ICS and WAS business activities. The various components of the “All Other” category resulted in a net ~~loss~~losses of $2$28 million ~~for~~in the ~~three months~~quarter ended September 30, 2015, $36 million in the third quarter of 2014 ~~compared with~~and $34 million in the second quarter of 2015. The most significant factors contributing to the reduced net ~~losses of $1 million for each of the three months ended September 30, 2013 and June 30, 2014, respectively. Largely offsetting factors reflected~~loss in the recent ~~quarter’s unfavorable performance~~quarter as compared ~~with~~to the year-earlier period ~~were: higher personnel-related~~include a decrease in professional services expenses of $18 million and ~~professional service costs due to BSA/AML staffing and initiatives and higher incentive compensation, partially offset by~~ the favorable impact from the Company’s allocation methodologies for internal transfers for funding charges and credits associated with ~~the~~

earning assets and ~~the~~ interest-bearing liabilities of the Company’s reportable ~~segments~~segments. Those favorable factors were largely offset by increases in personnel-related expenses of $13 million and ~~an increase~~a decline in trust income of $5$15 million, largely due to the impact of the sale of the trade processing business within the retirement services division of ICS in the second quarter of 2015. Results for the second quarter of 2015 reflected a $45 million pre-tax gain related to that sale, partially offset by $40 million of tax-deductible cash contributions to The M&T Charitable Foundation. The after-tax impact of those two items lowered net income by approximately $1 million. AsFurthermore, as compared with the second quarter of ~~2014,~~2015, decreases during the recent quarter ~~results reflected a $7~~in personnel-related expenses of $3 million ~~increase in personnel costs that was largely offset by a $4 million decrease in occupancy expense~~ and a $2 million decline in FDIC assessments. The “All Other” category recorded a net loss of $37 million for the first nine months of 2014, compared with net income of $32 million for the corresponding 2013 period. Results for the 2013 period included realized gains on the sale of Visa and MasterCard common stock totaling $103 million and the reversal of an accrual for a contingent compensation obligation assumed in the May 2011 acquisition of Wilmington Trust in the amount of $26 million that expired offset, in part, by the favorable impact from the Company’s allocation methodologies for internal transfers for funding charges and credits associated with ~~the~~ earning assets and ~~the~~ interest-bearing liabilities of the Company’s reportable ~~segments. Also contributing~~segments were partially offset by decreases in trust income of $5 million, largely attributable to seasonal tax preparation fees in 2015’s second quarter. The “All Other” category had a net loss of $129 million in the first nine months of 2015, compared with $137 million in 2014. The favorable impact from lower professional services costs and the Company’s allocation methodologies was offset, in part, by increased personnel-related expenses and a decline in trust income, largely due to the ~~unfavorable performance in 2014 as compared with 2013 were increases in personnel-related and professional service costs due to BSA/AML initiatives.~~impact of the sold trade processing business.

~~In August 2014,~~As previously noted, the ~~Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued~~Company adopted amended accounting guidance for investments in qualified affordable housing projects under which the initial cost of investments in qualified affordable housing projects is amortized in proportion to the tax credits and other tax benefits received from such projects and recognized in the income statement as a component of income tax expense. As required, the guidance was applied retrospectively to all periods presented. The adoption of this guidance did not have a significant effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations, but did result in the restatement of the consolidated statement of income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 to remove $14 million and $39 million, respectively, of losses associated with qualified affordable housing projects from “other costs of operations” and include the amortization of the initial cost of the investment in income tax expense. The Company amortized $10 million and $31 million of its investments in qualified affordable housing projects to income tax expense during the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015, respectively.

In the first quarter of 2015, the Company adopted amended accounting guidance from the FASB related to the classification of certain government-guaranteed mortgage loans upon foreclosure. This guidance requires that a mortgage loan be derecognized and that a separate other receivable be recognized upon foreclosure if the following conditions are met: (1) the loan has a government guarantee that is not separable from the loan before foreclosure; (2) at the time of foreclosure, the creditor has the intent to convey the real estate property to the guarantor and make a claim on the guarantee, and the creditor has the ability to recover under that claim; and (3) at the time of foreclosure, any amount of the claim that is determined on the basis of the fair value of the real estate is fixed. Upon foreclosure, the separate other receivable should be measured based upon the amount of the loan balance (principal and interest) expected to be recovered from the guarantor. The adoption of this guidance did not have a significant effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

Effective January 1, 2015, the Company adopted amended accounting guidance for repurchase-to-maturity transactions and repurchase financings. The adoption had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations. The Company has made the required disclosures in note 5 of Notes to Financial Statements.

In January 2015, the Company also adopted amended accounting and disclosure guidance for reclassification of residential real estate collateralized consumer mortgage loans upon foreclosure. The amended guidance clarifies that 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. The amended guidance also requires interim and annual disclosure of both (1) the amount of foreclosed residential real estate property held by the creditor and (2) the recorded investment in consumer mortgage loans collateralized by residential real estate that are in the process of foreclosure according to local requirements of the applicable jurisdiction. The Company’s adoption of this guidance on January 1, 2015 did not have a significant effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations. The Company has made the required disclosures in note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements.

In September 2015, the FASB issued amended guidance for measurement-period adjustments related to business combinations. The amended guidance requires that an acquirer recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The acquirer will be required to record, in the same period’s financial statements, the effect on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization, or other income effects, if any, as a result of the change to the provisional amounts, calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. This guidance is effective for adjustments to provisional amounts that occur in annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The Company is still evaluating the impact the guidance could have on its consolidated financial statements.

In May 2015, the FASB issued amended disclosure guidance for investments in certain entities that calculate net asset value per share (or its equivalent). The amended guidance removes the requirement to categorize within the fair value hierarchy all investments for which fair value is measured using the net asset value per share practical expedient. The amendments also remove the requirement to make certain disclosures for all investments that are eligible to be measured at fair value using the net asset value per share practical expedient. Instead, those disclosures are limited to investments for which the entity has elected to measure the fair value using that practical expedient. This guidance is effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, ~~2014. This guidance should be applied using a prospective transition method or a modified retrospective transition method.~~2015. The Company does not expect ~~that~~ the amended guidance ~~will~~to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In April 2015, the FASB issued amended accounting guidance for debt issuance costs. The amended guidance requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability. This guidance is effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The Company does not expect a material change in the presentation of its consolidated financial position upon adoption of this amended guidance.

