Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2013

or

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number 1-9861

 

 

M&T BANK CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New York   16-0968385

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

One M & T Plaza

Buffalo, New York

  14203
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(716) 842-5445

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    x  Yes    ¨  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    x  Yes    ¨  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer   x    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    ¨  Yes    x  No

Number of shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.50 par value, outstanding as of the close of business on April 30, 2013: 129,008,896 shares.

 

 

 


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M&T BANK CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q

For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2013

 

Table of Contents of Information Required in Report

   Page  
Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION   

Item 1.

  Financial Statements.   
  CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET—March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012      3   
  CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME—Three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012      4   
  CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME—Three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012      5   
  CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS—Three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012      6   
  CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY—Three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012      7   
  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS      8   

Item 2.

  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.      51   

Item 3.

  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.      92   

Item 4.

  Controls and Procedures.      92   
Part II. OTHER INFORMATION   

Item 1.

  Legal Proceedings.      92   

Item 1A.

  Risk Factors.      92   

Item 2.

  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.      93   

Item 3.

  Defaults Upon Senior Securities.      93   

Item 4.

  Mine Safety Disclosures.      93   

Item 5.

  Other Information.      93   

Item 6.

  Exhibits.      94   
SIGNATURES        95   
EXHIBIT INDEX      95   

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements.

M&T BANK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (Unaudited)

 

Dollars in thousands, except per share

   March 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
 
Assets  

Cash and due from banks

   $ 1,231,091        1,983,615   
 

Interest-bearing deposits at banks

     1,304,770        129,945   
 

Federal funds sold

     594,976        3,000   
 

Trading account

     420,144        488,966   
 

Investment securities (includes pledged securities that can be sold or repledged of $1,761,978 at March 31, 2013; $1,801,842 at December 31, 2012)

    
 

Available for sale (cost: $4,288,994 at March 31, 2013; $4,643,070 at December 31, 2012)

     4,400,742        4,739,437   
 

Held to maturity (fair value: $910,783 at March 31, 2013; $976,883 at December 31, 2012)

     959,199        1,032,276   
 

Other (fair value: $300,890 at March 31, 2013; $302,648 at December 31, 2012)

     300,890        302,648   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Total investment securities

     5,660,831        6,074,361   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Loans and leases

     66,139,206        66,790,186   
 

Unearned discount

     (214,939     (219,229
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Loans and leases, net of unearned discount

     65,924,267        66,570,957   
 

Allowance for credit losses

     (927,117     (925,860
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Loans and leases, net

     64,997,150        65,645,097   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Premises and equipment

     589,570        594,652   
 

Goodwill

     3,524,625        3,524,625   
 

Core deposit and other intangible assets

     102,420        115,763   
 

Accrued interest and other assets

     4,386,380        4,448,779   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Total assets

   $ 82,811,957        83,008,803   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Liabilities  

Noninterest-bearing deposits

   $ 23,603,971        24,240,802   
 

NOW accounts

     1,891,621        1,979,619   
 

Savings deposits

     35,024,025        33,783,947   
 

Time deposits

     4,304,033        4,562,366   
 

Deposits at Cayman Islands office

     266,076        1,044,519   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Total deposits

     65,089,726        65,611,253   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Federal funds purchased and agreements to repurchase securities

     374,593        1,074,482   
 

Accrued interest and other liabilities

     1,530,118        1,512,717   
 

Long-term borrowings

     5,394,563        4,607,758   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Total liabilities

     72,389,000        72,806,210   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Shareholders’
equity
 

Preferred stock, $1.00 par, 1,000,000 shares authorized; Issued and outstanding: Liquidation preference of $1,000 per share: 381,500 shares at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012; Liquidation preference of $10,000 per share: 50,000 shares at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012

     874,627        872,500   
 

Common stock, $.50 par, 250,000,000 shares authorized, 128,952,578 shares issued at March 31, 2013; 128,176,912 shares issued at December 31, 2012

     64,476        64,088   
 

Common stock issuable, 46,552 shares at March 31, 2013; 57,409 shares at December 31, 2012

     2,829        3,473   
 

Additional paid-in capital

     3,061,783        3,025,520   
 

Retained earnings

     6,645,195        6,477,276   
 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net

     (225,953     (240,264
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Total shareholders’ equity

     10,422,957        10,202,593   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 82,811,957        83,008,803   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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M&T BANK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME (Unaudited)

 

         Three months ended March 31  

In thousands, except per share

   2013     2012  

Interest income

 

Loans and leases, including fees

   $ 682,455        648,514   
 

Deposits at banks

     267        213   
 

Federal funds sold

     17        3   
 

Agreements to resell securities

     9        —     
 

Trading account

     638        317   
 

Investment securities

    
 

Fully taxable

     44,760        62,964   
 

Exempt from federal taxes

     1,829        2,084   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Total interest income

     729,975        714,095   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

NOW accounts

     322        283   
 

Savings deposits

     14,037        18,183   
 

Time deposits

     8,196        13,509   
 

Deposits at Cayman Islands office

     388        213   
 

Short-term borrowings

     231        303   
 

Long-term borrowings

     50,751        61,215   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Total interest expense

     73,925        93,706   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Net interest income

     656,050        620,389   
 

Provision for credit losses

     38,000        49,000   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Net interest income after provision for credit losses

     618,050        571,389   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other income

 

Mortgage banking revenues

     93,103        56,192   
 

Service charges on deposit accounts

     110,949        108,889   
 

Trust income

     121,603        116,953   
 

Brokerage services income

     15,711        13,901   
 

Trading account and foreign exchange gains

     8,927        10,571   
 

Gain on bank investment securities

     —          45   
 

Total other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) losses

     (1,884     (20,040
 

Portion of OTTI losses recognized in other comprehensive income (before taxes)

     (7,916     8,554   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Net OTTI losses recognized in earnings

     (9,800     (11,486
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Equity in earnings of Bayview Lending Group LLC

     (3,656     (4,752
 

Other revenues from operations

     96,045        86,410   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Total other income

     432,882        376,723   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other expense

 

Salaries and employee benefits

     356,551        346,098   
 

Equipment and net occupancy

     65,159        65,043   
 

Printing, postage and supplies

     10,699        11,872   
 

Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets

     13,343        16,774   
 

FDIC assessments

     19,438        28,949   
 

Other costs of operations

     170,406        170,959   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Total other expense

     635,596        639,695   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Income before taxes

     415,336        308,417   
 

Income taxes

     141,223        101,954   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Net income

   $ 274,113        206,463   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Net income available to common shareholders

    
 

Basic

   $ 255,079        188,236   
 

Diluted

     255,096        188,241   
 

Net income per common share

    
 

Basic

   $ 2.00        1.50   
 

Diluted

     1.98        1.50   
 

Cash dividends per common share

   $ .70        .70   
 

Average common shares outstanding

    
 

Basic

     127,669        125,220   
 

Diluted

     128,636        125,616   

 

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M&T BANK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Unaudited)

 

     Three months ended March 31  

In thousands

   2013     2012  

Net income

   $ 274,113        206,463   

Other comprehensive income, net of tax and reclassification adjustments:

    

Net unrealized gains on investment securities

     10,079        20,082   

Reclassification to income for amortization of gains on terminated cash flow hedges

     —           (70

Foreign currency translation adjustment

     (932     402   

Defined benefit plans liability adjustment

     5,164        4,769   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income

     14,311        25,183   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income

   $ 288,424        231,646   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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M&T BANK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)

 

         Three months ended March 31  

In thousands

        2013     2012  
Cash flows from operating activities  

Net income

   $ 274,113        206,463   
 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities

    
 

Provision for credit losses

     38,000        49,000   
 

Depreciation and amortization of premises and equipment

     22,027        21,022   
 

Amortization of capitalized servicing rights

     15,208        14,476   
 

Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets

     13,343        16,774   
 

Provision for deferred income taxes

     19,253        15,225   
 

Asset write-downs

     13,558        16,388   
 

Net gain on sales of assets

     (2,676     (2,471
 

Net change in accrued interest receivable, payable

     (2,872     7,725   
 

Net change in other accrued income and expense

     80,645        32,134   
 

Net change in loans originated for sale

     205,643        154,436   
 

Net change in trading account assets and liabilities

     22,156        7,840   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     698,398        539,012   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Cash flows from investing activities  

Proceeds from sales of investment securities

    
 

Available for sale

     —          1,045   
 

Other

     2,032        10,224   
 

Proceeds from maturities of investment securities

    
 

Available for sale

     353,305        417,348   
 

Held to maturity

     79,164        82,670   
 

Purchases of investment securities

    
 

Available for sale

     (14,597     (10,286
 

Held to maturity

     (6,010     (6,287
 

Other

     (274     (318
 

Net (increase) decrease in loans and leases

     404,142        (1,042,144
 

Net increase in interest-bearing deposits at banks

     (1,174,825     (1,127,080
 

Other investments, net

     698        2,416   
 

Capital expenditures, net

     (16,671     (19,377
 

Proceeds from sales of real estate acquired in settlement of loans

     15,500        33,775   
 

Other, net

     (14,237     (25,840
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Net cash used by investing activities

     (371,773     (1,683,854
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Cash flows from financing activities  

Net increase (decrease) in deposits

     (519,555     1,522,583   
 

Net decrease in short-term borrowings

     (699,889     (270,081
 

Proceeds from long-term borrowings

     799,760        —     
 

Payments on long-term borrowings

     (3,460     (202,352
 

Dividends paid—common

     (90,788     (89,041
 

Dividends paid—preferred

     (4,769     (4,769
 

Other, net

     31,528        80,197   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Net cash provided (used) by financing activities

     (487,173     1,036,537   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (160,548     (108,305
 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     1,986,615        1,452,397   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 1,826,067        1,344,092   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information  

Interest received during the period

   $ 718,296        721,159   
 

Interest paid during the period

     72,106        89,241   
 

Income taxes paid during the period

     9,545        8,416   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Supplemental schedule of noncash investing and financing activities  

Real estate acquired in settlement of loans

   $ 8,244        17,123   

 

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M&T BANK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Unaudited)

 

In thousands, except per share

   Preferred
stock
     Common
stock
     Common
stock
issuable
    Additional
paid-in
capital
    Retained
earnings
    Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income (loss),
net
    Total  

2012

                

Balance—January 1, 2012

   $  864,585         62,842         4,072        2,828,986        5,867,165        (356,441     9,271,209   

Total comprehensive income

     —           —           —          —          206,463        25,183        231,646   

Preferred stock cash dividends

     —           —           —          —          (13,363     —          (13,363

Amortization of preferred stock discount

     1,904         —           —          —          (1,904     —          —     

Stock-based compensation plans:

                

Compensation expense, net

     —           207         —          7,783        —          —          7,990   

Exercises of stock options, net

     —           183         —          19,429        —          —          19,612   

Directors’ stock plan

     —           2         —          370        —          —          372   

Deferred compensation plans, net, including dividend equivalents

     —           4         (645     507        (40     —          (174

Other

     —           —           —          481        —          —          481   

Common stock cash dividends—$.70 per share

     —           —           —          —          (89,085     —          (89,085
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance—March 31, 2012

   $ 866,489         63,238         3,427        2,857,556        5,969,236        (331,258     9,428,688   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

2013

                

Balance—January 1, 2013

   $ 872,500         64,088         3,473        3,025,520        6,477,276        (240,264     10,202,593   

Total comprehensive income

     —           —           —          —          274,113        14,311        288,424   

Preferred stock cash dividends

     —           —           —          —          (13,363     —          (13,363

Amortization of preferred stock discount

     2,127         —           —          —          (2,127     —          —     

Exercise of 407,542 Series C stock warrants into 186,589 shares of common stock

     —           93         —          (93     —          —          —     

Stock-based compensation plans:

                

Compensation expense, net

     —           160         —          12,911        —          —          13,071   

Exercises of stock options, net

     —           126         —          21,444        —          —          21,570   

Directors’ stock plan

     —           4         —          772        —          —          776   

Deferred compensation plans, net, including dividend equivalents

     —           5         (644     563        (32     —          (108

Other

     —           —           —          666        —          —          666   

Common stock cash dividends—$.70 per share

     —           —           —          —          (90,672     —          (90,672
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance—March 31, 2013

   $ 874,627         64,476         2,829        3,061,783        6,645,195        (225,953     10,422,957   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Significant accounting policies

The consolidated financial statements of M&T Bank Corporation (“M&T”) and subsidiaries (“the Company”) were compiled in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) using the accounting policies set forth in note 1 of Notes to Financial Statements included in the 2012 Annual Report. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation have been made and were all of a normal recurring nature.

