# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000036270
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-260843
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
**Character Count:** 6730
**Document Hash:** 7a51b17512141c1e7bf944c73a566b6b
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-260843.hdr.sgml**: 20251031

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-260843

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-A12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251031

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251031

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** M&T BANK CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000036270
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 160968385
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NY
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-A12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-09861
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251440875

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O LEGAL
- **STREET 2:** ONE M&T PLAZA
- **CITY:** BUFFALO
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 14203
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 7165593172

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O LEGAL
- **STREET 2:** ONE M&T PLAZA
- **CITY:** BUFFALO
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 14203

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** FIRST EMPIRE STATE CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM 8-A** 

**FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES** 

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF** 

**THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

## M&T BANK CORPORATION
**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)** 

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| **New York** | **16-0968385** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)** |
| **One M&T Plaza**<br> **Buffalo, New York** | **142031** |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:** 

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|:---|:---|
| **Title of Each Class<br>to be so Registered** | **Name of Each Exchange on Which<br>Each Class is to be Registered** |
| **Depositary Shares each representing a 1/400th ownership interest in a share of Perpetual 6.350% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series K** | **New York Stock Exchange** |

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If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐

**Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates:** 

**333-274646** 

**Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:** 

**None** 

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**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

**Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.** 

The description of the general terms and provisions of the Perpetual 6.350% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series K, with a liquidation preference of $10,000 per share (the "Series K Preferred Stock"), of M&T Bank Corporation (the "Registrant") as well as the description of the Registrant's depositary shares (the "Depositary Shares"), each representing a 1/400th interest in a share of the Series K Preferred Stock to be registered hereunder, is incorporated herein by reference to the descriptions included under the captions "Description of Series K Preferred Stock" and "Description of the Depositary Shares," respectively, in the Prospectus Supplement, dated as of October 28, 2025, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on October 30, 2025 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to the prospectus, dated as of September 22, 2023, included in the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (No. 333-274646) of the Registrant, as filed with the Commission on September 22, 2023. Such sections are incorporated herein by reference.

**Item 2. Exhibits.** 

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| **Number** | **Description** |
| 3.1 | [Restated Certificate of Incorporation of M&T Bank Corporation, effective November 16, 2022. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K dated November 18, 2022 (File No. 001-09861).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/36270/000119312522288304/d423478dex31.htm) |
| 3.2 | [Amended and Restated Bylaws of M&T Bank Corporation, effective February 21, 2024. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (File No. 001-09861).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/36270/000095017024017990/mtb-ex3_2.htm) |
| 3.3 | [Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of M&T Bank Corporation with respect to Perpetual 7.500% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series J, filed with the New York State Department of State on May 9, 2024. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Form 8-K dated May 13, 2024 (File No. 001-09861).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/36270/000119312524137273/d800336dex31.htm) |
| 3.4 | [Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of M&T Bank Corporation with respect to Perpetual 6.350% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series K, filed with the New York State Department of State on October 29, 2025. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K dated October 31, 2025 (File No. 001-09861).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/36270/000119312525260717/d940530dex31.htm) |
| 4.1 | [Deposit Agreement, dated October 31, 2025, by and among the Registrant, Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., jointly as depositary, and the holders from time to time of the depositary receipts described therein. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form 8-K dated October 31, 2025 (File No. 001-09861).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/36270/000119312525260717/d940530dex41.htm) |
| 4.2 | [Form of Depositary Receipt (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.1).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/36270/000119312525260717/d940530dex41.htm) |

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**SIGNATURE** 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

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| Date: October 31, 2025 | **M&T BANK CORPORATION** | **M&T BANK CORPORATION** |
|  | By: | /s/ Daryl N. Bible |
|  | Name: | Daryl N. Bible |
|  | Title: | Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

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