In February 2015, the FASB issued amended accounting guidance relating to the consolidation of variable interest entities to modify the evaluation of whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are variable interest entities or ~~results~~voting interest entities and to eliminate the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership. The amended guidance also eliminates certain conditions in the assessment of ~~operations.~~whether fees paid by a legal entity to a decision maker or a service provider represent a variable interest in the legal entity and reduces the extent to which related party arrangements cause an entity to be considered a primary beneficiary. The new guidance eliminates the indefinite deferral of existing consolidation guidance for certain investment funds, but provides a scope exception for reporting entities with interests in legal entities that are required to comply with or operate in accordance with requirements similar to those in Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 for registered money market funds. This guidance is effective for annual and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The Company is still evaluating the impact the guidance could have on its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2014, the FASB issued amended accounting guidance for share-based payments when the terms of an award provide that a performance target could be achieved after the requisite service period. The amended guidance requires that a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition. The performance target should not be reflected in estimating the grant-date fair value of the award. Compensation cost should be recognized in the period in which it becomes

probable that the performance target will be achieved and should represent the compensation cost attributable to the period(s) for which the requisite service has already been rendered. If the performance target becomes probable of being achieved before the end of the requisite service period, the remaining unrecognized compensation cost should be recognized prospectively over the remaining requisite service period. The total amount of compensation cost recognized during and after the requisite service period should reflect the number of awards that are expected to vest and should be adjusted to reflect those awards that ultimately vest. The requisite service period ends when the employee can cease rendering service and still be eligible to vest in the award if the performance target is achieved. This guidance is effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 31, 2015, with earlier adoption permitted. The Company does not expect the amended guidance ~~published by the FASB~~ to have a material impact on its consolidated financial position or results of operations.

In June 2014, the FASB issued amended accounting guidance for repurchase-to-maturity transactions and repurchase financings. The amended accounting guidance changes the accounting for repurchase-to-maturity transactions to secured borrowing accounting, which is consistent with the accounting for other repurchase agreements. Further, for repurchase financing arrangements, the amendments require separate accounting for a transfer of a financial asset executed contemporaneously with a repurchase agreement with the same counterparty, which will result in secured borrowing accounting for the repurchase agreement. The amendments require new disclosures on transfers accounted for as sales in transactions that are economically similar to repurchase agreements and about the types of collateral pledged in repurchase agreements and similar transactions accounted for as secured borrowings. The accounting changes in this guidance are effective for the first interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2014. Changes in accounting for transactions outstanding on the effective date should be presented as a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the period of adoption. The disclosure guidance for certain transactions accounted for as a sale is required to be presented for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2014, and the disclosure guidance for repurchase agreements, securities lending transactions, and repurchase-to-maturity transactions accounted for as secured borrowings is required to be presented for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2014, and for interim periods beginning after March 15, 2015. The Company does not currently have repurchase-to-maturity transactions or transfers of a financial asset executed contemporaneously with a repurchase agreement with the same counterparty. The Company will make the required disclosures when the guidance becomes effective.

In May 2014, the FASB issued amended accounting and disclosure guidance for revenue from contracts with customers. The core principle of the accounting guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. To achieve that core principle, an entity should apply the following steps: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The guidance also specifies the accounting for some costs to obtain or fulfill a contract with a customer. The amended disclosure guidance requires sufficient information to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. In August 2015, the FASB deferred the effective date of this guidance by one year. The amended guidance is now effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, ~~2016,~~2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. The guidance should be applied either retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying this guidance recognized at the date of initial application. The Company is still evaluating the impact the guidance could have on its consolidated financial statements.

In January 2014, the FASB issued amended accounting and disclosure guidance for reclassification of residential real estate collateralized consumer mortgage loans upon foreclosure. The amended guidance clarifies that 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. The amended guidance also requires interim and annual disclosure of both (1) the amount of foreclosed residential real estate property held by the creditor and (2) the recorded investment in consumer mortgage loans collateralized by residential

real estate that are in the process of foreclosure according to local requirements of the applicable jurisdiction. This guidance is effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2014. This guidance should be applied using a prospective transition method or a modified retrospective transition method. The Company does not expect that the guidance will have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.

In January 2014, the FASB issued amended accounting guidance permitting an accounting policy election to account for investments in qualified affordable housing projects using the proportional amortization method if certain conditions are met. Under the proportional amortization method, an entity 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. The decision to apply the proportional amortization method of accounting is an accounting policy election that should be applied consistently to all qualifying affordable housing project investments. This guidance is effective for annual periods, and interim reporting periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2014. This guidance should be applied retrospectively to all periods presented. The Company does not expect that the guidance will have a material impact on its financial position.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and other sections of this quarterly report contain forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company’s business, management’s beliefs and assumptions made by management. 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. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and the Company assumes no duty to update forward-looking statements.

Future Factors include changes in interest rates, spreads on earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and interest rate sensitivity; prepayment speeds, loan originations, credit losses and market values of 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/or regulation affecting the financial services industry as a whole, and M&T and its subsidiaries individually or collectively, including tax legislation or regulation; regulatory supervision and oversight, including monetary policy and capital requirements; changes in accounting policies or procedures as may be required by the FASB or regulatory agencies; increasing price and product/service competition by competitors, including new entrants; rapid technological developments and changes; the ability to continue to introduce competitive new products and services on a timely, cost-effective basis; the mix of products/services; containing costs and expenses; governmental and public policy changes; protection and validity of intellectual property rights; reliance on large customers; technological, implementation and cost/financial risks in large, multi-year contracts; the outcome of pending and future litigation and governmental proceedings,

including tax-related examinations and other matters; continued availability of financing; financial resources in the amounts, at the times and on the terms required to support M&T and its subsidiaries’ future businesses; and material differences in the actual financial results of merger, acquisition and investment activities compared with M&T’s initial expectations, including the full realization of anticipated cost savings and revenue enhancements.

These are representative of the Future Factors that could affect the outcome of the forward-looking statements. In addition, such statements could be affected by general industry and market conditions and growth rates, general economic and political conditions, either nationally or in the states in which M&T and its subsidiaries do business, including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations, changes and trends in the securities markets, and other Future Factors.