2. Acquisitions

On August 27, 2012, M&T announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (“Hudson City”), headquartered in Paramus, New Jersey, under which Hudson City would be acquired by M&T. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Hudson City shareholders will receive consideration for each common share of Hudson City in an amount valued at .08403 of an M&T share in the form of either M&T common stock or cash, based on the election of each Hudson City shareholder, subject to proration as specified in the merger agreement (which provides for an aggregate split of total consideration of 60% common stock of M&T and 40% cash). As of March 31, 2013 total consideration to be paid was valued at approximately $4.4 billion.

At March 31, 2013, Hudson City had $40.3 billion of assets, including $26.2 billion of loans and $10.6 billion of investment securities, and $35.6 billion of liabilities, including $23.2 billion of deposits. After the merger is completed, M&T forecasts that it will likely repay approximately $12 billion of Hudson City’s long-term borrowings and sell investment securities. The merger has received the approval of the common shareholders of M&T and Hudson City. However, the merger is subject to a number of other conditions, including regulatory approvals. On April 12, 2013, M&T announced that additional time would be required to obtain a regulatory determination on the applications for the proposed merger with Hudson City. M&T has learned that the Federal Reserve has identified certain regulatory concerns with the Company’s procedures, systems and processes related to the Company’s Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money-laundering compliance program. M&T has commenced a major initiative, including the hiring of an outside consulting firm, intended to fully address the Federal Reserve’s concerns. In view of the potential timeframe required to implement this initiative, demonstrate its efficacy to the satisfaction of the Federal Reserve and otherwise meet any other regulatory requirements that may be imposed in connection with these matters, M&T and Hudson City extended the date after which either party may elect to terminate the merger agreement if the merger has not yet been completed from August 27, 2013 to January 31, 2014. There can be no assurances that the merger will be completed by that date. M&T and Hudson City intend to close the merger as soon as possible following the receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals and satisfaction of all other conditions to closing.

In connection with the pending acquisition, the Company incurred merger-related expenses related to systems conversions and other costs of integrating and conforming acquired operations with and into the Company. Those expenses consisted largely of professional services and other temporary help fees associated with planning for the conversion of systems and/or integration of operations; initial marketing and promotion expenses designed to introduce M&T Bank to its new customers; travel costs; and printing, postage, supplies and other costs of planning for the transaction and commencing operations in new markets and offices. The Company expects to incur additional merger-related expenses during the remainder of 2013.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED

 

2. Acquisitions, continued

 

A summary of merger-related expenses in the first quarter of 2013 associated with the pending Hudson City acquisition and in the first quarter of 2012 associated with the May 16, 2011 acquisition of Wilmington Trust Corporation (“Wilmington Trust”) included in the consolidated statement of income follows:

 

     Three months ended  
     March 31, 2013      March 31, 2012  
     (in thousands)  

Salaries and employee benefits

   $ 536       $ 1,973   

Equipment and net occupancy

     201         15   

Printing, postage and supplies

     827         —     

Other cost of operations

     3,168         740   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 4,732       $ 2,728   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

3. Investment securities

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of investment securities were as follows:

 

     Amortized
cost
     Gross
unrealized
gains
     Gross
unrealized
losses
     Estimated
fair value
 
     (in thousands)  

March 31, 2013

           

Investment securities available for sale:

           

U.S. Treasury and federal agencies

   $ 38,907         793         —         $ 39,700   

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

     19,545         503         7         20,041   

Mortgage-backed securities:

           

Government issued or guaranteed

     2,855,716         174,372         178         3,029,910   

Privately issued residential

     1,077,879         5,799         97,989         985,689   

Privately issued commercial

     6,414         1,144         —           7,558   

Collateralized debt obligations

     42,957         19,799         1,038         61,718   

Other debt securities

     136,645         2,371         21,505         117,511   

Equity securities

     110,931         27,691         7         138,615   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     4,288,994         232,472         120,724         4,400,742   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investment securities held to maturity:

           

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

     180,458         7,003         31         187,430   

Mortgage-backed securities:

           

Government issued or guaranteed

     532,074         26,003         —           558,077   

Privately issued

     236,632         47         81,438         155,241   

Other debt securities

     10,035         —           —           10,035   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     959,199         33,053         81,469         910,783   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other securities

     300,890         —           —           300,890   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 5,549,083         265,525         202,193       $ 5,612,415   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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3. Investment securities, continued

 

     Amortized
cost
     Gross
unrealized
gains
     Gross
unrealized
losses
     Estimated
fair
value
 
     (in thousands)  

December 31, 2012

           

Investment securities available for sale:

           

U.S. Treasury and federal agencies

   $ 38,422         922         —         $ 39,344   

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

     20,375         534         8         20,901   

Mortgage-backed securities:

           

Government issued or guaranteed

     3,163,210         208,060         229         3,371,041   

Privately issued residential

     1,133,639         4,894         125,647         1,012,886   

Privately issued commercial

     8,648         2,378         26         11,000   

Collateralized debt obligations

     43,228         19,663         1,022         61,869   

Other debt securities

     136,603         2,247         26,900         111,950   

Equity securities

     98,945         14,921         3,420         110,446   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     4,643,070         253,619         157,252         4,739,437   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investment securities held to maturity:

           

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

     182,103         7,647         27         189,723   

Mortgage-backed securities:

           

Government issued or guaranteed

     597,340         31,727         —           629,067   

Privately issued

     242,378         160         94,900         147,638   

Other debt securities

     10,455         —           —           10,455   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,032,276         39,534         94,927         976,883   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other securities

     302,648         —           —           302,648   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 5,977,994         293,153         252,179       $ 6,018,968   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross realized gains and losses from sales of investment securities were not significant for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. The Company recognized $10 million and $11 million of pre-tax other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) losses during the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, related to privately issued mortgage-backed securities. The impairment charges were recognized in light of deterioration of real estate values and a rise in delinquencies and charge-offs of underlying mortgage loans collateralizing those securities. The OTTI losses represent management’s estimate of credit losses inherent in the debt securities considering projected cash flows using assumptions for delinquency rates, loss severities, and other estimates of future collateral performance.

Changes in credit losses associated with debt securities for which OTTI losses have been recognized in earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 follows:

 

    

Three months ended

March 31

 
     2013     2012  
     (in thousands)  

Beginning balance

   $ 197,809        285,399   

Additions for credit losses not previously recognized

     9,800        11,486   

Reductions for realized losses

     (20,495     (29,412
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ending balance

   $ 187,114        267,473   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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3. Investment securities, continued

 

At March 31, 2013, the amortized cost and estimated fair value of debt securities by contractual maturity were as follows:

 

     Amortized
cost
     Estimated
fair value
 
     (in thousands)  

Debt securities available for sale:

     

Due in one year or less

   $ 24,442         24,602   

Due after one year through five years

     22,459         23,522   

Due after five years through ten years

     9,221         9,843   

Due after ten years

     181,932         181,003   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     238,054         238,970   

Mortgage-backed securities available for sale

     3,940,009         4,023,157   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 4,178,063         4,262,127   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Debt securities held to maturity:

     

Due in one year or less

   $ 25,558         25,691   

Due after one year through five years

     55,547         57,974   

Due after five years through ten years

     99,177         103,589   

Due after ten years

     10,211         10,211   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     190,493         197,465   

Mortgage-backed securities held to maturity

     768,706         713,318   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 959,199         910,783   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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3. Investment securities, continued

 

A summary of investment securities that as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for less than twelve months and those that had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for twelve months or longer follows:

 

     Less than 12 months     12 months or more  
     Fair
value
     Unrealized
losses
    Fair
value
     Unrealized
losses
 
     (in thousands)  

March 31, 2013

          

Investment securities available for sale:

          

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

   $ 572         (3     680         (4

Mortgage-backed securities:

          

Government issued or guaranteed

     7,966         (41     7,450         (137

Privately issued

     89,046         (401     695,871         (97,588

Collateralized debt obligations

     —           —          6,039         (1,038

Other debt securities

     —           —          101,198         (21,505

Equity securities

     7         (7     —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     97,591         (452     811,238         (120,272
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investment securities held to maturity:

          

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

     1,065         (7     1,794         (24

Privately issued mortgage-backed securities

     —           —          155,050         (81,438
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,065         (7     156,844         (81,462
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 98,656         (459     968,082         (201,734
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

          

Investment securities available for sale:

          

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

   $ 166         (1     683         (7

Mortgage-backed securities:

          

Government issued or guaranteed

     12,107         (65     8,804         (164

Privately issued residential

     121,487         (692     773,409         (124,955

Privately issued commercial

     —           —          919         (26

Collateralized debt obligations

     —           —          6,043         (1,022

Other debt securities

     —           —          95,685         (26,900

Equity securities

     5,535         (1,295     2,956         (2,125
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     139,295         (2,053     888,499         (155,199
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investment securities held to maturity:

          

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

     1,026         (5     3,558         (22

Privately issued mortgage-backed securities

     —           —          147,273         (94,900
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,026         (5     150,831         (94,922
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 140,321         (2,058     1,039,330         (250,121
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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3. Investment securities, continued

 

The Company owned 241 individual investment securities with aggregate gross unrealized losses of $202 million at March 31, 2013. Approximately $179 million of the unrealized losses pertain to privately issued mortgage-backed securities with a cost basis of $1.1 billion. The Company also had $23 million of unrealized losses on trust preferred securities issued by financial institutions and securities backed by trust preferred securities having a cost basis of $130 million. Based on a review of each of the remaining securities in the investment securities portfolio at March 31, 2013, with the exception of the aforementioned securities for which OTTI losses were recognized, the Company concluded that it expected to recover the amortized cost basis of its investment. As of March 31, 2013, the Company does not intend to sell nor is it anticipated that it would be required to sell any of its impaired investment securities. At March 31, 2013, the Company has not identified events or changes in circumstances which may have a significant adverse effect on the fair value of the $301 million of cost method investment securities.

4. Loans and leases and the allowance for credit losses

The outstanding principal balance and the carrying amount of acquired loans that were recorded at fair value at the acquisition date that is included in the consolidated balance sheet were as follows:

 

     March 31,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 
     (in thousands)  

Outstanding principal balance

   $ 6,148,875         6,705,120   

Carrying amount:

     

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.

     754,913         928,107   

Commercial real estate

     2,322,317         2,567,050   

Residential real estate

     677,306         707,309   

Consumer

     1,560,598         1,637,887   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 5,315,134         5,840,353   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Purchased impaired loans included in the table above totaled $425 million at March 31, 2013 and $447 million at December 31, 2012, representing less than 1% of the Company’s assets as of each date. A summary of changes in the accretable yield for acquired loans for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 follows:

 

     Three months ended March 31, 2013  
     Purchased
impaired
    Other
acquired
    Total  
     (in thousands)  

Balance at beginning of period

   $ 42,252        638,272        680,524   

Interest income

     (8,704     (61,747     (70,451

Reclassifications from (to) nonaccretable balance, net

     180        10,817        10,997   

Other (a)

     —          (9,733     (9,733
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at end of period

   $ 33,728        577,609        611,337   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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     Three months ended March 31, 2012  
     Purchased
impaired
    Other
acquired
    Total  
     (in thousands)  

Balance at beginning of period

   $ 30,805        807,960        838,765   

Interest income

     (7,664     (73,723     (81,387

Reclassifications from (to) nonaccretable balance, net

     (576     1,000        424   

Other (a)

     —          12,229        12,229   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at end of period

   $ 22,565        747,466        770,031   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Other changes in expected cash flows including changes in interest rates and prepayment assumptions.

A summary of current, past due and nonaccrual loans as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were as follows:

 

     Current      30-89
Days

past  due
     90 Days or
more past
due and accruing
     Purchased
impaired
(b)
     Nonaccrual      Total  
         Non-
acquired
     Acquired
(a)
          
                   (in thousands)                       

March 31, 2013

                    

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.

