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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;5, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333- <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>M&#038;T BANK CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>New York</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>16-0968385</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>One M&#038;T Plaza Buffalo, New York</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>14203</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PROVIDENT BANKSHARES CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>
PROVIDENT BANKSHARES CORPORATION 2004 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN(1)</B><BR>
(Full title of the plans)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 12pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV><BR>
<B>Brian R. Yoshida<BR>
Administrative Vice President and Deputy General Counsel<BR>
M&#038;T Bank Corporation<BR>
One M&#038;T Plaza Buffalo, New York 14203<BR>
(716)&nbsp;842-5464</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


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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 the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>



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    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of securities to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">maximum offering</TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $.50 par value
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<TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">624,944</TD>
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<TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">49.46</TD>
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<TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">30,909,730.24</TD>
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<TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1724.76</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Stock options (the &#147;Provident Options&#148;) outstanding under the Provident Bankshares Corporation
Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan and the Provident Bankshares Corporation 2004 Equity
Compensation Plan (collectively, the &#147;Plans&#148;) and the Plans were assumed as of May&nbsp;23, 2009 by M&#038;T
Bank Corporation (&#147;M&#038;T&#148;) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger
(the &#147;Merger Agreement&#148;) by and among M&#038;T, Provident Bankshares Corporation (&#147;Provident&#148;), and
First Empire Holding Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of M&#038;T. Pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Merger Agreement, the Provident Options vested in full and were converted into
options to purchase Common Stock at the effective time of the merger of Provident with and into
Merger Sub, with the number of shares of Common Stock underlying such Provident Options adjusted as
set forth in Section&nbsp;5.9(a) of the Merger Agreement (including with respect to the 0.171625
Exchange Ratio). This Registration Statement registers the aggregate number of shares of such
Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares which may
be offered and issued under the employee benefit plans named above to prevent dilution resulting
from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
(h)(1) based on the average of the high and low prices for the Common
Stock on June&nbsp;4, 2009, as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9.Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 (Items 1 and 2) are not being filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) as part of this Registration Statement,
but will be sent or given to plan participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428 promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;M&#038;T&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008, filed with
the Commission on February&nbsp;23, 2009;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;M&#038;T&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March&nbsp;31, 2009, filed with the
Commission on May&nbsp;8, 2009;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;All other reports filed by M&#038;T pursuant to Section 13(a) of 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) since the end of the fiscal year covered by
the Annual Report referred to in (a)&nbsp;above, including M&#038;T&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Commission, on May&nbsp;28, 2009; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The description of M&#038;T&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A,
filed by M&#038;T on May&nbsp;20, 1998, under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or
reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents subsequently filed by M&#038;T pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof commencing on
the date of the filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained herein or in a document all or a portion of which is incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable as the securities being registered are not original issuance securities and
hence a legal opinion as to the legality of the securities being registered is not required.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections&nbsp;721 through 725 of the NYBCL contain specific provisions relating to indemnification
of directors and officers of a New York corporation against liability for their acts under certain
circumstances. In general, the statute provides that (1)&nbsp;a corporation may indemnify any person
made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action or proceeding (other than one by or in the
right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor), including an action by or in the
right of any other entity which any director or officer served in any capacity at the request of
the corporation, by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, was a director or
officer of the corporation, or served such other entity in any capacity, against judgments, fines,
amounts paid in
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, if such director or officer
acted, in good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
best interests of the corporation, or had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was
unlawful, and (2)&nbsp;a corporation may indemnify any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to
an action by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that he, his testator or
intestate, is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request
of the corporation as a director or officer of any other entity, against amounts paid in settlement
and reasonable expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, if such director or officer acted, in good
faith, for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests
of the corporation, other than a threatened action or a pending action which is settled or
otherwise disposed of, or any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable
to the corporation, unless and to the extent that the court determines that the person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such portion of the settlement amount and expenses as the
court deems proper. The statute provides that a corporation must indemnify a director or officer if
he is successful in his defense of an action or proceeding and may indemnify such person if he is