	2014 Quarters									2013 Quarters												2015 Quarters									2014 Quarters
	Third			Second			First			Fourth			Third			Second			First			Third			Second			First			Fourth			Third			Second			First
Earnings and dividends
Amounts in thousands, except per share
Interest income (taxable-equivalent basis)	$	748,864			740,139			728,897			740,665			748,791			756,424			736,425		$	776,274			766,374			743,925			762,619			748,864			740,139			728,897
Interest expense		73,964			65,176			66,519			67,982			69,578			72,620			73,925			77,199			77,226			78,499			74,772			73,964			65,176			66,519

Net interest income		674,900			674,963			662,378			672,683			679,213			683,804			662,500			699,075			689,148			665,426			687,847			674,900			674,963			662,378
Less: provision for credit losses		29,000			30,000			32,000			42,000			48,000			57,000			38,000			44,000			30,000			38,000			33,000			29,000			30,000			32,000
Other income		451,111			456,412			420,107			446,246			477,388			508,689			432,882			439,699			497,027			440,203			451,643			451,111			456,412			420,107
Less: other expense		679,284			681,194			702,271			743,072			658,626			598,591			635,596			653,816			696,628			686,375			666,221			665,359			667,660			690,234

Income before income taxes		417,727			420,181			348,214			333,857			449,975			536,902			421,786			440,958			459,547			381,254			440,269			431,652			433,715			360,251
Applicable income taxes		136,542			129,996			113,252			106,236			149,391			182,219			141,223			154,309			166,839			133,803			156,713			150,467			143,530			125,289
Taxable-equivalent adjustment		5,841			5,849			5,945			6,199			6,105			6,217			6,450			6,248			6,020			5,838			6,007			5,841			5,849			5,945

Net income	$	275,344			284,336			229,017			221,422			294,479			348,466			274,113		$	280,401			286,688			241,613			277,549			275,344			284,336			229,017

Net income available to common shareholders-diluted	$	251,917			260,695			211,731			203,451			275,356			328,557			255,096		$	257,346			263,481			218,837			254,239			251,917			260,695			211,731
Per common share data
Basic earnings	$	1.92			1.99			1.63			1.57			2.13			2.56			2.00		$	1.94			1.99			1.66			1.93			1.92			1.99			1.63
Diluted earnings		1.91			1.98			1.61			1.56			2.11			2.55			1.98			1.93			1.98			1.65			1.92			1.91			1.98			1.61
Cash dividends	$	.70			.70			.70			.70			.70			.70			.70		$	.70			.70			.70			.70			.70			.70			.70
Average common shares outstanding
Basic		131,265			130,856			130,212			129,497			129,171			128,252			127,669			132,630			132,356			132,049			131,450			131,265			130,856			130,212
Diluted		132,128			131,828			131,126			130,464			130,265			129,017			128,636			133,376			133,116			132,769			132,278			132,128			131,828			131,126

Performance ratios, annualized
Return on
Average assets		1.17	%		1.27	%		1.07	%		1.03	%		1.39	%		1.68	%		1.36	%		1.13	%		1.18	%		1.02	%		1.12	%		1.17	%		1.27	%		1.07	%
Average common shareholders’ equity		9.18	%		9.79	%		8.22	%		7.99	%		11.06	%		13.78	%		11.10	%		8.93	%		9.37	%		7.99	%		9.10	%		9.18	%		9.79	%		8.22	%
Net interest margin on average earning assets (taxable-equivalent basis)		3.23	%		3.40	%		3.52	%		3.56	%		3.61	%		3.71	%		3.71	%		3.14	%		3.17	%		3.17	%		3.10	%		3.23	%		3.40	%		3.52	%
Nonaccrual loans to total loans and leases, net of unearned discount		1.29	%		1.36	%		1.39	%		1.36	%		1.44	%		1.46	%		1.60	%		1.15	%		1.17	%		1.18	%		1.20	%		1.29	%		1.36	%		1.39	%

Net operating (tangible) results (a)
Net operating income (in thousands)	$	279,838			289,974			235,162			227,797			300,968			360,734			285,136		$	282,907			290,341			245,776			281,929			279,838			289,974			235,162
Diluted net operating income per common share		1.94			2.02			1.66			1.61			2.16			2.65			2.06			1.95			2.01			1.68			1.95			1.94			2.02			1.66
Annualized return on
Average tangible assets		1.24	%		1.35	%		1.15	%		1.11	%		1.48	%		1.81	%		1.48	%		1.18	%		1.24	%		1.08	%		1.18	%		1.24	%		1.35	%		1.15	%
Average tangible common shareholders’ equity		13.80	%		14.92	%		12.76	%		12.67	%		17.64	%		22.72	%		18.71	%		12.98	%		13.76	%		11.90	%		13.55	%		13.80	%		14.92	%		12.76	%
Efficiency ratio (b)		59.67	%		59.39	%		63.95	%		65.48	%		56.03	%		50.92	%		55.88	%		57.05	%		58.23	%		61.46	%		57.84	%		58.44	%		58.20	%		62.83	%

Balance sheet data
In millions, except per share
Average balances
Total assets (c)	$	93,245			89,873			86,665			85,330			84,011			83,352			81,913		$	98,515			97,598			95,892			98,644			93,245			89,873			86,665
Total tangible assets (c)		89,689			86,311			83,096			81,754			80,427			79,760			78,311			94,989			94,067			92,346			95,093			89,689			86,311			83,096
Earning assets		82,776			79,556			76,288			75,049			74,667			73,960			72,339			88,446			87,333			85,212			87,965			82,776			79,556			76,288
Investment securities		12,780			10,959			9,265			8,354			6,979			5,293			5,803			14,441			14,195			13,376			12,978			12,780			10,959			9,265
Loans and leases, net of unearned discount		64,763			64,343			63,763			63,550			64,858			65,979			65,852			67,849			67,670			66,587			65,767			64,763			64,343			63,763
Deposits		70,772			69,659			67,327			67,212			66,232			65,680			64,540			73,821			72,958			71,698			75,515			70,772			69,659			67,327
Common shareholders’ equity (c)		11,015			10,808			10,576			10,228			10,003			9,687			9,448			11,555			11,404			11,227			11,211			11,015			10,808			10,576
Tangible common shareholders’ equity (c)		7,459			7,246			7,007			6,652			6,419			6,095			5,846			8,029			7,873			7,681			7,660			7,459			7,246			7,007

