0001127602-14-012824.txt : 20140327 0001127602-14-012824.hdr.sgml : 20140327 20140327160336 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001127602-14-012824 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140327 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140327 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140327 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: 726 EXCHANGE STREET STREET 2: SUITE 618 CITY: BUFFALO STATE: NY ZIP: 14210 BUSINESS PHONE: 7168195500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 726 EXCHANGE STREET STREET 2: SUITE 618 CITY: BUFFALO STATE: NY ZIP: 14210 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NIAGARA BANCORP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19971218 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BOLDT JAMES R CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000901764 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35390 FILM NUMBER: 14721635 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 DELEWARE AVE STREET 2: COMPUTER TASK GROUP INC CITY: BUFFALO STATE: NY ZIP: 14209 4 1 form4.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2014-03-27 0001051741 FIRST NIAGARA FINANCIAL GROUP INC FNFG 0000901764 BOLDT JAMES R 726 EXCHANGE STREET SUITE 618 BUFFALO NY 14210 1 Common Stock 2014-03-27 4 P 0 2010 9.2984 A 26212 D Dividend Equivalent Units (deu) Common Stock 41.45 41.45 D DEUs have no exercise price. DEUs convert into common stock on a 1-for-1 basis. DEUs have no expiration date. /s/ James Ciroli, power of attorney for James Boldt 2014-03-27 EX-24 2 doc1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY James Boldt 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, James Ciroli, 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, 2013
/s/ James Boldt
James Boldt