EXHIBIT 10.3

M&T BANK CORPORATION

2005 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

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RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

GRANTEE:

DATE OF GRANT:

COVERED SHARES:

M&T Bank Corporation (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Grantee a Restricted
Stock Award for that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Covered
Shares. This grant is made pursuant to the M&T Bank Corporation 2005 Incentive
Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) and is subject to the terms and conditions of the
Plan and this Agreement. As used herein, the term “Agreement” shall mean,
collectively, this cover page and the related Terms and Conditions of Restricted
Stock Award delivered to the Grantee with this cover page. As used herein, the
term “vest” shall mean the lapsing of the restrictions described herein and in
the Plan with respect to one or more Covered Shares. Capitalized terms used in
this Agreement without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in
the Plan. A copy of the Plan can be viewed and downloaded from the Company’s
Intranet under the Human Resources page.

Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, including without
limitation, the Grantee’s fulfillment of the employment requirements in
Paragraph 3(b) of the Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock Award, the
Covered Shares acquired hereunder shall vest in accordance with the following
vesting schedule and the applicable provisions of the Plan and this Agreement:

  •   On                     , 200___[generally 1 year from the Date of Grant],
___of the Covered Shares will vest [generally 10% of the Covered Shares];     •
  On                     , 200___[generally 2 years from the Date of Grant], an
additional ___of the Covered Shares will vest [generally 20% of the Covered
Shares];     •   On                     , 200___[generally 3 years from the Date
of Grant], the remaining ___of the Covered Shares will vest [generally 30% of
the Covered Shares];     •   On                     , 200___[generally 4 years
from the Date of Grant], an additional ___of the Covered Shares will vest
[generally 40% of the Covered Shares].

OR

  •   On                     , 200___[generally 3 years from the Date of Grant],
___of the Covered Shares will vest [generally 100% of the Covered Shares].

The unvested portion of the Grantee’s Restricted Stock Award is subject to
forfeiture under Paragraph 3(b) of the Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock
Award. The foregoing vesting schedule may be accelerated under the circumstances
described in Paragraph 3(c) of the Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock
Award.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be signed on
its behalf effective as of the Date of Grant.

              ATTEST:   M&T BANK CORPORATION    
 
           
 
  By:        

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M&T BANK CORPORATION
2005 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD

     1. Definitions. In this Agreement, except where the context otherwise
indicates, the following definitions apply. Capitalized terms used herein
without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan.

               (a) “Covered Shares” means the shares of Common Stock subject to
the Restricted Stock Award set forth as the “Covered Shares” on the cover page
of this Agreement.

               (b) “Date of Grant” means the date set forth as the “Date of
Grant” on the cover page of this Agreement.

               (c) “Grantee” means the person identified as the “Grantee” on the
cover page of this Agreement.

               (d) “Restricted Stock Award” means the Restricted Stock granted
to the Grantee on the cover page of this Agreement.

               (e) “Third Party Administrator” means the entity to which the
Committee has delegated its authority to administer the issuance of Restricted
Stock granted under the Plan.

     2. Grant of Restricted Stock Award. The Restricted Stock Award granted
hereby is granted in accordance with the cover page of this Agreement.

     3. Terms of the Restricted Stock Award.

               (a) Nature of Restricted Stock Award. Shares of Restricted Stock
are actual shares of Common Stock issued to the Grantee, and shall be evidenced
in such manner as the Committee may deem appropriate, including book-entry
registration or issuance of one or more stock certificates.

               (b) Employment Requirement; Forfeiture. Except as provided
herein, the Grantee must remain continuously employed by the Company or one of
its Affiliates since the Date of Grant and until the Restricted Stock Award (or
a portion thereof) has vested in order to retain the Restricted Stock Award (or
portion thereof, as the case may be). If the Grantee’s employment with the
Company or an Affiliate terminates for any reason, including for Cause or as a
result of the Grantee’s Resignation (other than due to death, Retirement or
Disability), before the Grantee’s entire Restricted Stock Award has fully
vested, the Grantee will forfeit that portion of the Covered Shares that have
not vested as of the date of the Grantee’s termination of employment. The
Grantee hereby (i) acknowledges that the Covered Shares may be held in book

 

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entry form on the books of Registrar and Transfer Company (or another
institution specified by the Company), and irrevocably authorizes the Company to
take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate a transfer of
the record ownership of any such shares that are unvested and forfeited
hereunder, (ii) agrees to deliver to the Company, as a condition to the issuance
of any stock certificates or certificates with respect to unvested Covered
Shares, one or more stock powers, endorsed in blank, with respect to such
shares, and (iii) agrees to sign such other powers and take such other actions
as the Company may reasonably request to accomplish the transfer or forfeiture
hereunder.

               (c) Acceleration of Vesting. Notwithstanding the above provisions
of Paragraph 3(b) and the vesting schedule on the cover page of this Agreement,
the unvested portion of the Restricted Stock Award shall vest in full (i) on the
date a Change in Control occurs or (ii) upon the Grantee’s termination of
employment with the Company or an Affiliate due to the Grantee’s death,
Retirement or Disability.

