William J Farrell II Form 4 M&T BANK / William J Farrell II ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Farrell William J II

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1100 NORTH MARKET STREET

RODNEY SQUARE NO.

(Street)

WILMINGTON DE 19890

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
M&T BANK CORP [ MTB ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Executive Vice President

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/31/2018

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	01/31/2018		A(1)		713	A(1)	$0.00(2)	13,770.86	D
Common Stock	01/31/2018		F(3)		213	D	$190.78	13,557.86	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Option (right to buy)	$190.78	01/31/2018		A		3,019		(4)	01/31/2028	Common Stock	3,019	$0.00(5)	3,019	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares issued pursuant to vesting of performance-based restricted stock units that were granted to the reporting person on January 31, 2017, upon achievement of performance goals under the 2009 M&T Bank Corporation Equity Incentive Compensation Plan.

2. The performance-based restricted stock units were granted under an equity incentive compensation plan maintained by M&T Bank Corporation, and therefore the reporting person paid no price for the performance-based restricted stock units.

3. Shares withheld for taxes upon the settlement in shares of performance-based restricted stock units previously granted to the reporting person.

4. The option granted includes a total of 3,019 shares. 1,006 of the shares are exercisable on or after January 31, 2019; an additional 1,006 of the shares are exercisable on or after January 31, 2020; and the remaining 1,007 shares are exercisable on or after January 29, 2021.

5. The option was granted under an equity incentive compensation plan maintained by M&T Bank Corporation, and therefore the reporting person paid no price for the option.

Remarks:

	By: Brian R. Yoshida, Esq. (Attorney-In-Fact)	02/02/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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