   $ 17,144,615         90,708         3,669         9,206         16,741         204,199         17,469,138   

Real estate:

                    

Commercial

     21,513,598         185,101         11,444         41,268         121,090         186,239         22,058,740   

Residential builder and developer

     781,748         30,019         513         20,365         167,207         166,796         1,166,648   

Other commercial construction

     2,541,578         42,849         2,279         14,301         78,254         40,170         2,719,431   

Residential

     9,742,192         279,879         309,366         43,050         38,709         252,799         10,665,995   

Residential Alt-A

     315,500         24,779         —           —           —           88,303         428,582   

Consumer:

                    

Home equity lines and loans

     6,068,137         33,433         —           27,359         3,231         72,021         6,204,181   

Automobile

     2,466,577         30,363         —           158         —           20,095         2,517,193   

Other

     2,634,775         32,039         4,012         1,361         —           22,172         2,694,359   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 63,208,720         749,170         331,283         157,068         425,232         1,052,794         65,924,267   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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     Current      30-89
Days

past due
     90 Days or
more past
due and accruing
     Purchased
impaired

(b)
     Nonaccrual      Total  
         Non-
acquired
     Acquired
(a)
          
                   (in thousands)                       

December 31, 2012

                    

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.

   $ 17,511,052         62,479         23,490         10,587         17,437         151,908         17,776,953   

Real estate:

                    

Commercial

     21,759,997         118,249         13,111         54,995         132,962         193,859         22,273,173   

Residential builder and developer

     757,311         35,419         3,258         23,909         187,764         181,865         1,189,526   

Other commercial construction

     2,379,953         35,274         509         9,572         68,971         36,812         2,531,091   

Residential

     9,811,956         337,969         313,184         45,124         36,769         249,314         10,794,316   

Residential Alt-A

     331,021         19,692         —           —           —           95,808         446,521   

Consumer:

                    

Home equity lines and loans

     6,199,591         40,759         —           20,318         3,211         58,071         6,321,950   

Automobile

     2,442,502         40,461         —           251         —           25,107         2,508,321   

Other

     2,661,432         40,599         4,845         1,798         —           20,432         2,729,106   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 63,854,815         730,901         358,397         166,554         447,114         1,013,176         66,570,957   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Acquired loans that were recorded at fair value at acquisition date. This category does not include purchased impaired loans that are presented separately.
(b) Accruing loans that were impaired at acquisition date and were recorded at fair value.

Changes in the allowance for credit losses for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:

 

     Commercial,
Financial,

Leasing, etc.
    Real Estate                     
       Commercial     Residential     Consumer     Unallocated      Total  
     (in thousands)  

2013

             

Beginning balance

   $ 246,759        337,101        88,807        179,418        73,775         925,860   

Provision for credit losses

     17,880        (312     5,036        14,836        560         38,000   

Net charge-offs

             

Charge-offs

     (9,544     (9,588     (8,171     (21,645     —           (48,948

Recoveries

     2,756        815        4,450        4,184        —           12,205   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net charge-offs

     (6,788     (8,773     (3,721     (17,461     —           (36,743
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ending balance

   $ 257,851        328,016        90,122        176,793        74,335         927,117   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

2012

             

Beginning balance

   $ 234,022        367,637        91,915        143,121        71,595         908,290   

Provision for credit losses

     10,121        (2,260     16,230        23,538        1,371         49,000   

Net charge-offs

             

Charge-offs

     (8,037     (10,540     (12,718     (28,981     —           (60,276

Recoveries

     3,167        1,717        1,874        5,234        —           11,992   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net charge-offs

     (4,870     (8,823     (10,844     (23,747     —           (48,284
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ending balance

   $ 239,273        356,554        97,301        142,912        72,966         909,006   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Despite the above allocation, the allowance for credit losses is general in nature and is available to absorb losses from any loan or lease type.

 

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4. Loans and leases and the allowance for credit losses, continued

 

In establishing the allowance for credit losses, the Company estimates losses attributable to specific troubled credits identified through both normal and detailed or intensified credit review processes and also estimates losses inherent in other loans and leases on a collective basis. For purposes of determining the level of the allowance for credit losses, the Company evaluates its loan and lease portfolio by loan type. The amounts of loss components in the Company’s loan and lease portfolios are determined through a loan by loan analysis of larger balance commercial and commercial real estate loans that are in nonaccrual status and by applying loss factors to groups of loan balances based on loan type and management’s classification of such loans under the Company’s loan grading system. Measurement of the specific loss components is typically based on expected future cash flows, collateral values and other factors that may impact the borrower’s ability to pay. In determining the allowance for credit losses, the Company utilizes a loan grading system which is applied to commercial and commercial real estate credits on an individual loan basis. Loan officers are responsible for continually assigning grades to these loans based on standards outlined in the Company’s Credit Policy. Internal loan grades are also monitored by the Company’s loan review department to ensure consistency and strict adherence to the prescribed standards. Loan grades are assigned loss component factors that reflect the Company’s loss estimate for each group of loans and leases. Factors considered in assigning loan grades and loss component factors include borrower-specific information related to expected future cash flows and operating results, collateral values, geographic location, financial condition and performance, payment status, and other information; levels of and trends in portfolio charge-offs and recoveries; levels of and trends in portfolio delinquencies and impaired loans; changes in the risk profile of specific portfolios; trends in volume and terms of loans; effects of changes in credit concentrations; and observed trends and practices in the banking industry. As updated appraisals are obtained on individual loans or other events in the market place indicate that collateral values have significantly changed, individual loan grades are adjusted as appropriate. Changes in other factors cited may also lead to loan grade changes at any time. Except for consumer and residential mortgage loans that are considered smaller balance homogenous loans and acquired loans that are evaluated on an aggregated basis, the Company considers a loan to be impaired for purposes of applying GAAP when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement or the loan is delinquent 90 days. Regardless of loan type, the Company considers a loan to be impaired if it qualifies as a troubled debt restructuring. Modified loans, including smaller balance homogenous loans, that are considered to be troubled debt restructurings are evaluated for impairment giving consideration to the impact of the modified loan terms on the present value of the loan’s expected cash flows.

 

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4. Loans and leases and the allowance for credit losses, continued

 

The following tables provide information with respect to loans and leases that were considered impaired as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and for the three month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

 

     March 31, 2013      December 31, 2012  
     Recorded
investment
     Unpaid
principal

balance
     Related
allowance
     Recorded
investment
     Unpaid
principal
balance
     Related
allowance
 
     (in thousands)  

With an allowance recorded:

                 

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.

   $ 165,867         186,405         45,277         127,282         149,534         33,829   

Real estate:

                 

Commercial

     116,111         142,349         19,859         121,542         143,846         23,641   

Residential builder and developer

     106,510         202,139         19,956         115,306         216,218         25,661   

Other commercial construction

     73,622         77,164         6,533         73,544         76,869         6,836   

Residential

     104,096         123,244         5,464         103,451         121,819         3,521   

Residential Alt-A

     125,781         139,779         17,000         128,891         141,940         17,000   

Consumer:

                 

Home equity lines and loans

     12,457         13,805         2,315         12,360         13,567         2,254   

Automobile

     45,876         45,876         12,916         49,210         49,210         14,273   

Other

     15,280         15,280         5,519         14,408         14,408         5,667   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     765,600         946,041         134,839         745,994         927,411         132,682   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

With no related allowance recorded:

                 

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.

     46,187         58,422         —           32,631         42,199         —     

Real estate:

                 

Commercial

     76,396         98,494         —           78,380         100,337         —     

Residential builder and developer

     67,685         93,936         —           74,307         105,438         —     

Other commercial construction

     26,298         27,170         —           23,018         23,532         —     

Residential

     86,240         96,741         —           86,342         96,448         —     

Residential Alt-A

     28,083         53,057         —           31,354         58,768         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     330,889         427,820         —           326,032         426,722         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total:

                 

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.

     212,054         244,827         45,277         159,913         191,733         33,829   

Real estate:

                 

Commercial

     192,507         240,843         19,859         199,922         244,183         23,641   

Residential builder and developer

     174,195         296,075         19,956         189,613         321,656         25,661   

Other commercial construction

     99,920         104,334         6,533         96,562         100,401         6,836   

Residential

     190,336         219,985         5,464         189,793         218,267         3,521   

Residential Alt-A

     153,864         192,836         17,000         160,245         200,708         17,000   

Consumer:

                 

Home equity lines and loans

     12,457         13,805         2,315         12,360         13,567         2,254   

Automobile

     45,876         45,876         12,916         49,210         49,210         14,273   

Other

     15,280         15,280         5,519         14,408         14,408         5,667   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,096,489         1,373,861         134,839         1,072,026         1,354,133         132,682   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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     Three months ended
March 31, 2013
     Three months ended
March 31, 2012
 
            Interest income
recognized
            Interest income
recognized
 
     Average
recorded
investment
     Total      Cash
basis
     Average
recorded
investment
     Total      Cash
basis
 
     (in thousands)  

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.

   $ 167,793         2,434         2,434         167,724         409         409   

Real estate:

                 

Commercial

     194,446         303         303         178,315         318         318   

Residential builder and developer

     183,853         140         65         282,495         341         179   

Other commercial construction

     98,318         635         635         104,105         170         170   

Residential

     188,075         1,470         922         126,376         1,342         878   

Residential Alt-A

     156,971         1,740         591         181,018         1,843         546   

Consumer:

                 

Home equity lines and loans

     12,454         167         39         9,998         166         42   

Automobile

     47,606         776         146         53,289         898         178   

Other

     14,930         151         54         8,302         93         39   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,064,446         7,816         5,189         1,111,622         5,580         2,759   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

In accordance with the previously described policies, the Company utilizes a loan grading system that is applied to all commercial loans and commercial real estate loans. Loan grades are utilized to differentiate risk within the portfolio and consider the expectations of default for each loan. Commercial loans and commercial real estate loans with a lower expectation of default are assigned one of ten possible “pass” loan grades and are generally ascribed lower loss factors when determining the allowance for credit losses. Loans with an elevated level of credit risk are classified as “criticized” and are ascribed a higher loss factor when determining the allowance for credit losses. Criticized loans may be classified as “nonaccrual” if the Company no longer expects to collect all amounts according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement or the loan is delinquent 90 days or more. All larger balance criticized commercial and commercial real estate loans are individually reviewed by centralized loan review personnel each quarter to determine the appropriateness of the assigned loan grade, including whether the loan should be reported as accruing or nonaccruing. Smaller balance criticized loans are analyzed by business line risk management areas to ensure proper loan grade classification. Furthermore, criticized nonaccrual commercial loans and commercial real estate loans are considered impaired and, as a result, specific loss allowances on such loans are established within the allowance for credit losses to the extent appropriate in each individual instance. The following table summarizes the loan grades applied to the various classes of the Company’s commercial and commercial real estate loans.

 

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     Commercial,
Financial,
Leasing, etc.
     Real Estate  
        Commercial      Residential
Builder and
Developer
     Other
Commercial
Construction
 
     (in thousands)  

March 31, 2013

           

Pass

   $ 16,590,137         21,086,718         929,857         2,533,617   

Criticized accrual

     674,802         785,783         69,995         145,644   

Criticized nonaccrual

     204,199         186,239         166,796         40,170   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 17,469,138         22,058,740         1,166,648         2,719,431   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

           

Pass

   $ 16,889,753         21,275,182         922,141         2,307,436   

Criticized accrual

     735,292         804,132         85,520         186,843   

Criticized nonaccrual

     151,908         193,859         181,865         36,812   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 17,776,953         22,273,173         1,189,526         2,531,091   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

In determining the allowance for credit losses, residential real estate loans and consumer loans are generally evaluated collectively after considering such factors as payment performance and recent loss experience and trends, which are mainly driven by current collateral values in the market place as well as the amount of loan defaults. Loss rates on such loans are determined by reference to recent charge-off history and are evaluated (and adjusted if deemed appropriate) through consideration of other factors including near-term forecasted loss estimates developed by the Company’s Credit Department. In arriving at such forecasts, the Company considers the current estimated fair value of its collateral based on geographical adjustments for home price depreciation/appreciation and overall borrower repayment performance. With regard to collateral values, the realizability of such values by the Company contemplates repayment of the original balance of any first lien position prior to recovering amounts on a second lien position. However, residential real estate loans and outstanding balances of home equity loans and lines of credit that are more than 150 days past due are generally evaluated for collectibility on a loan-by-loan basis giving consideration to estimated collateral values.

