M&T BANK CORP (MTB)

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

This Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and other information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as well as with M&T's 2025 Annual Report. Information regarding the Company's business, its supervision and regulation and potential risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company's business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations are also included in the 2025 Annual Report.

In conjunction with the implementation of a new general ledger platform during the second quarter of 2026, the Company modified its methodology for calculating annualized taxable-equivalent rates for certain earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, including certain average deposit balances. Previously reported amounts have been adjusted to conform to the current presentation.

Financial Overview

A summary of financial results for the Company is provided below.

SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL RESULTS

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(a)Net interest income data are presented on a taxable-equivalent basis which is a non-GAAP measure. The taxable-equivalent adjustment represents additional income taxes that would be due if all interest income were subject to income taxes. This adjustment, which is related to interest received on qualified municipal securities, industrial revenue financings and preferred equity securities, is based on the statutory federal income tax rate.

Effective January 1, 2026, the Company elected to prospectively measure its residential mortgage loan servicing right assets at fair value with changes in fair value reflected in mortgage banking revenues. As a result, amortization associated with residential mortgage loan servicing right assets previously recognized in other costs of operations is no longer recorded. Instead, beginning in 2026, fair value changes in the mortgage loan servicing right assets, inclusive of the realization of expected net servicing revenues over time, are included in mortgage banking revenues. On December 31, 2025, the Company began economically hedging the risk of fair value changes in these assets through the use of various interest rate and other derivative contracts, for which changes in fair value are also reflected in mortgage banking revenues. As a result of the Company's election on January 1, 2026 to prospectively measure residential mortgage loan servicing right assets at fair value, the Company recorded an increase in capitalized servicing assets included in accrued interest and other assets of $263 million and a corresponding after-tax increase to retained earnings of $197 million, representing an 8 basis-point increase to the CET1 capital ratio on the election date.

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The increase in net income in the recent quarter as compared with the first quarter of 2026 resulted from the following:

•Net interest income on a taxable-equivalent basis increased $41 million reflecting an additional calendar day in the recent quarter, higher interest income on nonaccrual loans and growth in average earning assets. The Company's net interest margin was unchanged.

•The provision for credit losses decreased $20 million reflecting a decrease in the level of criticized loans in the recent quarter and a provision for unfunded credit commitments in the first quarter of 2026, partially offset by loan growth in the second quarter of 2026.

•Noninterest income increased $51 million resulting from a higher distribution from M&T's investment in BLG in the recent quarter and increases in trust income and revenues from interest rate swap agreements entered into for commercial customers.

•Noninterest expense declined $89 million reflecting seasonal salaries and employee benefits expense in the first quarter of 2026.

The increase in net income in the six months ended June 30, 2026 as compared with the same 2025 period reflected the following:

•Net interest income on a taxable-equivalent basis increased $138 million reflecting higher average earning assets and a 6 basis-point expansion of the net interest margin as reductions in deposit and borrowing costs outpaced a decline in yields received on earning assets.

•The provision for credit losses rose modestly as loan growth and the potential negative impact of global conflicts on economic forecasts was largely offset by a decline in the level of criticized loans.

•Noninterest income increased $135 million reflecting distributions of $80 million from M&T's investment in BLG in the first half of 2026, higher trust income and an increase in revenues from interest rate swap agreements entered into for commercial customers. Mortgage banking revenues in the first half of 2026 reflected the impact of the Company's accounting election described herein.

•Noninterest expense increased $36 million reflecting higher levels of salaries and employee benefits expense, outside data processing and software costs and professional and other services expense, partially offset by lower other costs of operations. Other costs of operations in the first half of 2025 included amortization of residential mortgage loan servicing right assets of $51 million.

The Company's effective income tax rate was 23.1% for each of the second quarter of 2026 and the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared with 23.0% and 23.3% for the first quarter of 2026 and the six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively.

Under programs authorized by the Board of Directors, M&T repurchased 2.1 million shares of its common stock during the recent quarter at a total cost of $465 million, compared with 5.5 million shares at a total cost of $1.25 billion in the first quarter of 2026. During the six months ended June 30, 2026, M&T repurchased 7.6 million shares of its common stock at a total cost of $1.71 billion, compared with 9.5 million shares at a total cost of $1.74 billion during the first six months of 2025.

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Supplemental Reporting of Non-GAAP Results of Operations

M&T consistently provides supplemental reporting of its results on a “net operating” or “tangible” basis, from which M&T excludes the after-tax effect of amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets (and the related goodwill, core deposit intangible and other intangible asset balances, net of applicable deferred tax amounts) and gains (when realized) and expenses (when incurred) associated with merging acquired or to be acquired operations into the Company, since such items are considered by management to be “nonoperating” in nature. Although “net operating income” as defined by M&T is not a GAAP measure, M&T’s management believes that this information helps investors understand the effect of acquisition activity in reported results.

SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTING OF NON-GAAP RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

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(a)At the period end.

The efficiency ratio measures the relationship of noninterest operating expenses, which exclude expenses M&T considers to be "nonoperating" in nature consisting of amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets and merger-related expenses, to revenues. The calculations of the Company’s efficiency ratio, or noninterest operating expenses divided by the sum of taxable-equivalent net interest income and noninterest income (exclusive of gains and losses from bank investment securities), and reconciliations of GAAP amounts with corresponding non-GAAP amounts are presented in Table 2.

