X0202 5 2005-12-31 0 0 0 0000036270 M&T BANK CORP MTB 0001245786 SADLER ROBERT E JR ONE M&T PLAZA BUFFALO NY 14203-2399 1 1 0 0 President and C.E.O. Common Stock 2005-02-07 5 G 0 18000 D 251426 D Common Stock 2005-12-07 5 G 0 540 D 250886 D Common Stock 93000 I By GRAT Common Stock 19081 I 401 (k) Plan Phantom Common Stock Units Common Stock 1566 I Supplemental 401 (k) Plan The reported transaction involved a transfer of securities by gift for which no payment of consideration was received by the reporting person. The indicated shares are held by a Grantor Retained Annuity Trust of which the reporting person is trustee and of which the reporting person and his descendants are beneficiaries. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all of the M&T Bank Corporation common stock held by the GRAT but disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. The information presented is as of December 31, 2005. The reported phantom common stock units are held by the reporting person in an excess benefit plan account maintained by M&T Bank Corporation and represent a like number of shares of M&T Bank Corporation common stock. The phantom common stock units may only be settled in cash upon distribution in accordance with the terms of the plan. The reported phantom common stock units also include units acquired through the dividend reinvestment feature of the plan. By: Brian R. Yoshida, Esq. (Attorney-In-Fact) 2006-02-13