At end of quarter
Total assets (c)	$	97,228			90,835			88,530			85,162			84,427			83,229			82,812		$	97,797			97,080			98,378			96,686			97,228			90,835			88,530
Total tangible assets (c)		93,674			87,276			84,965			81,589			80,847			79,641			79,215			94,272			93,552			94,834			93,137			93,674			87,276			84,965
Earning assets		86,751			80,062			77,950			74,706			74,085			73,927			73,543			87,807			86,990			87,959			86,278			86,751			80,062			77,950
Investment securities		13,348			12,120			10,364			8,796			8,310			5,211			5,661			14,495			14,752			14,393			12,994			13,348			12,120			10,364
Loans and leases, net of unearned discount		65,572			64,748			64,135			64,073			63,659			65,972			65,924			68,540			68,131			67,099			66,669			65,572			64,748			64,135
Deposits		74,342			69,829			68,699			67,119			66,552			65,661			65,090			72,945			72,630			73,594			73,582			74,342			69,829			68,699
Common shareholders’ equity, net of undeclared cumulative preferred dividends (c)		11,099			10,934			10,652			10,421			10,133			9,836			9,545			11,687			11,433			11,294			11,102			11,099			10,934			10,652
Tangible common shareholders’ equity (c)		7,545			7,375			7,087			6,848			6,553			6,248			5,948			8,162			7,905			7,750			7,553			7,545			7,375			7,087
Equity per common share		83.99			82.86			81.05			79.81			77.81			75.98			73.99			87.67			85.90			84.95			83.88			83.99			82.86			81.05
Tangible equity per common share		57.10			55.89			53.92			52.45			50.32			48.26			46.11			61.22			59.39			58.29			57.06			57.10			55.89			53.92

Market price per common share
High	$	128.69			125.90			123.04			117.29			119.54			112.01			105.90		$	134.00			128.70			129.58			128.96			128.69			125.90			123.04
Low		118.51			116.10			109.16			109.23			109.47			95.68			99.59			111.86			117.86			111.78			112.42			118.51			116.10			109.16
Closing		123.29			124.05			121.30			116.42			111.92			111.75			103.16			121.95			124.93			127.00			125.62			123.29			124.05			121.30


																	2014 Fourth Quarter								2014 Third Quarter
	2013 Fourth Quarter								2013 Third Quarter								Average					Average			Average					Average
Average balance in millions; interest in thousands	Average Balance			Interest		Average Rate			Average Balance			Interest		Average Rate			Balance			Interest		Rate			Balance			Interest		Rate
Assets
Earning assets
Loans and leases, net of unearned discount*
Commercial, financial, etc.	$	18,096		$	155,396		3.41	%		17,798			156,915		3.50	%	$	19,117		$	156,627		3.25	%		18,889			156,440		3.29	%
Real estate - commercial		26,231			300,225		4.48			26,129			301,178		4.51
Real estate - consumer		8,990			94,436		4.20			9,636			100,364		4.17
Real estate—commercial																		27,064			293,283		4.24			26,487			283,476		4.19
Real estate—consumer																		8,654			90,637		4.19			8,634			90,023		4.17
Consumer		10,233			118,554		4.60			11,295			130,179		4.57			10,932			123,681		4.49			10,753			122,408		4.52

Total loans and leases, net		63,550			668,611		4.17			64,858			688,636		4.21			65,767			664,228		4.01			64,763			652,347		4.00

Interest-bearing deposits at banks		2,948			1,829		.25			2,646			1,650		.25			9,054			5,744		.25			5,083			3,198		.25
Federal funds sold and agreements to resell securities		115			20		.07			117			22		.08			86			18		.08			80			14		.07
Trading account		82			280		1.36			67			211		1.27			80			353		1.76			70			287		1.65
Investment securities**
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies		7,349			60,150		3.25			5,948			48,406		3.23			12,032			82,843		2.73			11,817			82,475		2.77
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		186			2,436		5.20			193			2,460		5.07			160			1,963		4.86			162			1,897		4.65
Other		819			7,339		3.56			838			7,406		3.51			786			7,470		3.77			801			8,646		4.28

Total investment securities		8,354			69,925		3.32			6,979			58,272		3.31			12,978			92,276		2.82			12,780			93,018		2.89

Total earning assets		75,049			740,665		3.92			74,667			748,791		3.98			87,965			762,619		3.44			82,776			748,864		3.59

Allowance for credit losses		(925	)							(935	)							(924	)							(924	)
Cash and due from banks		1,417								1,374								1,290								1,273
Other assets		9,789								8,905								10,313								10,120

Total assets	$	85,330								84,011							$	98,644								93,245

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity
Interest-bearing liabilities
Interest-bearing deposits
NOW accounts	$	933			311		.13			924			333		.14		$	1,083			383		.14			1,037			394		.15
Savings deposits		38,079			13,388		.14			36,990			13,733		.15			42,949			11,151		.10			41,056			11,532		.11
Time deposits		3,617			4,630		.51			3,928			6,129		.62			3,128			3,915		.50			3,227			3,805		.47
Deposits at Cayman Islands office		414			217		.21			392			213		.22			265			149		.22			325			161		.20

Total interest-bearing deposits		43,043			18,546		.17			42,234			20,408		.19			47,425			15,598		.13			45,645			15,892		.14

Short-term borrowings		287			45		.06			299			58		.08			195			25		.05			181			19		.04
Long-term borrowings		5,009			49,391		3.91			5,010			49,112		3.89			8,954			59,149		2.62			8,547			58,053		2.69

Total interest-bearing liabilities		48,339			67,982		.56			47,543			69,578		.58			56,574			74,772		.52			54,373			73,964		.54

Noninterest-bearing deposits		24,169								23,998								28,090								25,127
Other liabilities		1,713								1,589								1,538								1,498

Total liabilities		74,221								73,130								86,202								80,998

Shareholders’ equity		11,109								10,881								12,442								12,247

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	85,330								84,011							$	98,644								93,245

Net interest spread							3.36								3.40								2.92								3.05
Contribution of interest-free funds							.20								.21								.18								.18

Net interest income/margin on earning assets				$	672,683		3.56	%					679,213		3.61	%				$	687,847		3.10	%					674,900		3.23	%

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

(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon their evaluation of the effectiveness of M&T’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)), Robert G. Wilmers, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and René F. Jones, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that M&T’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, ~~2014.~~2015.

(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting. M&T regularly assesses the adequacy of its internal control over financial reporting and enhances its controls in response to internal control assessments and internal and external audit and regulatory recommendations. No changes in internal control over financial reporting have been identified in connection with the evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures during the quarter ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, M&T’s internal control over financial reporting.

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 ~~legal~~ 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 $40 million. 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.