               (d) Nontransferability. Until they have vested, Covered Shares
may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or
hypothecated other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

     4. Voting and Dividends. The Grantee shall have the right to vote unvested
Covered Shares and to receive any cash dividends or cash distributions that may
be paid with respect thereto. In the event of a stock dividend, stock
distribution, stock split, division of shares or other corporate structure
change which results in the issuance of additional shares with respect to any
unvested Covered Share, such additional shares will be subject to the
restrictions of this Restricted Stock Award in the same manner and for so long
as such unvested Covered Share remains subject to such restrictions, and such
additional shares shall be promptly forfeited to the Company if and when such
unvested Covered Share is so forfeited.

     5. Capital Adjustments. The number of Covered Shares is subject to
adjustment, in accordance with Section 4.2 of the Plan, on an equitable and
proportionate basis in the manner deemed appropriate by the Committee.

     6. Stock Certificates; Legend. Any stock certificate or certificates
representing unvested Covered Shares shall be held by the Company, and any such
certificate (and to the extent determined necessary or appropriate by the
Company, any other evidence of ownership of unvested Covered Shares) shall
contain the following legend:

THE TRANSFERABILITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED
HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (INCLUDING FORFEITURE) OF THE M&T
BANK CORPORATION 2005 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN AND A RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD
AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF AND M&T BANK
CORPORATION. COPIES OF SUCH PLAN AND AGREEMENT ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICES OF M&T
BANK CORPORATION.

As soon as administratively feasible after the vesting of Covered Shares (or any
portion thereof) and the Grantee’s payment of any applicable taxes, the Company
will deliver to the Grantee evidence of the Grantee’s ownership (by book entry
or certificate) of the Covered Shares that have vested and for which any
applicable taxes have been paid, without the aforesaid legend.

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     7. Taxes.

               (a) Vesting. The Grantee expressly acknowledges that the vesting
of Covered Shares acquired under this Restricted Stock Award will give rise to
ordinary income that is subject to tax withholding. The amount of income
realized will be the Fair Market Value of the Covered Shares upon vesting when
the substantial risk of forfeiture lapses.

               (b) Withholding. The Company’s obligation to issue or deliver
shares of Common Stock upon the vesting of Covered Shares that are free of
restrictions shall be subject to the satisfaction of any applicable federal,
state, local or foreign tax withholding requirements (including the Grantee’s
FICA obligation). The Grantee may satisfy any such withholding obligation by any
of the following means or by a combination of such means: (a) tendering a cash
payment; (b) authorizing the Company or the Third Party Administrator to cancel
or sell shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Grantee upon vesting of
Covered Shares; or (c) delivering to the Company or the Third Party
Administrator Previously-Acquired Shares. For purposes of this Paragraph 7(b),
shares of Common Stock that are cancelled, sold and/or delivered to satisfy
applicable withholding taxes shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on the
date the withholding tax obligation arises.

               (c) Section 83(b) Election. The Grantee may elect, within thirty
(30) days of the Date of Grant, under Section 83(b) of the Code, to recognize
income at the time the Restricted Stock Award is made. If the Grantee makes a
Section 83(b) election, the Grantee must pay tax withholding based on the Fair
Market Value of the Covered Shares on the Date of Grant. If the Covered Shares
(or a portion thereof) are subsequently forfeited, the taxes paid are forfeited,
and the Grantee may not claim a loss with respect to the income recognized or on
the Covered Shares forfeited.

               8. Restriction on Issuance of Covered Shares. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement, the Grantee agrees, for himself or herself
and his or her successors, that the Covered Shares will not be issued at any
time that the Company does not have in effect a registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the offer of Common Stock to the
Grantee under the Plan, unless the Company agrees to permit such issuance. The
Grantee further agrees, for himself or herself and his or her successors, that,
upon the issuance of any Covered Shares, he or she will, upon the request of the
Company, agree in writing that he or she is acquiring such shares for investment
only and not with a view to resale, and that he or she will not sell, pledge or
otherwise dispose of such shares so issued unless and until (a) the Company is
furnished with an opinion of counsel to the effect that registration of such
shares pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is not required by
that Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; (b) the staff of the
Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a “no-action” letter with respect
to such disposition; or (c) such registration or notification as is, in the
opinion of counsel for the Company, required for the lawful disposition of such
shares has been filed by the Company and has become effective; provided,
however, that the Company is not obligated hereby to file any such registration
or notification. The Grantee further agrees that the Company may place a legend
embodying such restriction on the certificates evidencing such shares.

               9. Employment. Neither the Restricted Stock Award evidenced by
this Agreement nor any term or provision of this Agreement shall constitute or
be evidence of any understanding, express or implied, on the part of the Company
or any of its Affiliates to employ the Grantee for any period. Whenever
reference is made in this Agreement to the employment of the Grantee, it means
employment by the Company or an Affiliate.

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               10. Subject to the Plan. The Restricted Stock Award evidenced by
this Agreement are subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, which are
incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof, but the terms of the
Plan shall not be considered an enlargement of any benefits under this
Agreement. In addition, the Restricted Stock Award is subject to any rules and
regulations promulgated by the Committee.

               11. Governing Law. The validity, construction, interpretation and
enforceability of this Agreement shall be determined and governed by the laws of
the State of New York without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of
laws.

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