0001127602-12-034846.txt : 20121221 0001127602-12-034846.hdr.sgml : 20121221 20121221155131 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001127602-12-034846 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121221 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121221 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121221 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Philip George M CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001307342 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35390 FILM NUMBER: 121281381 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10 CORPORATE WOODS DRIVE CITY: ALBANY STATE: NY ZIP: 12211-2395 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST NIAGARA FINANCIAL GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001051741 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 161545669 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6950 SOUTH TRANSIT ROAD STREET 2: PO BOX 514 CITY: LOCKPORT STATE: NY ZIP: 14095 BUSINESS PHONE: 7166257500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6950 SOUTH TRANSIT ROAD STREET 2: PO BOX 514 CITY: LOCKPORT STATE: NY ZIP: 14095 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NIAGARA BANCORP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19971218 4 1 form4.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2012-12-21 0001051741 FIRST NIAGARA FINANCIAL GROUP INC FNFG 0001307342 Philip George M 726 EXCHANGE STREET SUITE 618 BUFFALO NY 14210 1 Common Stock 2012-12-21 4 P 0 588 7.89 A 44184 D Series B Nonconvertible Preferred Stock 4000 D Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) 13.60 2008-05-15 2017-05-15 Common Stock 33060 33060 D /s/ Joanne M. Bramer, power of attorney for George M. Philip 2012-12-21 EX-24 2 doc1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY George M Philip POA

EXHIBIT 24

First Niagara Financial Group Inc

Power of Attorney
for Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5

Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned, director or officer, or both, of First Niagara Financial Group Inc, hereby constitutes and appoints each of Kristy Berner, Joanne M. Bramer, Mark Welshimer, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of First Niagara Financial Group Inc (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of First Niagara Financial Group Inc unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 12th day of December, 2012
/s/ George M Philip
George M Philip