M&T’s Wilmington Trust Corporation (“Wilmington Trust”) subsidiary is the subject of acertain governmental ~~investigation~~investigations arising from actions undertaken by Wilmington Trust prior to M&T’s acquisition of Wilmington Trust and its subsidiaries, as set forth below.

DOJ ~~Investigation:~~Investigation: Prior to M&T’s acquisition of Wilmington Trust, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) commenced an investigation of Wilmington Trust, relating to Wilmington Trust’s financial reporting and securities filings, as well as certain commercial real estate lending relationships involving its subsidiary bank, Wilmington Trust Company, all of which relate to filings and activities occurring prior to the acquisition of Wilmington Trust by M&T. Counsel for Wilmington Trust has met with the DOJ to discuss the DOJ investigation. The DOJ investigation is ongoing.

This investigation could lead to administrative or legal proceedings resulting in potential civil and/or criminal remedies, or settlements, including, among other things, enforcement actions, fines, penalties, restitution or additional costs and expenses.

In Re Wilmington Trust Securities Litigation (U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, Case No. 10-CV-0990-SLR): Beginning on November 18, 2010, a series of parties, purporting to be class representatives, commenced a putative class action lawsuit against Wilmington Trust, alleging that Wilmington Trust’s financial reporting and securities filings were in violation of securities laws. The cases were consolidated and Wilmington Trust moved to dismiss. On March 29, 2012, the Court granted Wilmington Trust’s motion to dismiss in its entirety, but allowed plaintiffs to re-file their Complaint. Plaintiffs subsequently filed a Second, Third and Fourth Amended Complaint. Wilmington Trust moved to dismiss the Fourth Amended Complaint on July 17, 2013. The Court issued an order denying Wilmington Trust’s motion to dismiss on March 20, 2014. The ~~case~~parties are currently engaged in the discovery phase of the lawsuit.

The Company is ~~now proceeding~~the subject of an investigation by government agencies relating to the origination of Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”) insured residential home loans and residential home loans sold to The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) and The Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”). A number of other U.S. financial institutions have announced similar investigations. Regarding FHA loans, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) Office of Inspector General and the DOJ (collectively, the “Government”) are investigating whether the Company complied with ~~discovery.~~underwriting guidelines concerning certain loans where HUD paid FHA insurance claims. The Company is fully cooperating with the investigation. The Government has advised the Company that based upon its review of a sample of loans for which an FHA insurance claim was paid by HUD, some of the loans do not meet underwriting guidelines. The Company, based on its own review of the sample, does not agree with the sampling methodology and loan analysis employed by the Government. Regarding loans originated by the Company and sold to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the investigation concerns whether the mortgages sold to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae comply with applicable underwriting guidelines. The Company is also cooperating with that portion of the investigation. The investigation could lead to claims by the Government under the False Claims Act and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, which allow treble and other special damages substantially in excess of actual losses. Remedies in these proceedings or settlements may include restitution, fines, penalties, or alterations in the Company’s business practices. The Company and the Government continue settlement discussions regarding the investigation.

Due to their complex nature, it is difficult to estimate when litigation and investigatory matters such as these may be resolved. As set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Item 1 — Legal Proceedings, losses from current litigation and regulatory matters which the Company is subject to ~~including those involving Wilmington Trust-related entities, although~~that are not currently considered probable are within a range of reasonably possible losses for such matters in the aggregate, beyond the existing recorded liability, and are included in the range of reasonably possible losses set forth above.

There have been no material changes in risk factors relating to M&T to those disclosed in response to Item 1A. to Part I of Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2013.~~2014.


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

July 1 – July 31, 2014			885	$	123.23		—		2,181,500

August 1 – August 31, 2014			976		123.73		—		2,181,500

September 1 – September 30, 2014			7,753		126.06		—		2,181,500

July 1 – July 31, 2015												4,316	$	129.75		—		2,181,500
August 1 – August 31, 2015												1,288		128.98		—		2,181,500
September 1 – September 30, 2015												738		117.92		—		2,181,500

Total			9,614	$	125.57		—					6,342	$	128.22		—

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


~~Table of Contents of Information Required in Report~~		Page

Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial ~~Statements.~~Statements

	CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET - September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and December 31, ~~2013~~2014		3

	CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME - Three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013~~2014		4

	CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - Three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013~~2014		5

	CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS - Nine months ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013~~2014		6

	CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY - Nine months ended September 30, ~~2014~~2015 and ~~2013~~2014		7

	NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS		8

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of ~~Operations.~~Operations		55

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market ~~Risk.~~Risk		102

Item 4.	Controls and ~~Procedures.~~Procedures		102

Part II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal ~~Proceedings.~~Proceedings		102

Item 1A.	Risk ~~Factors.~~Factors		103

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of ~~Proceeds.~~Proceeds		104

Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior ~~Securities.~~Securities		104

Item 4.	Mine Safety ~~Disclosures.~~Disclosures		104

Item 5.	Other ~~Information.~~Information		104

Item 6.	~~Exhibits.~~Exhibits		105

SIGNATURES			105

EXHIBIT INDEX			106


			30-89		90 Days or more past due and accruing				Purchased
	Current		Days past due		Non- acquired		Acquired (a)		impaired (b)		Nonaccrual		Total
					(in thousands)
September 30, 2014
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.	$	18,855,986		41,296		3,278		5,422		14,777		191,250	$	19,112,009
Real estate:
Commercial		21,646,276		101,671		36,688		24,196		62,739		173,285		22,044,855
Residential builder and developer		1,211,005		21,432		1,615		13,786		96,917		73,296		1,418,051
Other commercial construction		3,392,260		18,749		3,927		1,516		36,114		27,375		3,479,941
Residential		7,578,177		222,214		263,529		42,286		23,551		183,681		8,313,438
Residential Alt-A		254,188		15,765		—		—		—		80,017		349,970
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans		5,909,631		36,408		—		28,320		2,564		85,122		6,062,045
Automobile		1,808,300		24,692		—		209		—		17,417		1,850,618
Other		2,869,863		34,863		3,953		16,412		—		16,341		2,941,432

Total	$	63,525,686		517,090		312,990		132,147		236,662		847,784	$	65,572,359


			Real Estate
	Commercial, Financial, Leasing, etc.		Commercial		Residential Builder and Developer		Other Commercial Construction
	(in thousands)
September 30, 2014
Pass	$	18,283,543		21,236,852		1,293,815		3,285,953
Criticized accrual		637,216		634,718		50,940		166,613
Criticized nonaccrual		191,250		173,285		73,296		27,375

