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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ Robert G. Wilmers
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Robert G. Wilmers
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ Michael P. Pinto
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Michael P. Pinto
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ Michael R. Spychala
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Michael R. Spychala
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ Brent D. Baird
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Brent D. Baird
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ John H. Benisch
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John H. Benisch
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ C. Angela Bontempo
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C. Angela Bontempo
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ Robert T. Brady
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Robert T. Brady
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ Patrick J. Callan
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Patrick J. Callan
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ Richard E. Garman
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Richard E. Garman
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ James V. Glynn
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James V. Glynn
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ William F. Allyn
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William F. Allyn
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ Patrick W.E. Hodgson
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Patrick W.E. Hodgson
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ Samuel T. Hubbard, Jr.
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Samuel T. Hubbard, Jr.
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ Robert J. Bennett
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Robert J. Bennett
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ R. Carlos Carballada
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R. Carlos Carballada
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ Reginald B. Newman, II
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Reginald B. Newman, II
<PAGE> 17
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ Peter J. O'Donnell, Jr.
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Peter J. O'Donnell, Jr.
<PAGE> 18
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ Herbert L. Washington
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Herbert L. Washington
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ Jorge G. Pereira
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Jorge G. Pereira
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ Robert E. Sadler, Jr.
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Robert E. Sadler, Jr.
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ John L. Vensel
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John L. Vensel
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or officer of M&T Bank Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard A. Lammert, Gary S. Paul, Steven L. Kaplan and Howard L. Hyde, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or
her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or
any other appropriate form), and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: June 20, 2000
/s/ Christine B. Whitman
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Christine B. Whitman
