Company: MTB-PJ
Filing Date: 2025-05-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-022036
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Company: M&T BANK CORP
Filing Date: 2025-05-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
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 associated with the Company's supplemental executive retirement savings plan primarily related to market performance. Partially offsetting those favorable factors was a $12 million benefit associated with the solicited election of certain participants in M&T's defined benefit pension plan to accept a lump-sum distribution in lieu of future retirement benefit payments in the fourth quarter of 2024 and higher outside data processing and software costs of $11 million in the recent quarter, reflecting a rise in software licensing fees and maintenance costs. 

Nonpersonnel expenses decreased $35 million to $528 million in the recent quarter as compared with $563 million in the year-earlier period reflecting a $29 million FDIC special assessment expense recognized in the first quarter of 2024, lower costs associated with the Company's supplemental executive retirement savings plan in the recent quarter due to market performance and losses on lease terminations related to certain vacated properties in the first quarter of 2024. Partially offsetting those favorable factors was an increase in outside data processing and software costs of $16 million reflecting higher software licensing fees and software maintenance expenses.

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Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes was $177 million in the first quarter of 2025, compared with $201 million in the fourth quarter of 2024 and $133 million in the first quarter of 2024. The Company's effective tax rates were 23.2%, 22.8% and 20.0% for the quarters ended March 31, 2025, December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024, respectively. The income tax expense in the first quarter of 2024 reflects a $17 million net discrete tax benefit related to the resolution of an income tax matter inherited from the acquisition of People's United. The Company's effective tax rate is affected by the level of income earned that is exempt from tax relative to the overall level of pre-tax income, the amount of income allocated to the various state and local jurisdictions where the Company operates, because tax rates differ among such jurisdictions, and the impact of any large discrete or infrequently occurring items. The Company’s effective tax rate in future periods may also be affected by any change in income tax laws or regulations and interpretations of income tax regulations that differ from the Company’s interpretations by any of the various tax authorities that may examine tax returns filed by M&T or any of its subsidiaries. 

Liquidity Risk

As a financial intermediary, the Company is exposed to various risks, including liquidity and market risk. Liquidity refers