Total	$	19,112,009		22,044,855		1,418,051		3,479,941


December 31, 2013
Pass	$	17,894,592		20,972,257		1,107,144		3,040,106
Criticized accrual		699,885		596,553		72,941		54,464
Criticized nonaccrual		110,739		173,048		96,427		35,268

Total	$	18,705,216		21,741,858		1,276,512		3,129,838


	Three months ended September 30, 2014						Three months ended September 30, 2013
			Interest income recognized						Interest income recognized
	Average recorded investment		Total		Cash basis		Average recorded investment		Total		Cash basis
	(in thousands)

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.	$	228,749		611		611		149,357		516		516
Real estate:
Commercial		189,952		821		821		205,971		716		716
Residential builder and developer		90,493		18		18		130,855		213		188
Other commercial construction		58,500		251		251		95,486		208		208
Residential		104,516		1,328		776		180,995		1,391		865
Residential Alt-A		131,574		1,643		681		147,056		1,763		692
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans		19,268		219		81		12,810		167		49
Automobile		33,666		528		67		42,957		710		127
Other		18,677		177		44		15,791		161		50

Total	$	875,395		5,596		3,350		981,278		5,845		3,411


			Real Estate
	Commercial,				Residential		Other
	Financial,				Builder and		Commercial
	Leasing, etc.		Commercial		Developer		Construction
	(in thousands)
September 30, 2015
Pass	$	19,223,102		22,479,501		1,507,057		3,447,841
Criticized accrual		785,660		895,603		61,143		94,567
Criticized nonaccrual		224,415		176,491		46,022		12,312

Total	$	20,233,177		23,551,595		1,614,222		3,554,720

December 31, 2014
Pass	$	18,695,440		21,837,022		1,347,778		3,347,522
Criticized accrual		588,407		578,317		45,845		172,269
Criticized nonaccrual		177,445		141,600		71,517		25,699

Total	$	19,461,292		22,556,939		1,465,140		3,545,490


			Recorded investment				Financial effects of modification
Three months ended September 30, 2015	Number		Pre- modification		Post- modification		Recorded investment (a)			Interest (b)
	(dollars in thousands)
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.
Principal deferral		36	$	7,893	$	7,419	$	(474	)	$	—
Combination of concession types		1		31		31		—			(6	)
Real estate:
Commercial
Principal deferral		15		4,230		4,208		(22	)		—
Combination of concession types		1		1,156		1,169		13			(54	)
Other commercial construction
Principal deferral		3		296		390		94			—
Residential
Principal deferral		31		3,540		3,743		203			—
Other		1		267		267		—			—
Combination of concession types		10		1,296		1,380		84			(178	)
Residential Alt-A
Principal deferral		1		265		276		11			—
Combination of concession types		4		605		662		57			(91	)
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans
Principal deferral		4		727		727		—			—
Combination of concession types		22		2,003		2,003		—			(199	)
Automobile
Principal deferral		35		316		316		—			—
Other		15		93		93		—			—
Combination of concession types		25		471		471		—			(17	)
Other
Principal deferral		24		352		352		—			—
Other		5		33		33		—			—
Combination of concession types		12		117		117		—			(12	)

Total		245	$	23,691	$	23,657	$	(34	)	$	(557	)


			Recorded investment				Financial effects of modification
Three months ended September 30, 2014	Number		Pre- modification		Post- modification		Recorded investment (a)			Interest (b)
	(dollars in thousands)
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.
Principal deferral		15	$	1,305	$	1,300	$	(5	)	$	—
Real estate:
Commercial
Principal deferral		8		2,081		2,068		(13	)		—
Other		1		650		—		(650	)		—
Combination of concession types		4		483		478		(5	)		(95	)
Residential builder and developer
Principal deferral		1		241		241		—			—
Other commercial construction
Principal deferral		1		145		142		(3	)		—
Residential
Principal deferral		3		98		97		(1	)		—
Combination of concession types		8		1,100		1,136		36			(135	)
Residential Alt-A
Combination of concession types		3		349		369		20			(64	)
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans
Combination of concession types		5		519		519		—			(67	)
Automobile
Principal deferral		45		1,003		1,003		—			—
Interest rate reduction		3		30		30		—			(2	)
Other		7		96		96		—			—
Combination of concession types		19		348		348		—			(21	)
Other
Principal deferral		6		48		48		—			—
Interest rate reduction		1		2		2		—			—
Combination of concession types		24		511		511		—			(121	)

Total		154	$	9,009	$	8,388	$	(621	)	$	(505	)


			Recorded investment				Financial effects of modification
Three months ended September 30, 2013	Number		Pre- modification		Post- modification		Recorded investment (a)			Interest (b)
	(dollars in thousands)
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.
Principal deferral		14	$	2,407	$	2,266	$	(141	)	$	—
Other		2		1,773		2,067		294			—
Combination of concession types		3		374		374		—			(25	)
Real estate:
Commercial
Principal deferral		10		4,160		4,134		(26	)		—
Other		2		449		475		26			—
Combination of concession types		6		1,868		2,264		396			(156	)
Residential builder and developer
Principal deferral		1		249		241		(8	)		—
Other commercial construction
Principal deferral		1		226		158		(68	)		—
Residential
Principal deferral		6		860		912		52			—
Combination of concession types		14		1,258		1,308		50			(197	)
Residential Alt-A
Principal deferral		5		764		773		9			—
Combination of concession types		4		332		496		164			(252	)
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans
Principal deferral		2		179		179		—			—
Combination of concession types		9		682		682		—			(79	)
Automobile
Principal deferral		121		1,718		1,718		—			—
Interest rate reduction		2		19		19		—			(2	)
Other		20		42		42		—			—
Combination of concession types		61		551		551		—			(33	)
Other
Principal deferral		9		60		60		—			—
Combination of concession types		18		470		470		—			(86	)

Total		310	$	18,441	$	19,189	$	748		$	(830	)