The Company also measures additional losses for purchased impaired loans when it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all cash flows expected at acquisition plus additional cash flows expected to be collected arising from changes in estimates after acquisition. The determination of the allocated portion of the allowance for credit losses is very subjective. Given that inherent subjectivity and potential imprecision involved in determining the allocated portion of the allowance for credit losses, the Company also provides an inherent unallocated portion of the allowance. The unallocated portion of the allowance is intended to recognize probable losses that are not otherwise identifiable and includes management’s subjective determination of amounts necessary to provide for the possible use of imprecise estimates in determining the allocated portion of the allowance. Therefore, the level of the unallocated portion of the allowance is primarily reflective of the inherent imprecision in the various calculations used in determining the allocated portion of the allowance for credit losses. Other factors that could also lead to changes in the unallocated portion include the effects of expansion into new markets for which the Company does not have the same degree of familiarity and experience regarding portfolio performance in changing market conditions, the introduction of new loan and lease product types, and other risks associated with the Company’s loan portfolio that may not be specifically identifiable.

 

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The allocation of the allowance for credit losses summarized on the basis of the Company’s impairment methodology was as follows:

 

     Commercial,
Financial,
Leasing, etc.
     Real Estate                
        Commercial      Residential      Consumer      Total  
     (in thousands)  

March 31, 2013

              

Individually evaluated for impairment

   $ 45,277         45,503         22,444         20,750       $ 133,974   

Collectively evaluated for impairment

     212,574         281,492         66,145         155,480         715,691   

Purchased impaired

     —           1,021         1,533         563         3,117   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Allocated

   $ 257,851         328,016         90,122         176,793         852,782   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Unallocated

                 74,335   
              

 

 

 

Total

               $ 927,117   
              

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

              

Individually evaluated for impairment

   $ 33,669         55,291         20,502         22,194       $ 131,656   

Collectively evaluated for impairment

     212,930         280,789         66,684         156,661         717,064   

Purchased impaired

     160         1,021         1,621         563         3,365   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Allocated

   $ 246,759         337,101         88,807         179,418         852,085   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Unallocated

                 73,775   
              

 

 

 

Total

               $ 925,860   
              

 

 

 

The recorded investment in loans and leases summarized on the basis of the Company’s impairment methodology was as follows:

 

     Commercial,
Financial,
Leasing, etc.
     Real Estate                
        Commercial      Residential      Consumer      Total  
     (in thousands)  

March 31, 2013

              

Individually evaluated for impairment

   $ 212,054         461,084         343,642         73,611       $ 1,090,391   

Collectively evaluated for impairment

     17,240,343         25,117,184         10,712,226         11,338,891         64,408,644   

Purchased impaired

     16,741         366,551         38,709         3,231         425,232   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 17,469,138         25,944,819         11,094,577         11,415,733       $ 65,924,267   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

              

Individually evaluated for impairment

   $ 159,761         480,335         349,477         75,978       $ 1,065,551   

Collectively evaluated for impairment

     17,599,755         25,123,758         10,854,591         11,480,188         65,058,292   

Purchased impaired

     17,437         389,697         36,769         3,211         447,114   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 17,776,953         25,993,790         11,240,837         11,559,377       $ 66,570,957   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

During the normal course of business, the Company modifies loans to maximize recovery efforts. If the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and a concession is granted, the Company considers such modifications as troubled debt restructurings and classifies those loans as either nonaccrual loans or renegotiated

 

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loans. The types of concessions that the Company grants typically include principal deferrals and interest rate concessions, but may also include other types of concessions.

The table below summarizes the Company’s loan modification activities that were considered troubled debt restructurings for the three months ended March 31, 2013:

 

            Recorded investment      Financial effects of
modification
 
     Number      Pre-
modification
     Post-
modification
     Recorded
investment
(a)
    Interest
(b)
 
     (dollars in thousands)  

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.

             

Principal deferral

     24       $ 2,006       $ 1,982       $ (24   $ —     

Other

     1         47,200         47,200         —          —     

Combination of concession types

     1         342         342         —          —     

Real estate:

             

Commercial

             

Principal deferral

     8         18,478         18,363         (115     —     

Combination of concession types

     2         582         581         (1     (56

Residential builder and developer

             

Principal deferral

     8         1,357         1,340         (17     —     

Combination of concession types

     1         1,701         1,691         (10     —     

Residential

             

Principal deferral

     7         566         607         41        —     

Other

     1         195         195         —          —     

Combination of concession types

     20         2,449         2,536         87        (371

Residential Alt-A

             

Combination of concession types

     5         907         925         18        (110

Consumer:

             

Home equity lines and loans

             

Principal deferral

     2         79         79         —          —     

Combination of concession types

     2         211         211         —          (33

Automobile

             

Principal deferral

     121         1,586         1,586         —          —     

Interest rate reduction

     2         36         36         —          (5

Other

     17         159         159         —          —     

Combination of concession types

     61         553         553         —          (42

Other

             

Principal deferral

     6         45         45         —          —     

Other

     1         12         12         —          —     

Combination of concession types

     42         1,217         1,217         —          (267
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     332       $ 79,681       $ 79,660       $ (21   $ (884
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Financial effects impacting the recorded investment included principal payments or advances, charge-offs and capitalized escrow arrearages.
(b) Represents the present value of interest rate concessions discounted at the effective rate of the original loan.

 

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The table below summarizes the Company’s loan modification activities that were considered troubled debt restructurings for the three months ended March 31, 2012:

 

            Recorded investment      Financial effects of
modification
 
     Number      Pre-
modification
     Post-
modification
     Recorded
investment
(a)
    Interest
(b)
 
     (dollars in thousands)  

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.

             

Principal deferral

     9       $ 2,812       $ 2,954       $ 142      $ —     

Other

     1         972         1,098         126        —     

Combination of concession types

     1         45         44         (1     (33

Real estate:

             

Commercial

             

Principal deferral

     2         2,425         2,405         (20     —     

Residential builder and developer

             

Principal deferral

     5         6,822         6,034         (788     —     

Combination of concession types

     2         2,350         2,726         376        —     

Residential

             

Principal deferral

     15         1,505         1,588         83        —     

Combination of concession types

     18         2,936         3,007         71        (200

Residential Alt-A

             

Principal deferral

     3         397         407         10        —     

Combination of concession types

     8         1,360         1,394         34        (5

Consumer:

             

Home equity lines and loans

             

Principal deferral

     1         117         117         —          —     

Interest rate reduction

     1         144         144         —          (6

Combination of concession types

     2         235         235         —          (24

Automobile

             

Principal deferral

     153         1,885         1,885         —          —     

Interest rate reduction

     4         57         57         —          (4

Other

     10         19         19         —          —     

Combination of concession types

     112         1,609         1,609         —          (172

Other

             

Principal deferral

     52         647         647         —          —     

Interest rate reduction

     3         23         23         —          (3

Other

     9         49         49         —          —     

Combination of concession types

     34         219         219         —          (36
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     445       $ 26,628       $ 26,661       $ 33      $ (483
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Financial effects impacting the recorded investment included principal payments or advances, charge-offs and capitalized escrow arrearages.
(b) Represents the present value of interest rate concessions discounted at the effective rate of the original loan.

Troubled debt restructurings are considered to be impaired loans and for purposes of establishing the allowance for credit losses are evaluated for impairment giving consideration to the impact of the modified loan terms on the present value of the loan’s expected cash flows. Impairment of troubled debt restructurings that have subsequently defaulted may also be measured based on the loan’s observable market price or the fair value of collateral if the loan is collateral-dependent. Charge-offs may also be recognized on troubled debt restructurings that have subsequently defaulted. Loans that were modified as troubled debt restructurings during the twelve months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 and for which there was a subsequent payment default during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, were not material.

 

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5. Borrowings

M&T had $1.2 billion of fixed and floating rate junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures (“Junior Subordinated Debentures”) outstanding at March 31, 2013 that are held by various trusts and were issued in connection with the issuance by those trusts of preferred capital securities (“Capital Securities”) and common securities (“Common Securities”). The proceeds from the issuances of the Capital Securities and the Common Securities were used by the trusts to purchase the Junior Subordinated Debentures. The Common Securities of each of those trusts are wholly owned by M&T and are the only class of each trust’s securities possessing general voting powers. The Capital Securities represent preferred undivided interests in the assets of the corresponding trust.

Under the Federal Reserve Board’s current risk-based capital guidelines, the Capital Securities are includable in M&T’s Tier 1 capital. However, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 that was signed into law on July 21, 2010 provides for a three-year phase-in related to the exclusion of trust preferred capital securities from Tier 1 capital for large financial institutions, including M&T. That phase-in period began on January 1, 2013. However, specific rules related to that phase-in period have not yet been finalized.

Holders of the Capital Securities receive preferential cumulative cash distributions unless M&T exercises its right to extend the payment of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures as allowed by the terms of each such debenture, in which case payment of distributions on the respective Capital Securities will be deferred for comparable periods. During an extended interest period, M&T may not pay dividends or distributions on, or repurchase, redeem or acquire any shares of its capital stock. In the event of an extended interest period exceeding twenty quarterly periods for $350 million of Junior Subordinated Debentures due January 31, 2068, M&T must fund the payment of accrued and unpaid interest through an alternative payment mechanism, which requires M&T to issue common stock, non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock or warrants to purchase common stock until M&T has raised an amount of eligible proceeds at least equal to the aggregate amount of accrued and unpaid deferred interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures due January 31, 2068. In general, the agreements governing the Capital Securities, in the aggregate, provide a full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee by M&T of the payment of distributions on, the redemption of, and any liquidation distribution with respect to the Capital Securities. The obligations under such guarantee and the Capital Securities are subordinate and junior in right of payment to all senior indebtedness of M&T.

The Capital Securities will remain outstanding until the Junior Subordinated Debentures are repaid at maturity, are redeemed prior to maturity or are distributed in liquidation to the Trusts. The Capital Securities are mandatorily redeemable in whole, but not in part, upon repayment at the stated maturity dates (ranging from 2027 to 2068) of the Junior Subordinated Debentures or the earlier redemption of the Junior Subordinated Debentures in whole upon the occurrence of one or more events set forth in the indentures relating to the Capital Securities, and in whole or in part at any time after an optional redemption prior to contractual maturity contemporaneously with the optional redemption of the related Junior Subordinated Debentures in whole or in part, subject to possible regulatory approval.

During the first quarter of 2013, M&T Bank, the principal bank subsidiary of M&T, finalized a Bank Note Program whereby M&T Bank may offer up to $5 billion of unsecured senior and subordinated notes, which will mature 270 days or more from their date of issue. During March 2013, three-year floating rate senior notes due March 2016 were issued for $300 million and five-year 1.45% fixed rate senior notes due March 2018 were issued for $500 million.

 

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Also included in long-term borrowings are agreements to repurchase securities of $1.4 billion at each of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012. The agreements are subject to master netting arrangements and are fully collateralized.

6. Shareholders’ equity

M&T is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a $1.00 par value per share. Preferred shares outstanding rank senior to common shares both as to dividends and liquidation preference, but have no general voting rights.

Issued and outstanding preferred stock of M&T is presented below:

 

     Shares
issued and
outstanding
     Carrying
value
March 31,  2013
     Carrying
value
December 31, 2012
 
            (dollars in thousands)  

Series A (a)

        

Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, $1,000 liquidation preference per share

     230,000       $ 227,711       $ 226,965   

Series C (a)(b)

        

Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C, $1,000 liquidation preference per share

     151,500         146,916         145,535   

Series D (c)

        

Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D, $10,000 liquidation preference per share

     50,000         500,000         500,000   

 

(a) Shares were originally issued as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program – Capital Purchase Program (“TARP”) of the U.S. Department of Treasury (“U.S. Treasury”). Cash proceeds were allocated between the preferred stock and a ten-year warrant to purchase M&T common stock (Series A – 1,218,522 common shares at $73.86 per share, Series C – 407,542 common shares at $55.76 per share). The U.S. Treasury sold all of the shares of M&T preferred stock that it held in August 2012. In connection with that sale, the terms of the preferred stock were modified such that dividends, if declared, will accrue and be paid quarterly at a rate of 5% per year through November 14, 2013 and at 6.375% thereafter, and that M&T will not redeem the preferred shares until on or after November 15, 2018. In December 2012, the U.S. Treasury sold to other investors the Series A warrants for $26.50 per warrant. In March 2013, the U.S. Treasury exercised the Series C warrants in a “cashless” exercise, resulting in the issuance of 186,589 common shares.
(b) Shares were assumed in an acquisition and a new Series C Preferred Stock was designated.
(c) Shares were issued on May 31, 2011. Dividends, if declared, will be paid semi-annually at a rate of 6.875% per year. The shares are redeemable in whole or in part on or after June 15, 2016. Notwithstanding M&T’s option to redeem the shares, if an event occurs such that the shares no longer qualify as Tier 1 Capital, M&T may redeem all of the shares within 90 days following that occurrence.