not successful in such defense if it is determined as provided in the statute that he meets a
certain standard of conduct. The statute also permits a director or officer of a corporation who is
a party to a proceeding to apply to the courts for indemnification. The statute further provides
that a corporation may in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or by contract or resolution
provide indemnification in addition to that provided by the statute, subject to certain conditions
set forth in the statute. NYBCL &#167; 721 prohibits indemnification of officers and directors for acts
finally adjudicated to be committed in bad faith, resulting from active or deliberate dishonesty,
or resulting in a personal gain to which such an officer or director was not legally entitled.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Seventh of M&#038;T&#146;s restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, provides that as
to any act or omission occurring after the adoption of such provision, a director of M&#038;T shall, to
the maximum extent permitted by the laws of the State of New York, have no personal liability to
M&#038;T or any of its stockholders for any breach of duty as a director, to the extent permitted by
law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;V of M&#038;T&#146;s amended and restated by-laws provides that each director and officer of
M&#038;T, whether or not then in office, and any person whose testator or intestate was such a director
or officer, will be indemnified by M&#038;T for the defense of, or in connection with, any threatened,
pending or completed actions or proceedings and appeals therein, whether civil, criminal,
governmental, administrative or investigative, in accordance with and to the fullest extent
permitted by the New York Business Corporation Law or other applicable law, as such law currently
exists or may hereafter be amended. However, M&#038;T is allowed to provide indemnification in
connection with an action or proceeding initiated by such director or officer only if such action
or proceeding was authorized by M&#038;T&#146;s Board of Directors. Expenses incurred by a director or
officer in connection with any action or proceeding as to which indemnification may be given may be
paid by M&#038;T in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon (1)&nbsp;receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such advancement in the event that
such director or officer is ultimately found not to be entitled to indemnification and (2)&nbsp;approval
by the board of directors acting by a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to such
action or proceeding or, if such a quorum is not obtainable, the approval by stockholders. To the
extent permitted by law, the board of directors or, if applicable, the stockholders, shall not be
required to find that the director or officer has met the applicable standard of conduct provided
by law for indemnification in connection with such action or proceeding.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">M&#038;T maintains director and officer liability insurance coverage for its directors and officers and
those of its subsidiaries. This coverage insures such persons against certain losses that may be
incurred by them in their respective capacities as directors and officers.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The exhibits to this Registration Statement are described in the Exhibit&nbsp;Index below.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;M&#038;T hereby undertakes:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by M&#038;T pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(2)&nbsp;That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;M&#038;T hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of M&#038;T&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section
15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of M&#038;T pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, M&#038;T has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by M&#038;T of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of M&#038;T in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, M&#038;T will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, M&#038;T certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in Buffalo, New York on June&nbsp;5, 2009.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><BR>
<BR>
<B>M&#038;T BANK CORPORATION</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">
/s/ Brian R. Yoshida
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Brian R. Yoshida, Administrative
Vice President</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">and Deputy General Counsel</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June&nbsp;5, 2009.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">Title</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Head -->
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><br>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert G. Wilmers
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><br>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ren&#233; F. Jones
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><br>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael R. Spychala
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Controller<br>
(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><br>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Brent D. Baird
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><br>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert J. Bennett
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><br>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
C. Angela Bontempo
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><br>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert T. Brady
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><br>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael D. Buckley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">Title</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Head -->
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
T. Jefferson Cunningham III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark J. Czarnecki
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Colm E. Doherty
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>

<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Patrick W.E. Hodgson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>

<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard G. King
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jorge G. Pereira
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice Chairman of the Board&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael P. Pinto
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice Chairman of the Board&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert E. Sadler, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice Chairman of the Board&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Melinda R. Rich
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Eugene J. Sheehy
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Herbert L. Washington
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="56%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">* By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Brian R. Yoshida
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Brian R. Yoshida