			Recorded investment				Financial effects of modification
Nine months ended September 30, 2015	Number		Pre- modification		Post- modification		Recorded investment (a)			Interest (b)
	(dollars in thousands)
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.
Principal deferral		87	$	25,483	$	24,331	$	(1,152	)	$	—
Interest rate reduction		1		99		99		—			(19	)
Other		2		8,991		8,883		(108	)		—
Combination of concession types		6		25,075		24,884		(191	)		(245	)
Real estate:
Commercial
Principal deferral		37		47,005		45,569		(1,436	)		—
Combination of concession types		6		3,238		3,242		4			(159	)
Residential builder and developer
Principal deferral		2		10,650		10,598		(52	)		—
Other commercial construction
Principal deferral		3		296		390		94			—
Residential
Principal deferral		50		4,954		5,239		285			—
Other		1		267		267		—			—
Combination of concession types		22		2,551		2,795		244			(356	)
Residential Alt-A
Principal deferral		2		426		437		11			—
Combination of concession types		7		1,239		1,298		59			(121	)
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans
Principal deferral		6		1,946		1,946		—			—
Combination of concession types		41		3,555		3,555		—			(424	)
Automobile
Principal deferral		133		1,234		1,234		—			—
Interest rate reduction		7		137		137		—			(10	)
Other		38		134		134		—			—
Combination of concession types		42		693		693		—			(28	)
Other
Principal deferral		73		1,418		1,418		—			—
Other		12		113		113		—			—
Combination of concession types		35		384		384		—			(44	)

Total		613	$	139,888	$	137,646	$	(2,242	)	$	(1,406	)


			Recorded investment				Financial effects of modification
Nine months ended September 30, 2014	Number		Pre- modification		Post- modification		Recorded investment (a)			Interest (b)
	(dollars in thousands)
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.
Principal deferral		66	$	20,673	$	20,499	$	(174	)	$	—
Other		1		19,593		19,593		—			—
Combination of concession types		5		9,836		9,766		(70	)		(14	)
Real estate:
Commercial
Principal deferral		32		17,452		17,384		(68	)		—
Other		1		650		—		(650	)		—
Interest rate reduction		1		255		252		(3	)		(48	)
Combination of concession types		6		892		940		48			(208	)
Residential builder and developer
Principal deferral		2		1,639		1,639		—			—
Other commercial construction
Principal deferral		4		6,703		6,611		(92	)		—
Residential
Principal deferral		19		1,842		1,926		84			—
Interest rate reduction		1		98		104		6			(32	)
Other		1		188		188		—			—
Combination of concession types		30		4,211		4,287		76			(483	)
Residential Alt-A
Principal deferral		5		828		900		72			—
Combination of concession types		19		3,101		3,134		33			(345	)
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans
Principal deferral		3		280		280		—			—
Interest rate reduction		5		341		341		—			(76	)
Combination of concession types		41		4,147		4,147		—			(443	)
Automobile
Principal deferral		168		2,599		2,599		—			—
Interest rate reduction		6		90		90		—			(5	)
Other		26		204		204		—			—
Combination of concession types		65		939		939		—			(83	)
Other
Principal deferral		21		141		141		—			—
Interest rate reduction		4		293		293		—			(63	)
Other		1		45		45		—			—
Combination of concession types		57		1,883		1,883		—			(585	)

Total		590	$	98,923	$	98,185	$	(738	)	$	(2,385	)


			Recorded investment				Financial effects of modification
Nine months ended September 30, 2013	Number		Pre- modification		Post- modification		Recorded investment (a)			Interest (b)
	(dollars in thousands)
Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.
Principal deferral		53	$	9,283	$	9,070	$	(213	)	$	—
Other		4		50,433		50,924		491			—
Combination of concession types		6		2,206		1,696		(510	)		(25	)
Real estate:
Commercial
Principal deferral		23		38,187		38,027		(160	)		—
Other		2		449		475		26			—
Combination of concession types		8		2,450		2,845		395			(212	)
Residential builder and developer
Principal deferral		16		19,102		18,303		(799	)		—
Other		1		4,039		3,888		(151	)		—
Combination of concession types		3		15,580		15,514		(66	)		(535	)
Other commercial construction
Principal deferral		3		590		521		(69	)		—
Residential
Principal deferral		21		2,642		2,877		235			—
Other		1		195		195		—			—
Combination of concession types		52		72,917		69,734		(3,183	)		(754	)
Residential Alt-A
Principal deferral		6		863		875		12			—
Combination of concession types		17		2,426		2,715		289			(640	)
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans
Principal deferral		6		359		361		2			—
Interest rate reduction		1		99		99		—			(8	)
Other		1		106		106		—			—
Combination of concession types		19		1,299		1,299		—			(176	)
Automobile
Principal deferral		359		4,933		4,933		—			—
Interest rate reduction		11		159		159		—			(17	)
Other		65		274		274		—			—
Combination of concession types		184		2,148		2,148		—			(162	)
Other
Principal deferral		29		290		290		—			—
Interest rate reduction		1		12		12		—			(2	)
Other		1		12		12		—			—
Combination of concession types		90		2,394		2,394		—			(587	)

Total		983	$	233,447	$	229,746	$	(3,701	)	$	(3,118	)


	Investment securities					Defined benefit
	With OTTI		All other			plans			Other			Total
	(in thousands)
Balance – December 31, 2014	$	4,518		122,683			(305,589	)		(2,606	)	$	(180,994	)
Net gain (loss) during period		5,926		(4,873	)		16,166			302			17,521

Balance – September 30, 2015	$	10,444		117,810			(289,423	)		(2,304	)	$	(163,473	)


	Three months ended September 30, 2014
	Net income (loss) as previously reported			Impact of changes			Net income (loss) as restated
	(in thousands)
Business Banking	$	30,905			(5,867	)		25,038
Commercial Banking		101,740			(1,035	)		100,705
Commercial Real Estate		78,581			95			78,676
Discretionary Portfolio		8,279			4,216			12,495
Residential Mortgage Banking		25,021			(2,272	)		22,749
Retail Banking		32,901			39,156			72,057
All Other		(2,083	)		(34,293	)		(36,376	)

Total	$	275,344			—			275,344


	Nine months ended September 30, 2014
	Net income (loss) as previously reported			Impact of changes			Net income (loss) as restated
	(in thousands)
Business Banking	$	87,263			(13,500	)		73,763
Commercial Banking		306,863			(3,226	)		303,637
Commercial Real Estate		230,668			(414	)		230,254
Discretionary Portfolio		34,538			4,360			38,898
Residential Mortgage Banking		72,144			(7,464	)		64,680
Retail Banking		94,646			119,418			214,064
All Other		(37,425	)		(99,174	)		(136,599	)