 

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In addition to the Series A and Series C warrants mentioned in (a) above, a ten-year warrant to purchase 95,383 shares of M&T common stock at $518.96 per share was outstanding at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

7. Pension plans and other postretirement benefits

The Company provides defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefits (including health care and life insurance benefits) to qualified retired employees. Net periodic benefit cost for defined benefit plans consisted of the following:

 

     Pension
benefits
    Other
postretirement
benefits
 
     Three months ended March 31  
     2013     2012     2013     2012  
     (in thousands)  

Service cost

   $ 6,050        7,900        200        175   

Interest cost on projected benefit obligation

     15,126        15,600        675        950   

Expected return on plan assets

     (21,875     (17,675     —          —     

Amortization of prior service credit

     (1,650     (1,650     (350     —     

Amortization of net actuarial loss

     10,400        9,400        100        100   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost

   $ 8,051        13,575        625        1,225   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expense incurred in connection with the Company’s defined contribution pension and retirement savings plans totaled $15,755,000 and $14,625,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

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8. Earnings per common share

The computations of basic earnings per common share follow:

 

    

Three months ended

March 31

 
     2013     2012  
     (in thousands, except per share)  

Income available to common shareholders:

    

Net income

   $ 274,113        206,463   

Less: Preferred stock dividends (a)

     (13,363     (13,363

Amortization of preferred stock discount (a)

     (2,147     (1,924
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income available to common equity

     258,603        191,176   

Less: Income attributable to unvested stock-based compensation awards

     (3,524     (2,940
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income available to common shareholders

   $ 255,079        188,236   

Weighted-average shares outstanding:

    

Common shares outstanding (including common stock issuable) and unvested stock-based compensation awards

     129,449        127,157   

Less: Unvested stock-based compensation awards

     (1,780     (1,937
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares outstanding

     127,669        125,220   

Basic earnings per common share

   $ 2.00        1.50   

 

(a) Including impact of not as yet declared cumulative dividends.

 

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8. Earnings per common share, continued

 

The computations of diluted earnings per common share follow:

 

     Three months ended
March 31
 
     2013     2012  
     (in thousands, except per share)  

Net income available to common equity

   $ 258,603        191,176   

Less: Income attributable to unvested stock-based compensation awards

     (3,507     (2,935
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income available to common shareholders

   $ 255,096        188,241   

Adjusted weighted-average shares outstanding:

    

Common shares outstanding (including common stock issuable) and unvested stock-based compensation awards

     129,449        127,157   

Less: Unvested stock-based compensation awards

     (1,780     (1,937

Plus: Incremental shares from assumed conversion of stock-based compensation awards and convertible preferred stock

     967        396   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted weighted-average shares outstanding

     128,636        125,616   

Diluted earnings per common share

   $ 1.98        1.50   

GAAP defines unvested share-based awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) as participating securities that shall be included in the computation of earnings per common share pursuant to the two-class method. The Company has issued stock-based compensation awards in the form of restricted stock and restricted stock units, which, in accordance with GAAP, are considered participating securities.

Stock-based compensation awards and warrants to purchase common stock of M&T representing approximately 4.7 million and 10.0 million common shares during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, were not included in the computations of diluted earnings per common share because the effect on those periods would have been antidilutive.

 

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9. Comprehensive income

The following tables display the components of other comprehensive income (loss) and amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to net income:

 

     Investment Securities                                
     With
OTTI
    All other     Defined
benefit

plans
    Other     Total
amount
before tax
    Income
tax
    Net  
     (in thousands)  

Balance – January 1, 2013

   $ (91,835     152,199        (455,590     (431   $ (395,657     155,393      $ (240,264

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications:

              

Unrealized holding gains (losses), net

     24,540        (18,959     —          —          5,581        (2,181     3,400   

Foreign currency translation adjustment

     —          —          —          (1,452     (1,452     520        (932
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income before reclassifications

     24,540        (18,959     —          (1,452     4,129        (1,661     2,468   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income that (increase) decrease net income:

              

Accretion of unrealized holding losses on held-to-maturity (“HTM”) securities

     49        1,146        —          —          1,195 (a)      (469     726   

OTTI charges recognized in net income

     9,800        —          —          —          9,800 (b)      (3,847     5,953   

Amortization of prior service credit

     —          —          (2,000     —          (2,000 )(e)      785        (1,215

Amortization of actuarial losses

     —          —          10,500        —          10,500 (e)      (4,121     6,379   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total reclassifications

     9,849        1,146        8,500        —          19,495        (7,652     11,843   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total gain (loss) during the period

     34,389        (17,813     8,500        (1,452     23,624        (9,313     14,311   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance – March 31, 2013

   $ (57,446     134,386        (447,090     (1,883   $ (372,033     146,080      $ (225,953
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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     Investment Securities                                
     With
OTTI
    All
other
    Defined
benefit

plan
    Other     Total
amount
before tax
    Income
tax
    Net  
     (in thousands)  

Balance – January 1, 2012

   $ (138,319     9,757        (457,145     (1,062   $ (586,769     230,328      $ (356,441

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications:

              

Unrealized holding gains (losses), net

     (10,085     29,696        —          —          19,611        (7,657     11,954   

Foreign currency translation adjustment

     —          —          —          622        622        (220     402   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income before reclassifications

     (10,085     29,696        —          622        20,233        (7,877     12,356   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income that (increase) decrease net income:

              

Accretion of unrealized holding losses on HTM securities

     819        1,123        —          —          1,942 (a)      (762     1,180   

OTTI charges recognized in net income

     11,486        —          —          —          11,486 (b)      (4,508     6,978   

Gains realized in net income

     —          (45     —          —          (45 )(c)      15        (30

Amortization of gains on terminated cash flow hedges

     —          —          —          (112     (112 )(d)      42        (70

Amortization of prior service credit

     —          —          (1,650     —          (1,650 )(e)      648        (1,002

Amortization of actuarial losses

     —          —          9,500        —          9,500 (e)      (3,729     5,771   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total reclassifications

     12,305        1,078        7,850        (112     21,121        (8,294     12,827   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total gain (loss) during the period

     2,220        30,774        7,850        510        41,354        (16,171     25,183   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance – March 31, 2012

   $ (136,099     40,531        (449,295     (552   $ (545,415     214,157      $ (331,258
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Included in interest income
(b) Included in OTTI losses recognized in earnings
(c) Included in gain on bank investment securities
(d) Included in interest expense
(e) Included in salaries and employee benefits expense

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net consisted of the following:

 

     Investment securities     Defined
benefit
plans
             
     With OTTI     All other       Other     Total  

Balance – December 31, 2012

   $ (55,790     92,581        (276,771     (284     (240,264

Net gain (loss) during period

     20,891        (10,812     5,164        (932     14,311   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance – March 31, 2013

   $ (34,899     81,769        (271,607     (1,216     (225,953
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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10. Derivative financial instruments

As part of managing interest rate risk, the Company enters into interest rate swap agreements to modify the repricing characteristics of certain portions of the Company’s portfolios of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. The Company designates interest rate swap agreements utilized in the management of interest rate risk as either fair value hedges or cash flow hedges. Interest rate swap agreements are generally entered into with counterparties that meet established credit standards and most contain master netting and collateral provisions protecting the at-risk party. Based on adherence to the Company’s credit standards and the presence of the netting and collateral provisions, the Company believes that the credit risk inherent in these contracts is not significant as of March 31, 2013.

The net effect of interest rate swap agreements was to increase net interest income by $10 million and $9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Information about interest rate swap agreements entered into for interest rate risk management purposes summarized by type of financial instrument the swap agreements were intended to hedge follows:

 

     Notional
amount
     Average
maturity
     Weighted-
average rate
 
           Fixed     Variable  
     (in thousands)      (in years)               

March 31, 2013

          

Fair value hedges:

          

Fixed rate long-term borrowings (a)

   $ 900,000         4.1         6.07     1.83
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

          

Fair value hedges:

          

Fixed rate long-term borrowings (a)

   $ 900,000         4.4         6.07     1.85
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Under the terms of these agreements, the Company receives settlement amounts at a fixed rate and pays at a variable rate.

The Company utilizes commitments to sell residential and commercial real estate loans to hedge the exposure to changes in the fair value of real estate loans held for sale. Such commitments have generally been designated as fair value hedges. The Company also utilizes commitments to sell real estate loans to offset the exposure to changes in fair value of certain commitments to originate real estate loans for sale.

Derivative financial instruments used for trading purposes included interest rate contracts, foreign exchange and other option contracts, foreign exchange forward and spot contracts, and financial futures. Interest rate contracts entered into for trading purposes had notional values of $15.2 billion and $15.5 billion at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. The notional amounts of foreign currency and other option and futures contracts entered into for trading purposes aggregated $921 million and $869 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

 

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Information about the fair values of derivative instruments in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statement of income follows:

 

     Asset derivatives      Liability derivatives  
     Fair value      Fair value  
     March 31,
2013
     December 31,
2012
     March 31,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 
     (in thousands)  

Derivatives designated and qualifying as hedging instruments

           

Fair value hedges:

           

Interest rate swap agreements (a)

   $ 134,306         143,179       $ —           —     

Commitments to sell real estate loans (a)

     3,255         1,114         3,913         3,825   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     137,561         144,293         3,913         3,825   

Derivatives not designated and qualifying as hedging instruments

           

Mortgage-related commitments to originate real estate loans for sale (a)

     36,166         48,056         47         197   

Commitments to sell real estate loans (a)

     1,664         1,982         5,574         6,570   

Trading:

           

Interest rate contracts (b)

     351,611         399,963         317,701         365,616   

Foreign exchange and other option and futures
contracts (b)

     10,505         8,725         9,907         8,658   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     399,946         458,726         333,229         381,041   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivatives

   $ 537,507         603,019       $ 337,142         384,866   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Asset derivatives are reported in other assets and liability derivatives are reported in other liabilities.
(b) Asset derivatives are reported in trading account assets and liability derivatives are reported in other liabilities.

 

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     Amount of unrealized gain (loss) recognized  
     Three months ended
March 31, 2013
     Three months ended
March 31, 2012
 
     Derivative     Hedged item      Derivative     Hedged item  
     (in thousands)  

Derivatives in fair value hedging relationships

         

Interest rate swap agreements:

         

Fixed rate long-term borrowings (a)

   $ (8,873     8,900       $ (7,029     6,544   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

         

Trading:

         

Interest rate contracts (b)

   $ 968         $ 1,139     

Foreign exchange and other option and futures
contracts (b)

     (381        (710  
  

 

 

      

 

 

   

Total

   $ 587         $ 429     
  

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

(a) Reported as other revenues from operations.
(b) Reported as trading account and foreign exchange gains.

In addition, the Company also has commitments to sell and commitments to originate residential and commercial real estate loans that are considered derivatives. The Company designates certain of the commitments to sell real estate loans as fair value hedges of real estate loans held for sale. The Company also utilizes commitments to sell real estate loans to offset the exposure to changes in the fair value of certain commitments to originate real estate loans for sale. As a result of these activities, net unrealized pre-tax gains related to hedged loans held for sale, commitments to originate loans for sale and commitments to sell loans were approximately $62 million and $89 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Changes in unrealized gains and losses are included in mortgage banking revenues and, in general, are realized in subsequent periods as the related loans are sold and commitments satisfied.

The Company does not offset derivative asset and liability positions in its consolidated financial statements. The Company’s exposure to credit risk by entering into derivative contracts is mitigated through master netting agreements and collateral posting requirements. Master netting agreements covering interest rate and foreign exchange contracts with the same party include a right to set-off that becomes enforceable in the event of default, early termination or under other specific conditions.