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Attorney-in-Fact)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Pursuant to Power of Attorney filed herewith</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Provident Bankshares Corporation Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan, filed
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
M&T BANK CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York
16-0968385
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One M&T Plaza Buffalo, New York
14203
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
PROVIDENT BANKSHARES CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK OPTION PLAN
PROVIDENT BANKSHARES CORPORATION 2004 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN(1)
(Full title of the plans)
Brian R. Yoshida
Administrative Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
M&T Bank Corporation
One M&T Plaza Buffalo, New York 14203
(716) 842-5464
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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 the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed maximum
Title of securities to be
Amount to be
maximum offering
aggregate offering
Amount of
registered
registered (1)(2)
price per share (3)
price (3)
registration fee
Common Stock, $.50 par value
624,944
$
49.46
$
30,909,730.24
$
1724.76
(1)
Stock options (the "Provident Options") outstanding under the Provident Bankshares Corporation
Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan and the Provident Bankshares Corporation 2004 Equity
Compensation Plan (collectively, the "Plans") and the Plans were assumed as of May 23, 2009 by M&T
Bank Corporation ("M&T") pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger
(the "Merger Agreement") by and among M&T, Provident Bankshares Corporation ("Provident"), and
First Empire Holding Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of M&T. Pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Merger Agreement, the Provident Options vested in full and were converted into
options to purchase Common Stock at the effective time of the merger of Provident with and into
Merger Sub, with the number of shares of Common Stock underlying such Provident Options adjusted as
set forth in Section 5.9(a) of the Merger Agreement (including with respect to the 0.171625
Exchange Ratio). This Registration Statement registers the aggregate number of shares of such
Common Stock.
(2)
This Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares which may
be offered and issued under the employee benefit plans named above to prevent dilution resulting
from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(3)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
(h)(1) based on the average of the high and low prices for the Common
Stock on June 4, 2009, as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
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PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9.Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-4.1
EX-4.2
EX-23.1
EX-24.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Part I of Form S-8 (Items 1 and 2) are not being filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as part of this Registration Statement,
but will be sent or given to plan participants as specified by Rule 428 promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a) M&T's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, filed with
the Commission on February 23, 2009;
(b) M&T's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2009, filed with the
Commission on May 8, 2009;
(c) All other reports filed by M&T pursuant to Section 13(a) of 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since the end of the fiscal year covered by
the Annual Report referred to in (a) above, including M&T's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Commission, on May 28, 2009; and
(d) The description of M&T's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A,
filed by M&T on May 20, 1998, under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or
reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by M&T pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof commencing on
the date of the filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document all or a portion of which is incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable as the securities being registered are not original issuance securities and
hence a legal opinion as to the legality of the securities being registered is not required.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Sections 721 through 725 of the NYBCL contain specific provisions relating to indemnification
of directors and officers of a New York corporation against liability for their acts under certain
circumstances. In general, the statute provides that (1) a corporation may indemnify any person
made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action or proceeding (other than one by or in the
right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor), including an action by or in the
right of any other entity which any director or officer served in any capacity at the request of
the corporation, by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, was a director or
officer of the corporation, or served such other entity in any capacity, against judgments, fines,
amounts paid in
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settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, if such director or officer
acted, in good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
best interests of the corporation, or had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was
unlawful, and (2) a corporation may indemnify any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to
an action by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that he, his testator or
intestate, is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request
of the corporation as a director or officer of any other entity, against amounts paid in settlement
and reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, if such director or officer acted, in good
faith, for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests
of the corporation, other than a threatened action or a pending action which is settled or
otherwise disposed of, or any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable
to the corporation, unless and to the extent that the court determines that the person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such portion of the settlement amount and expenses as the
court deems proper. The statute provides that a corporation must indemnify a director or officer if
he is successful in his defense of an action or proceeding and may indemnify such person if he is
not successful in such defense if it is determined as provided in the statute that he meets a
certain standard of conduct. The statute also permits a director or officer of a corporation who is
a party to a proceeding to apply to the courts for indemnification. The statute further provides
that a corporation may in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or by contract or resolution
provide indemnification in addition to that provided by the statute, subject to certain conditions
set forth in the statute. NYBCL § 721 prohibits indemnification of officers and directors for acts
finally adjudicated to be committed in bad faith, resulting from active or deliberate dishonesty,
or resulting in a personal gain to which such an officer or director was not legally entitled.