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Taxable-equivalent Net Interest Income

Interest income earned on certain of the Company's assets is exempt from federal income tax. Taxable-equivalent net interest income is a non-GAAP measure that adjusts income earned on a tax-exempt asset to present it on an equivalent basis to interest income earned on a fully taxable asset. The Company's average balance sheets accompanied by the taxable-equivalent interest income and expense and the annualized average rate on the Company's earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities are presented as follows.

AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS AND ANNUALIZED TAXABLE-EQUIVALENT RATES

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Item 7.         Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Corporate Profile

M&T is a BHC headquartered in Buffalo, New York with consolidated assets of $213.5 billion at December 31, 2025. M&T’s wholly-owned bank subsidiaries are M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust, N.A. Those bank subsidiaries offer a wide range of retail and commercial banking, wealth management, trust and institutional services to their customers.

M&T Bank, with total consolidated assets of $212.9 billion at December 31, 2025, is a New York-chartered commercial bank with 942 domestic banking offices primarily located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S., including the District of Columbia, and a full-service commercial banking office in Ontario, Canada. M&T Bank and its subsidiaries offer a broad range of financial services to a diverse base of consumers, businesses, professional clients, governmental entities and financial institutions located in their markets.

Wilmington Trust, N.A. is a national bank with total consolidated assets of $773 million at December 31, 2025. Wilmington Trust, N.A. and its subsidiaries offer various institutional client and wealth management services. Further information about the Company's business, its legal entity structure and its significant subsidiaries is included in Part I, Item 1, "Business" and Exhibit 21.1 of this Form 10-K.

Financial Overview

For a discussion of 2024 results as compared with 2023 results, see Part II, Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the M&T Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. A comparative summary of financial results for the Company is provided in Table 1 that follows.

Table 1

SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL RESULTS

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(a)Net interest income data are presented on a taxable-equivalent basis which is a non-GAAP measure. The taxable-equivalent adjustment represents additional income taxes that would be due if all interest income were subject to income taxes. This adjustment, which is related to interest received on qualified municipal securities, industrial revenue financings and preferred equity securities, is based on a composite income tax rate of approximately 25% in each of 2025 and 2024 and 26% in 2023.

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The increase in net income in 2025 as compared with 2024 reflects the following:

•Net interest income on a taxable-equivalent basis increased $90 million reflecting loan growth and favorable net repricing of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, including a reduction of the negative impact from interest rate swap agreements, as net interest margin widened by 9 basis points.

•The provision for credit losses declined $105 million mainly reflecting improved levels of criticized loans.

•Noninterest income increased $315 million reflecting higher mortgage banking revenues, service charges on deposit accounts, trust income and other revenues from operations.

•Noninterest expense rose $134 million reflecting higher salaries and employee benefits expense and outside data processing and software costs, partially offset by lower FDIC special assessments that included a $37 million reduction of expense in 2025 as compared with $34 million of expense in 2024.

•The Company’s effective tax rates were 22.8% in 2025 and 21.8% in 2024, reflective of $8 million and $31 million of discrete tax benefits in each of those respective years.

On October 31, 2025, M&T issued 45,000 shares of Perpetual Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series K, with a liquidation preference of $10,000 per share. Additional information about the issued and outstanding preferred stock of M&T is included in note 9 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Under approved capital plans and programs authorized by the Board of Directors, M&T repurchased 14.3 million shares of its common stock in 2025 at a total cost of $2.66 billion. In 2024, M&T repurchased 2.1 million shares of its common stock at a total cost of $400 million.

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Supplemental Reporting of Non-GAAP Results of Operations

M&T consistently provides supplemental reporting of its results on a "net operating" or "tangible" basis, from which M&T excludes the after-tax effect of amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets (and the related goodwill, core deposit intangible and other intangible asset balances, net of applicable deferred tax amounts) and gains (when realized) and expenses (when incurred) associated with merging acquired or to be acquired operations into the Company, since such items are considered by management to be "nonoperating" in nature. Although "net operating income" as defined by M&T is not a GAAP measure, M&T’s management believes that this information helps investors understand the effect of acquisition activity in reported results. The following table represents a comparative summary of certain non-GAAP results of operations.

Table 2

SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTING OF NON-GAAP RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

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(a)At the period end.

The efficiency ratio measures the relationship of noninterest operating expenses, which exclude expenses M&T considers to be "nonoperating" in nature consisting of amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets and merger-related expenses, to revenues. The calculations of the Company’s efficiency ratio, or noninterest operating expenses divided by the sum of taxable-equivalent net interest income and noninterest income (exclusive of gains and losses from bank investment securities), and reconciliations of GAAP amounts with corresponding non-GAAP amounts are presented in Table 3.

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Table 3

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES

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(a)After any related tax effect.

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Taxable-equivalent Net Interest Income

Interest income earned on certain of the Company's assets is exempt from federal income tax. Taxable-equivalent net interest income is a non-GAAP measure that adjusts income earned on a tax-exempt asset to present it on an equivalent basis to interest income earned on a fully taxable asset.

Taxable-equivalent net interest income can be impacted by changes in the composition of the Company's earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, as discussed herein, as well as changes in interest rates and spreads. The FOMC lowered its federal funds target interest rate by a total of 100

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