The aggregate fair value of derivative financial instruments in a liability position, which are subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement, was $330 million and $374 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. After consideration of such netting arrangements, the net liability positions with counterparties aggregated $236 million and $281 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. The Company was required to post collateral relating to those positions of $218 million and $266 million, respectively, at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Certain of the Company’s derivative financial instruments contain provisions that require the Company to maintain specific credit ratings from credit rating agencies to avoid higher collateral posting requirements. If the Company’s debt rating were

 

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to fall below specified ratings, the counterparties of the derivative financial instruments could demand immediate incremental collateralization on those instruments in a net liability position. The aggregate fair value of all derivative financial instruments with such credit-risk-related contingent features in a net liability position on March 31, 2013 was $74 million for which the Company had posted collateral of $58 million in the normal course of business. If the credit-risk-related contingent features had been triggered on March 31, 2013, the maximum amount of additional collateral the Company would have been required to post with counterparties was $16 million.

The aggregate fair value of derivative financial instruments in an asset position, which are subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement, was $168 million and $164 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. After consideration of such netting arrangements, the net asset positions with counterparties aggregated $75 million and $71 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Counterparties posted collateral relating to those positions of $75 million and $69 million respectively, at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Trading account interest rate swap agreements entered into with customers are subject to the Company’s credit risk standards and often contain collateral provisions.

11. Variable interest entities and asset securitizations

In accordance with GAAP, the Company determined that it was the primary beneficiary of a residential mortgage loan securitization trust considering its role as servicer and its retained subordinated interests in the trust. As a result, the Company has included the one-to-four family residential mortgage loans that were included in the trust in its consolidated financial statements. At March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the carrying values of the loans in the securitization trust were $142 million and $151 million, respectively. The outstanding principal amount of mortgage-backed securities issued by the qualified special purpose trust that was held by parties unrelated to M&T at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 was $21 million and $23 million, respectively. Because the transaction was non-recourse, the Company’s maximum exposure to loss as a result of its association with the trust at March 31, 2013 is limited to realizing the carrying value of the loans less the amount of the mortgage-backed securities held by third parties.

As described in note 5, M&T has issued junior subordinated debentures payable to various trusts that have issued Capital Securities. M&T owns the common securities of those trust entities. The Company is not considered to be the primary beneficiary of those entities and, accordingly, the trusts are not included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. At March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company included the junior subordinated debentures as “long-term borrowings” in its consolidated balance sheet. The Company has recognized $34 million in other assets for its “investment” in the common securities of the trusts that will be concomitantly repaid to M&T by the respective trust from the proceeds of M&T’s repayment of the junior subordinated debentures associated with preferred capital securities described in note 5.

The Company has invested as a limited partner in various partnerships that collectively had total assets of approximately $1.4 billion and $1.5 billion at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Those partnerships generally construct or acquire properties for which the investing partners are eligible to receive certain federal income tax credits in accordance with government guidelines. Such investments may also provide tax deductible losses to the partners. The partnership investments also assist the Company in achieving its community reinvestment initiatives. As a limited partner, there is no recourse

 

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to the Company by creditors of the partnerships. However, the tax credits that result from the Company’s investments in such partnerships are generally subject to recapture should a partnership fail to comply with the respective government regulations. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss of its investments in such partnerships was $258 million, including $68 million of unfunded commitments, at March 31, 2013 and $270 million, including $71 million of unfunded commitments, at December 31, 2012. The Company has not provided financial or other support to the partnerships that was not contractually required. Management currently estimates that no material losses are probable as a result of the Company’s involvement with such entities. The Company, in its position as limited partner, does not direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the partnerships and, therefore, in accordance with the accounting provisions for variable interest entities, the partnership entities are not included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

12. Fair value measurements

GAAP permits an entity to choose to measure eligible financial instruments and other items at fair value. The Company has not made any fair value elections at March 31, 2013.

Pursuant to GAAP, fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A three-level hierarchy exists in GAAP for fair value measurements based upon the inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability.

 

   

Level 1 — Valuation is based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

 

   

Level 2 — Valuation is determined from quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active or by model-based techniques in which all significant inputs are observable in the market.

 

   

Level 3 — Valuation is derived from model-based and other techniques in which at least one significant input is unobservable and which may be based on the Company’s own estimates about the assumptions that market participants would use to value the asset or liability.

When available, the Company attempts to use quoted market prices in active markets to determine fair value and classifies such items as Level 1 or Level 2. If quoted market prices in active markets are not available, fair value is often determined using model-based techniques incorporating various assumptions including interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit losses. Assets and liabilities valued using model-based techniques are generally classified as either Level 2 or Level 3, depending on the lowest level classification of an input that is considered significant to the overall valuation. The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured on a recurring basis at estimated fair value.

Trading account assets and liabilities

Trading account assets and liabilities consist primarily of interest rate swap agreements and foreign exchange contracts with customers who require such services with offsetting positions with third parties to minimize the Company’s risk with respect to such transactions. The Company generally determines the fair value of its derivative trading account assets and liabilities using externally developed pricing models based on market observable inputs and, therefore,

 

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classifies such valuations as Level 2. Mutual funds held in connection with deferred compensation arrangements have been classified as Level 1 valuations. Valuations of investments in municipal and other bonds can generally be obtained through reference to quoted prices in less active markets for the same or similar securities or through model-based techniques in which all significant inputs are observable and, therefore, such valuations have been classified as Level 2.

Investment securities available for sale

The majority of the Company’s available-for-sale investment securities have been valued by reference to prices for similar securities or through model-based techniques in which all significant inputs are observable and, therefore, such valuations have been classified as Level 2. Certain investments in mutual funds and equity securities are actively traded and, therefore, have been classified as Level 1 valuations.

The markets for privately issued mortgage-backed securities have experienced a sharp reduction of non-agency mortgage-backed securities issuances, a reduction in trading volumes and wide bid-ask spreads. Although estimated prices were generally obtained for such securities, the Company was significantly restricted in the level of market observable assumptions used in the valuation of its privately issued mortgage-backed securities portfolio. Specifically, market assumptions regarding credit adjusted cash flows and liquidity influences on discount rates were difficult to observe at the individual bond level. Because of the inactivity in the markets and the lack of observable valuation inputs, the Company has classified the valuation of privately issued mortgage-backed securities as Level 3.

The Company supplemented its determination of fair value for many of its privately issued mortgage-backed securities by obtaining pricing indications from two independent sources at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012. However, the Company could not readily ascertain that the basis of such valuations could be ascribed to orderly and observable trades in the market for privately issued mortgage-backed securities. As a result, the Company also performed internal modeling to estimate the cash flows and fair value of privately issued mortgage-backed securities with an amortized cost basis of $1.1 billion. The Company’s internal modeling techniques included discounting estimated bond-specific cash flows using assumptions about cash flows associated with loans underlying each of the bonds, including estimates about the timing and amount of credit losses and prepayments. In estimating those cash flows, the Company used assumptions as to future delinquency, defaults, home price depreciation or appreciation and loss rates. To determine the point within the range of potential values that was most representative of fair value under current market conditions for each of the bonds, the Company averaged the internal model valuations and the indications obtained from the two independent pricing sources, such that the weighted-average reliance on internal model pricing for the bonds modeled was 33% with a 67% average weighting placed on the values provided by the independent sources. Significant unobservable inputs used in the Company’s modeling of fair value for mortgage-backed securities are included in the accompanying table of significant unobservable inputs to Level 3 measurements. The Company concluded its estimate of fair value for the $1.1 billion of privately issued mortgage-backed securities to approximate $1.0 billion, which reflects a market yield based on reasonably likely cash flows of 5.9% at March 31, 2013.

Included in collateralized debt obligations are securities backed by trust preferred securities issued by financial institutions and other entities. The Company could not obtain pricing indications for many of these securities from its two primary independent pricing sources. The Company, therefore, performed internal modeling to estimate the cash flows and fair value of its portfolio of securities backed by trust preferred securities at March 31, 2013 and December

 

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31, 2012. The modeling techniques included estimating cash flows using bond-specific assumptions about future collateral defaults and related loss severities. The resulting cash flows were then discounted by reference to market yields observed in the single-name trust preferred securities market. In determining a market yield applicable to the estimated cash flows, a margin over LIBOR, ranging from 5% to 10% with a weighted-average of 7% was used. Significant unobservable inputs used in the determination of estimated fair value of collateralized debt obligations are included in the accompanying table of significant unobservable inputs to Level 3 measurements. The total amortized cost and fair value of securities backed by trust preferred securities issued by financial institutions and other entities were $43 million and $62 million, respectively, at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012. Privately issued mortgage-backed securities and securities backed by trust preferred securities issued by financial institutions and other entities constituted all of the available-for-sale investment securities classified as Level 3 valuations as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

The Company ensures an appropriate control framework is in place over the valuation processes and techniques used for Level 3 fair value measurements. Specifically, the Company attempts to obtain the market observable inputs used by third party pricing sources on a sample of bonds each quarter. Analytical procedures are performed to understand changes in fair value from period to period. Internal pricing models are subject to validation procedures including testing of mathematical constructs, review of valuation methodology and significant assumptions used.

Real estate loans held for sale

The Company utilizes commitments to sell real estate loans to hedge the exposure to changes in fair value of real estate loans held for sale. The carrying value of hedged real estate loans held for sale includes changes in estimated fair value during the hedge period. Typically, the Company attempts to hedge real estate loans held for sale from the date of close through the sale date. The fair value of hedged real estate loans held for sale is generally calculated by reference to quoted prices in secondary markets for commitments to sell real estate loans with similar characteristics and, accordingly, such loans have been classified as a Level 2 valuation.

Commitments to originate real estate loans for sale and commitments to sell real estate loans

The Company enters into various commitments to originate real estate loans for sale and commitments to sell real estate loans. Such commitments are considered to be derivative financial instruments and, therefore, are carried at estimated fair value on the consolidated balance sheet. The estimated fair values of such commitments were generally calculated by reference to quoted prices in secondary markets for commitments to sell real estate loans to certain government-sponsored entities and other parties. The fair valuations of commitments to sell real estate loans generally result in a Level 2 classification. The estimated fair value of commitments to originate real estate loans for sale are adjusted to reflect the Company’s anticipated commitment expirations. The estimated commitment expirations are considered significant unobservable inputs contributing to the Level 3 classification of commitments to originate real estate loans for sale. Significant unobservable inputs used in the determination of estimated fair value of commitments to originate real estate loans for sale are included in the accompanying table of significant unobservable inputs to Level 3 measurements.

 

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Interest rate swap agreements used for interest rate risk management

The Company utilizes interest rate swap agreements as part of the management of interest rate risk to modify the repricing characteristics of certain portions of its portfolios of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. The Company generally determines the fair value of its interest rate swap agreements using externally developed pricing models based on market observable inputs and, therefore, classifies such valuations as Level 2. The Company has considered counterparty credit risk in the valuation of its interest rate swap agreement assets and has considered its own credit risk in the valuation of its interest rate swap agreement liabilities.