Article Seventh of M&T's restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, provides that as
to any act or omission occurring after the adoption of such provision, a director of M&T shall, to
the maximum extent permitted by the laws of the State of New York, have no personal liability to
M&T or any of its stockholders for any breach of duty as a director, to the extent permitted by
law.
Article V of M&T's amended and restated by-laws provides that each director and officer of
M&T, whether or not then in office, and any person whose testator or intestate was such a director
or officer, will be indemnified by M&T for the defense of, or in connection with, any threatened,
pending or completed actions or proceedings and appeals therein, whether civil, criminal,
governmental, administrative or investigative, in accordance with and to the fullest extent
permitted by the New York Business Corporation Law or other applicable law, as such law currently
exists or may hereafter be amended. However, M&T is allowed to provide indemnification in
connection with an action or proceeding initiated by such director or officer only if such action
or proceeding was authorized by M&T's Board of Directors. Expenses incurred by a director or
officer in connection with any action or proceeding as to which indemnification may be given may be
paid by M&T in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon (1) receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such advancement in the event that
such director or officer is ultimately found not to be entitled to indemnification and (2) approval
by the board of directors acting by a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to such
action or proceeding or, if such a quorum is not obtainable, the approval by stockholders. To the
extent permitted by law, the board of directors or, if applicable, the stockholders, shall not be
required to find that the director or officer has met the applicable standard of conduct provided
by law for indemnification in connection with such action or proceeding.
M&T maintains director and officer liability insurance coverage for its directors and officers and
those of its subsidiaries. This coverage insures such persons against certain losses that may be
incurred by them in their respective capacities as directors and officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The exhibits to this Registration Statement are described in the Exhibit Index below.
Item 9. Undertakings.
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(a) M&T hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by M&T pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
(2) That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) M&T hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of M&T's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section
15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of M&T pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, M&T has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by M&T of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of M&T in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, M&T will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, M&T certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in Buffalo, New York on June 5, 2009.
M&T BANK CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Brian R. Yoshida
Brian R. Yoshida, Administrative
Vice President
and Deputy General Counsel
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 5, 2009.
Signature
Title
*
Robert G. Wilmers
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
(Principal Executive Officer)
*
René F. Jones
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
*
Michael R. Spychala
Senior Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
*
Brent D. Baird
Director
*
Robert J. Bennett
Director
*
C. Angela Bontempo
Director
*
Robert T. Brady
Director
*
Michael D. Buckley
Director
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Signature
Title
*
T. Jefferson Cunningham III
Director
*
Mark J. Czarnecki
Director
*
Colm E. Doherty
Director
*
Patrick W.E. Hodgson
Director
*
Richard G. King
Director
*
Jorge G. Pereira
Vice Chairman of the Board
*
Michael P. Pinto
Vice Chairman of the Board
*
Robert E. Sadler, Jr.
Vice Chairman of the Board
*
Melinda R. Rich
Director
Director
Eugene J. Sheehy
*
Herbert L. Washington
Director
* By:
/s/ Brian R. Yoshida
Brian R. Yoshida
(Attorney-in-Fact)
Pursuant to Power of Attorney filed herewith
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NO.
DESCRIPTION
4.1
Provident Bankshares Corporation Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan, filed
herewith.
4.2
Provident Bankshares Corporation 2004 Equity Compensation Plan, filed herewith.
5.1
No opinion of counsel required as the securities being registered are not
original issuance securities
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, filed herewith.
24.1
Power of attorney, filed herewith.