Total	$	788,697			—			788,697


	2014 Third Quarter								2014 Second Quarter								2014 First Quarter
Average balance in millions; interest in thousands	Average Balance			Interest		Average Rate			Average Balance			Interest		Average Rate			Average Balance			Interest		Average Rate
Assets
Earning assets
Loans and leases, net of unearned discount*
Commercial, financial, etc.	$	18,889		$	156,440		3.29	%		18,978			157,891		3.34	%		18,476			153,529		3.37	%
Real estate - commercial		26,487			283,476		4.19			26,140			278,596		4.22			26,143			287,584		4.40
Real estate - consumer		8,634			90,023		4.17			8,746			95,439		4.36			8,844			92,533		4.19
Consumer		10,753			122,408		4.52			10,479			118,157		4.52			10,300			116,631		4.59

Total loans and leases, net		64,763			652,347		4.00			64,343			650,083		4.05			63,763			650,277		4.14

Interest-bearing deposits at banks		5,083			3,198		.25			4,080			2,535		.25			3,089			1,884		.25
Federal funds sold and agreements to resell securities		80			14		.07			90			16		.07			100			16		.07
Trading account		70			287		1.65			84			264		1.25			71			477		2.68
Investment securities**
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies		11,817			82,475		2.77			9,984			74,046		2.97			8,286			64,814		3.17
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		162			1,897		4.65			166			1,986		4.82			177			2,269		5.20
Other		801			8,646		4.28			809			11,209		5.56			802			9,160		4.63

Total investment securities		12,780			93,018		2.89			10,959			87,241		3.19			9,265			76,243		3.34

Total earning assets		82,776			748,864		3.59			79,556			740,139		3.73			76,288			728,897		3.87

Allowance for credit losses		(924	)							(922	)							(923	)
Cash and due from banks		1,273								1,224								1,322
Other assets		10,120								10,015								9,978

Total assets	$	93,245								89,873								86,665

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity
Interest-bearing liabilities
Interest-bearing deposits
NOW accounts	$	1,037			394		.15			1,026			330		.13			988			297		.12
Savings deposits		41,056			11,532		.11			39,478			11,181		.11			38,358			11,601		.12
Time deposits		3,227			3,805		.47			3,350			3,855		.46			3,460			3,940		.46
Deposits at Cayman Islands office		325			161		.20			339			181		.21			380			208		.22

Total interest-bearing deposits		45,645			15,892		.14			44,193			15,547		.14			43,186			16,046		.15

Short-term borrowings		181			19		.04			220			25		.05			264			32		.05
Long-term borrowings		8,547			58,053		2.69			6,525			49,604		3.05			5,897			50,441		3.47

Total interest-bearing liabilities		54,373			73,964		.54			50,938			65,176		.51			49,347			66,519		.55

Noninterest-bearing deposits		25,127								25,466								24,141
Other liabilities		1,498								1,430								1,529

Total liabilities		80,998								77,834								75,017

Shareholders’ equity		12,247								12,039								11,648

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	93,245								89,873								86,665

Net interest spread							3.05								3.22								3.32
Contribution of interest-free funds							.18								.18								.20

Net interest income/margin on earning assets				$	674,900		3.23	%					674,963		3.40	%					662,378		3.52	%


	2015 Third Quarter								2015 Second Quarter								2015 First Quarter
	Average					Average			Average					Average			Average					Average
Average balance in millions; interest in thousands	Balance			Interest		Rate			Balance			Interest		Rate			Balance			Interest		Rate
Assets
Earning assets
Loans and leases, net of unearned discount*
Commercial, financial, etc.	$	19,939		$	161,709		3.22	%		19,973			158,109		3.18	%		19,457			153,866		3.21	%
Real estate—commercial		28,309			302,626		4.18			28,208			298,565		4.19			27,596			288,121		4.18
Real estate—consumer		8,348			87,047		4.17			8,447			88,473		4.19			8,572			88,850		4.15
Consumer		11,253			126,369		4.46			11,042			122,812		4.46			10,962			121,366		4.49

Total loans and leases, net		67,849			677,751		3.96			67,670			667,959		3.96			66,587			652,203		3.97

Interest-bearing deposits at banks		6,060			3,852		.25			5,326			3,351		.25			5,073			3,118		.25
Federal funds sold and agreements to resell securities		—			—		—			39			9		.10			97			24		.10
Trading account		96			125		.52			103			239		.92			79			565		2.87
Investment securities**
U.S. Treasury and federal agencies		13,548			86,152		2.52			13,265			83,356		2.52			12,437			78,313		2.55
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		138			1,398		4.03			149			1,607		4.32			159			1,967		5.04
Other		755			6,996		3.68			781			9,853		5.06			780			7,735		4.02

Total investment securities		14,441			94,546		2.60			14,195			94,816		2.68			13,376			88,015		2.67

Total earning assets		88,446			776,274		3.48			87,333			766,374		3.52			85,212			743,925		3.54

Allowance for credit losses		(937	)							(929	)							(925	)
Cash and due from banks		1,218								1,180								1,221
Other assets		9,788								10,014								10,384

Total assets	$	98,515								97,598								95,892

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity
Interest-bearing liabilities
Interest-bearing deposits
NOW accounts	$	1,309			360		.11			1,333			349		.11			1,121			311		.11
Savings deposits		41,197			10,937		.11			41,712			10,361		.10			41,525			10,219		.10
Time deposits		2,858			3,643		.51			2,948			3,690		.50			3,017			3,740		.50
Deposits at Cayman Islands office		206			151		.29			212			150		.28			224			147		.27

Total interest-bearing deposits		45,570			15,091		.13			46,205			14,550		.13			45,887			14,417		.13

Short-term borrowings		174			32		.07			195			36		.07			196			34		.07
Long-term borrowings		10,114			62,076		2.44			10,164			62,640		2.47			9,835			64,048		2.64

Total interest-bearing liabilities		55,858			77,199		.55			56,564			77,226		.55			55,918			78,499		.57

Noninterest-bearing deposits		28,251								26,753								25,811
Other liabilities		1,619								1,645								1,704

Total liabilities		85,728								84,962								83,433

Shareholders’ equity		12,787								12,636								12,459

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	98,515								97,598								95,892

Net interest spread							2.93								2.97								2.97
Contribution of interest-free funds							.21								.20								.20

Net interest income/margin on earning assets				$	699,075		3.14	%					689,148		3.17	%					665,426		3.17	%


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		M&T BANK CORPORATION

Date: ~~November 5, 2014~~October 30, 2015	By:	/s/ René F. Jones
		René F. Jones
		Executive Vice President
		and Chief Financial Officer

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