The following tables present assets and liabilities at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis:

 

     Fair value
measurements at
March 31,
2013
     Level 1 (a)      Level 2 (a)      Level 3  
     (in thousands)  

Trading account assets

   $ 420,144         46,567         373,577         —     

Investment securities available for sale:

           

U.S. Treasury and federal agencies

     39,700         —           39,700         —     

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

     20,041         —           20,041         —     

Mortgage-backed securities:

           

Government issued or guaranteed

     3,029,910         —           3,029,910         —     

Privately issued residential

     985,689         —           —           985,689   

Privately issued commercial

     7,558         —           —           7,558   

Collateralized debt obligations

     61,718         —           —           61,718   

Other debt securities

     117,511         —           117,511         —     

Equity securities

     138,615         112,606         26,009         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     4,400,742         112,606         3,233,171         1,054,965   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Real estate loans held for sale

     1,183,041         —           1,183,041         —     

Other assets (b)

     175,391         —           139,225         36,166   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 6,179,318         159,173         4,929,014         1,091,131   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Trading account liabilities

   $ 327,608         —           327,608         —     

Other liabilities (b)

     9,534         —           9,487         47   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 337,142         —           337,095         47   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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     Fair value
measurements at
December 31,
2012
     Level 1 (a)      Level 2 (a)      Level 3  
     (in thousands)  

Trading account assets

   $ 488,966         56,106         432,860         —     

Investment securities available for sale:

           

U.S. Treasury and federal agencies

     39,344         —           39,344         —     

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

     20,901         —           20,901         —     

Mortgage-backed securities:

           

Government issued or guaranteed

     3,371,041         —           3,371,041         —     

Privately issued residential

     1,012,886         —           —           1,012,886   

Privately issued commercial

     11,000         —           —           11,000   

Collateralized debt obligations

     61,869         —           —           61,869   

Other debt securities

     111,950         —           111,950         —     

Equity securities

     110,446         98,364         12,082         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     4,739,437         98,364         3,555,318         1,085,755   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Real estate loans held for sale

     1,387,491         —           1,387,491         —     

Other assets (b)

     194,331         —           146,275         48,056   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 6,810,225         154,470         5,521,944         1,133,811   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Trading account liabilities

   $ 374,274         —           374,274         —     

Other liabilities (b)

     10,592         —           10,395         197   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 384,866         —           384,669         197   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) There were no significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and the year ended December 31, 2012.
(b) Comprised predominantly of interest rate swap agreements used for interest rate risk management (Level 2), commitments to sell real estate loans (Level 2) and commitments to originate real estate loans to be held for sale (Level 3).

 

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The changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis during the three months ended March 31, 2013 were as follows:

 

     Investment securities available for sale        
     Privately
issued
residential
mortgage-

backed
securities
    Privately
issued
commercial
mortgage-

backed
securities
    Collateralized
debt
obligations
    Other assets
and other
liabilities
 
     (in thousands)  

Balance – January 1, 2013

   $  1,012,886      $ 11,000      $ 61,869      $ 47,859   

Total gains (losses) realized/unrealized:

        

Included in earnings

     (9,800 )(a)      —          —          43,312 (b) 

Included in other comprehensive income

     27,759 (e)      (1,378 )(e)      740 (e)      —     

Settlements

     (45,156     (2,064     (891     —     

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3 (c)

     —          —          —          (55,052 )(d) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance – March 31, 2013

   $ 985,689      $ 7,558      $ 61,718      $ 36,119   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Changes in unrealized gains (losses) included in earnings related to assets still held at March 31, 2013

   $ (9,800 )(a)    $ —        $ —        $  31,398 (b) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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The changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis during the three months ended March 31, 2012 were as follows:

 

     Investment securities available for sale        
     Privately
issued
residential
mortgage-

backed
securities
    Privately
issued
commercial
mortgage-

backed
securities
    Collateralized
debt
obligations
    Other assets
and other
liabilities
 
     (in thousands)  

Balance – January 1, 2012

   $  1,136,256      $ 15,029      $ 52,500      $ 6,923   

Total gains (losses) realized/unrealized:

        

Included in earnings

     (7,676 )(a)      —          —          27,031 (b) 

Included in other comprehensive income

     25,070 (e)      348 (e)      6,423 (e)      —     

Settlements

     (42,955     (1,942     (739     —     

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3 (c)

     —          —          —          (13,519 )(d) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance – March 31, 2012

   $ 1,110,695      $ 13,435      $ 58,184      $ 20,435   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Changes in unrealized gains (losses) included in earnings related to assets still held at March 31, 2012

   $ (7,676 )(a)    $ —        $ —        $  19,506 (b) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Reported as an OTTI loss in the consolidated statement of income or as gain (loss) on bank investment securities.
(b) Reported as mortgage banking revenues in the consolidated statement of income and includes the fair value of commitment issuances and expirations.
(c) The Company’s policy for transfers between fair value levels is to recognize the transfer as of the actual date of the event or change in circumstances that caused the transfer.
(d) Transfers out of Level 3 consist of interest rate locks transferred to closed loans.
(e) Reported as net unrealized gains on investment securities in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

 

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The Company is required, on a nonrecurring basis, to adjust the carrying value of certain assets or provide valuation allowances related to certain assets using fair value measurements. The more significant of those assets follow.

Investment securities held to maturity

During the three-month period ended March 31, 2012, the Company recognized OTTI losses related to certain collateralized mortgage obligations of $4 million. No OTTI losses were recognized for such securities during the three-month period ended March 31, 2013. In accordance with GAAP, the carrying value of such securities was reduced to fair value, with estimated credit losses recognized in earnings and any remaining unrealized loss recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income. The determination of fair value included use of external and internal valuation sources that, as in the case of available-for-sale privately issued mortgage-backed securities, were weighted and averaged when estimating fair value. Due to the presence of significant unobservable inputs that valuation was classified as Level 3. The amortized cost, fair value and impact on the Company’s financial statements of the modeling described herein were not material.

Loans

Loans are generally not recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. Periodically, the Company records nonrecurring adjustments to the carrying value of loans based on fair value measurements for partial charge-offs of the uncollectible portions of those loans. Nonrecurring adjustments also include certain impairment amounts for collateral-dependent loans when establishing the allowance for credit losses. Such amounts are generally based on the fair value of the underlying collateral supporting the loan and, as a result, the carrying value of the loan less the calculated valuation amount does not necessarily represent the fair value of the loan. Real estate collateral is typically valued using appraisals or other indications of value based on recent comparable sales of similar properties or assumptions generally observable in the marketplace and the related nonrecurring fair value measurement adjustments have generally been classified as Level 2, unless significant adjustments have been made to the valuation that are not readily observable by market participants. Non-real estate collateral supporting commercial loans generally consists of business assets such as receivables, inventory and equipment. Fair value estimations are typically determined by discounting recorded values of those assets to reflect estimated net realizable value considering specific borrower facts and circumstances and the experience of credit personnel in their dealings with similar borrower collateral liquidations. Such discounts were generally in the range of 10% to 85% at March 31, 2013. As these discounts are not readily observable and are considered significant, the valuations have been classified as Level 3. Loans subject to nonrecurring fair value measurement were $227 million at March 31, 2013 ($158 million and $69 million of which were classified as Level 2 and Level 3, respectively) and $363 million at March 31, 2012 ($208 million and $155 million of which were classified as Level 2 and Level 3, respectively). Changes in fair value recognized for partial charge-offs of loans and loan impairment reserves on loans held by the Company on March 31, 2013 and 2012 were decreases of $15 million and $19 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

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Assets taken in foreclosure of defaulted loans

Assets taken in foreclosure of defaulted loans are primarily comprised of commercial and residential real property and are generally measured at the lower of cost or fair value less costs to sell. The fair value of the real property is generally determined using appraisals or other indications of value based on recent comparable sales of similar properties or assumptions generally observable in the marketplace, and the related nonrecurring fair value measurement adjustments have generally been classified as Level 2. Assets taken in foreclosure of defaulted loans subject to nonrecurring fair value measurement were $19 million and $10 million at March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012 respectively. Changes in fair value recognized for those foreclosed assets held by the Company were not material during the three months ended March 31, 2013 or 2012.

Significant unobservable inputs to Level 3 measurements

The following tables present quantitative information about the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurements for Level 3 assets and liabilities at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

 

     Fair value at
March 31, 2013
     Valuation
technique
   Unobservable
input/assumptions
   Range
(weighted-
average)

Recurring fair value measurements

           

Privately issued mortgage–backed securities

   $ 993,247       Discounted

cash flow

   Probability
of default
   1%-40% (18%)
         Loss severity    31%-83% (48%)

Collateralized debt obligations

     61,718       Discounted
cash flow
   Probability
of default
   0%-65% (18%)
         Loss severity    100%

Net other assets (liabilities) (a)

     36,119       Discounted
cash flow
   Commitment
expirations
   0%-69% (20%)
     Fair value at
December 31, 2012
     Valuation
technique
   Unobservable
input/assumptions
   Range
(weighted-
average)

Recurring fair value measurements

           

Privately issued mortgage–backed securities

   $ 1,023,886       Discounted

cash flow

   Probability
of default
   1%-40% (19%)
         Loss severity    32%-82% (51%)

Collateralized debt obligations

     61,869       Discounted
cash flow
   Probability
of default
   0%-65% (12%)
         Loss severity    100%

Net other assets (liabilities) (a)

     47,859       Discounted
cash flow
   Commitment
expirations
   0%-69% (20%)

 

(a) Other Level 3 assets (liabilities) consist of commitments to originate real estate loans.

Sensitivity of fair value measurements to changes in unobservable inputs

An increase (decrease) in the probability of default and loss severity for residential mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt securities backed by trust preferred securities would generally result in a lower (higher) fair value measurement.

 

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An increase (decrease) in the estimate of expirations for commitments to originate residential mortgage loans would generally result in a lower (higher) fair value measurement. Estimated commitment expirations are derived considering loan type, changes in interest rates and remaining length of time until closing.

Disclosures of fair value of financial instruments

With the exception of marketable securities, certain off-balance sheet financial instruments and one-to-four family residential mortgage loans originated for sale, the Company’s financial instruments are not readily marketable and market prices do not exist. The Company, in attempting to comply with the provisions of GAAP that require disclosures of fair value of financial instruments, has not attempted to market its financial instruments to potential buyers, if any exist. Since negotiated prices in illiquid markets depend greatly upon the then present motivations of the buyer and seller, it is reasonable to assume that actual sales prices could vary widely from any estimate of fair value made without the benefit of negotiations. Additionally, changes in market interest rates can dramatically impact the value of financial instruments in a short period of time. Additional information about the assumptions and calculations utilized follows.

The carrying amounts and estimated fair value for financial instrument assets (liabilities) are presented in the following table:

 

     March 31, 2013  
     Carrying
amount
    Estimated
fair value
    Level 1      Level 2     Level 3  
     (in thousands)  

Financial assets:

           

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 1,826,067      $ 1,826,067      $ 1,764,954       $ 61,113      $ —     

Interest-bearing deposits at banks

     1,304,770        1,304,770        —           1,304,770        —     

Trading account assets

     420,144        420,144        46,567         373,577        —     

Investment securities

     5,660,831        5,612,415        112,606         4,289,603        1,210,206   

Loans and leases:

           

Commercial loans and leases

     17,469,138        17,165,948        —           —          17,165,948   

Commercial real estate loans

     25,944,819        25,788,504        —           79,400        25,709,104   

Residential real estate loans

     11,094,577        11,233,384        —           7,861,298        3,372,086   

Consumer loans

     11,415,733        11,321,522        —           —          11,321,522   

Allowance for credit losses

     (927,117     —          —           —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loans and leases, net

     64,997,150        65,509,358        —           7,940,698        57,568,660   

Accrued interest receivable

     243,547        243,547        —           243,547        —     

Financial liabilities:

           

Noninterest-bearing deposits

   $ (23,603,971   $ (23,603,971   $ —         $ (23,603,971   $ —     

Savings deposits and NOW accounts

     (36,915,646     (36,915,646     —           (36,915,646     —     

Time deposits

     (4,304,033     (4,326,064     —           (4,326,064     —     

Deposits at Cayman Islands office

     (266,076     (266,076     —           (266,076     —     

Short-term borrowings

     (374,593     (374,593     —           (374,593     —     

Long-term borrowings

     (5,394,563     (5,571,132     —           (5,571,132     —     

Accrued interest payable

     (72,059     (72,059     —           (72,059     —     

Trading account liabilities

     (327,608     (327,608     —           (327,608     —     

Other financial instruments:

           

Commitments to originate real estate loans for sale

   $ 36,119      $ 36,119      $ —         $ —        $ 36,119   

Commitments to sell real estate loans

     (4,568     (4,568     —           (4,568     —     

Other credit-related commitments

     (115,024     (115,024     —           —          (115,024

Interest rate swap agreements used for interest rate risk management

     134,306        134,306        —           134,306        —     

 

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     December 31, 2012  
     Carrying
amount
    Estimated
fair value
    Level 1      Level 2     Level 3  
     (in thousands)  

Financial assets:

           

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 1,986,615      $ 1,986,615      $ 1,895,423       $ 91,192      $ —     

Interest-bearing deposits at banks

     129,945        129,945        —           129,945        —     

Trading account assets

     488,966        488,966        56,106         432,860        —     

Investment securities

     6,074,361        6,018,968        98,364         4,687,211        1,233,393   

Loans and leases:

           

Commercial loans and leases

     17,776,953        17,554,562        —           —          17,554,562   

Commercial real estate loans

     25,993,790        25,858,482        —           199,997        25,658,485   

Residential real estate loans

     11,240,837        11,381,319        —           8,100,915        3,280,404   

Consumer loans

     11,559,377        11,504,799        —           —          11,504,799   

Allowance for credit losses

     (925,860     —          —           —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loans and leases, net

     65,645,097        66,299,162        —           8,300,912        57,998,250   

Accrued interest receivable

     222,897        222,897        —           222,897        —     

Financial liabilities:

           

Noninterest-bearing deposits

   $ (24,240,802   $ (24,240,802   $ —         $ (24,240,802   $ —     

Savings deposits and NOW accounts

     (35,763,566     (35,763,566     —           (35,763,566     —     

Time deposits

     (4,562,366     (4,584,384     —           (4,584,384     —     

Deposits at Cayman Islands office

     (1,044,519     (1,044,519     —           (1,044,519     —     

Short-term borrowings

     (1,074,482     (1,074,482     —           (1,074,482     —     

Long-term borrowings

     (4,607,758     (4,768,408     —           (4,768,408     —     

Accrued interest payable

     (54,281     (54,281     —           (54,281     —     

Trading account liabilities

     (374,274     (374,274     —           (374,274     —     

Other financial instruments:

           

Commitments to originate real estate loans for sale

   $ 47,859      $ 47,859      $ —         $ —        $ 47,859   

Commitments to sell real estate loans

     (7,299     (7,299     —           (7,299     —     

Other credit-related commitments

     (119,464     (119,464     —           —          (119,464

Interest rate swap agreements used for interest rate risk management

     143,179        143,179        —           143,179        —     

The following assumptions, methods and calculations were used in determining the estimated fair value of financial instruments not measured at fair value in the consolidated balance sheet.

Cash and cash equivalents, interest-bearing deposits at banks, short-term borrowings, accrued interest receivable and accrued interest payable

Due to the nature of cash and cash equivalents and the near maturity of interest-bearing deposits at banks, short-term borrowings, accrued interest receivable and accrued interest payable, the Company estimated that the carrying amount of such instruments approximated estimated fair value.

Investment securities

Estimated fair values of investments in readily marketable securities were generally based on quoted market prices. Investment securities that were not readily marketable were assigned amounts based on estimates provided by outside parties or modeling techniques that relied upon discounted calculations of projected cash flows or, in the case of other investment securities, which include capital stock of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, at an amount equal to the carrying amount.

Loans and leases

In general, discount rates used to calculate values for loan products were based on the Company’s pricing at the respective period end. A higher discount rate was assumed with respect to estimated cash flows associated with nonaccrual loans. Projected loan cash flows were adjusted for estimated credit losses. However, such estimates made by the Company may not be indicative of assumptions and adjustments that a purchaser of the Company’s loans and leases would seek.

 

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12. Fair value measurements, continued

 

Deposits

Pursuant to GAAP, the estimated fair value ascribed to noninterest-bearing deposits, savings deposits and NOW accounts must be established at carrying value because of the customers’ ability to withdraw funds immediately. Time deposit accounts are required to be revalued based upon prevailing market interest rates for similar maturity instruments. As a result, amounts assigned to time deposits were based on discounted cash flow calculations using prevailing market interest rates based on the Company’s pricing at the respective date for deposits with comparable remaining terms to maturity.

The Company believes that deposit accounts have a value greater than that prescribed by GAAP. The Company feels, however, that the value associated with these deposits is greatly influenced by characteristics of the buyer, such as the ability to reduce the costs of servicing the deposits and deposit attrition which often occurs following an acquisition.

Long-term borrowings

The amounts assigned to long-term borrowings were based on quoted market prices, when available, or were based on discounted cash flow calculations using prevailing market interest rates for borrowings of similar terms and credit risk.

Other commitments and contingencies

As described in note 13, in the normal course of business, various commitments and contingent liabilities are outstanding, such as loan commitments, credit guarantees and letters of credit. The Company’s pricing of such financial instruments is based largely on credit quality and relationship, probability of funding and other requirements. Loan commitments often have fixed expiration dates and contain termination and other clauses which provide for relief from funding in the event of significant deterioration in the credit quality of the customer. The rates and terms of the Company’s loan commitments, credit guarantees and letters of credit are competitive with other financial institutions operating in markets served by the Company. The Company believes that the carrying amounts, which are included in other liabilities, are reasonable estimates of the fair value of these financial instruments.

The Company does not believe that the estimated information presented herein is representative of the earnings power or value of the Company. The preceding analysis, which is inherently limited in depicting fair value, also does not consider any value associated with existing customer relationships nor the ability of the Company to create value through loan origination, deposit gathering or fee generating activities.

Many of the estimates presented herein are based upon the use of highly subjective information and assumptions and, accordingly, the results may not be precise. Management believes that fair value estimates may not be comparable between financial institutions due to the wide range of permitted valuation techniques and numerous estimates which must be made. Furthermore, because the disclosed fair value amounts were estimated as of the balance sheet date, the amounts actually realized or paid upon maturity or settlement of the various financial instruments could be significantly different.

 

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13. Commitments and contingencies

In the normal course of business, various commitments and contingent liabilities are outstanding. The following table presents the Company’s significant commitments. Certain of these commitments are not included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

 

     March 31,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 
     (in thousands)  

Commitments to extend credit

     

Home equity lines of credit

   $ 6,302,801         6,282,615   

Commercial real estate loans to be sold

     105,976         139,929   

Other commercial real estate and construction

     4,017,585         3,819,342   

Residential real estate loans to be sold

     1,266,065         1,550,441   

Other residential real estate

     453,051         445,268   

Commercial and other

     9,782,222         10,070,711   

Standby letters of credit

     3,974,118         4,025,329   

Commercial letters of credit

     43,388         53,201   

Financial guarantees and indemnification contracts

     2,230,375         2,120,361   

Commitments to sell real estate loans

     2,136,984         2,625,408   

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to customers, generally having fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses that may require payment of a fee. Standby and commercial letters of credit are conditional commitments issued to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Standby letters of credit generally are contingent upon the failure of the customer to perform according to the terms of the underlying contract with the third party, whereas commercial letters of credit are issued to facilitate commerce and typically result in the commitment being funded when the underlying transaction is consummated between the customer and a third party. The credit risk associated with commitments to extend credit and standby and commercial letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved with extending loans to customers and is subject to normal credit policies. Collateral may be obtained based on management’s assessment of the customer’s creditworthiness.

Financial guarantees and indemnification contracts are oftentimes similar to standby letters of credit and include mandatory purchase agreements issued to ensure that customer obligations are fulfilled, recourse obligations associated with sold loans, and other guarantees of customer performance or compliance with designated rules and regulations. Included in financial guarantees and indemnification contracts are loan principal amounts sold with recourse in conjunction with the Company’s involvement in the Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and Servicing program. The Company’s maximum credit risk for recourse associated with loans sold under this program totaled approximately $2.1 billion at March 31, 2013 and $2.0 billion at December 31, 2012.

Since many loan commitments, standby letters of credit, and guarantees and indemnification contracts expire without being funded in whole or in part, the contract amounts are not necessarily indicative of future cash flows.

 

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13. Commitments and contingencies, continued

 

The Company utilizes commitments to sell real estate loans to hedge exposure to changes in the fair value of real estate loans held for sale. Such commitments are considered derivatives and along with commitments to originate real estate loans to be held for sale are generally recorded in the consolidated balance sheet at estimated fair market value.

The Company has an agreement with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League whereby the Company obtained the naming rights to a football stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Under the agreement, the Company is obligated to pay $5 million in 2013 and $6 million per year from 2014 through 2017.

The Company also has commitments under long-term operating leases.

The Company reinsures credit life and accident and health insurance purchased by consumer loan customers. The Company also enters into reinsurance contracts with third party insurance companies who insure against the risk of a mortgage borrower’s payment default in connection with certain mortgage loans originated by the Company. When providing reinsurance coverage, the Company receives a premium in exchange for accepting a portion of the insurer’s risk of loss. The outstanding loan principal balances reinsured by the Company were approximately $58 million at March 31, 2013. Assets of subsidiaries providing reinsurance that are available to satisfy claims totaled approximately $40 million at March 31, 2013. The amounts noted above are not necessarily indicative of losses which may ultimately be incurred. Such losses are expected to be substantially less because most loans are repaid by borrowers in accordance with the original loan terms. Management believes that any reinsurance losses that may be payable by the Company will not be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position.

The Company is contractually obligated to repurchase previously sold residential real estate loans that do not ultimately meet investor sale criteria related to underwriting procedures or loan documentation. When required to do so, the Company may reimburse loan purchasers for losses incurred or may repurchase certain loans. The Company reduces residential mortgage banking revenues by an estimate for losses related to its obligations to loan purchasers. The amount of those charges is based on the volume of loans sold, the level of reimbursement requests received from loan purchasers and estimates of losses that may be associated with previously sold loans. At March 31, 2013, management believes that any further liability arising out of the Company’s obligation to loan purchasers is not material to the Company’s consolidated financial position.

M&T and its subsidiaries are subject in the normal course of business to various pending and threatened legal proceedings in which claims for monetary damages are asserted. Management, after consultation with legal counsel, does not anticipate that the aggregate ultimate liability arising out of litigation pending or threatened against M&T or its subsidiaries will be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position. On an on-going basis the Company assesses its liabilities and contingencies in connection with such legal proceedings. For those matters where it is probable that the Company will incur losses and the amounts of the losses can be reasonably estimated, the Company records an expense and corresponding liability in its consolidated financial statements. To the extent the pending or threatened litigation could result in exposure in excess of that liability, the amount of such excess is not currently estimable. Although not considered probable, the range of reasonably possible losses for such matters in the aggregate, beyond the existing recorded liability, was between $0 and $40 million. Although the Company does not believe that the outcome of pending litigations will be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position, it cannot rule out the possibility that such outcomes will be material to the consolidated results of operations for a particular reporting period in the future.

 

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14. Segment information

Reportable segments have been determined based upon the Company’s internal profitability reporting system, which is organized by strategic business unit. Certain strategic business units have been combined for segment information reporting purposes where the nature of the products and services, the type of customer and the distribution of those products and services are similar. The reportable segments are Business Banking, Commercial Banking, Commercial Real Estate, Discretionary Portfolio, Residential Mortgage Banking and Retail Banking.

The financial information of the Company’s segments was compiled utilizing the accounting policies described in note 22 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012. The management accounting policies and processes utilized in compiling segment financial information are highly subjective and, unlike financial accounting, are not based on authoritative guidance similar to GAAP. As a result, the financial information of the reported segments is not necessarily comparable with similar information reported by other financial institutions. As also described in note 22 to the Company’s 2012 consolidated financial statements, neither goodwill nor core deposit and other intangible assets (and the amortization charges associated with such assets) resulting from acquisitions of financial institutions have been allocated to the Company’s reportable segments, but are included in the “All Other” category. The Company does, however, assign such intangible assets to business units for purposes of testing for impairment.

 

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14. Segment information, continued

 

Information about the Company’s segments is presented in the following table:

 

     Three months ended March 31  
     2013     2012  
     Total
revenues (a)
     Inter-
segment
revenues
    Net
income
(loss)
    Total
revenues (a)
    Inter-
segment
revenues
    Net
income
(loss)
 
     (in thousands)  

Business Banking

   $ 105,418         1,194        32,561        111,976        1,092        35,333   

Commercial Banking

     249,850         1,350        107,387        237,462        1,540        103,096   

Commercial Real Estate

     165,293         1,552        76,508        153,544        433        68,631   

Discretionary Portfolio

     12,041         (8,601     1,846        (1,160     (14,781     (8,241

Residential Mortgage Banking

     119,899         18,698        34,361        93,042        34,441        23,517   

Retail Banking

     291,185         3,257        52,350        306,848        2,892        48,657   

All Other

     145,246         (17,450     (30,900     95,400        (25,617     (64,530
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,088,932         —          274,113        997,112        —          206,463   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Average total assets  
    

Three months ended

March 31

    

Year ended

December 31

 
     2013      2012      2012  
     (in millions)  

Business Banking

   $ 4,980         5,206         4,909   

Commercial Banking

     21,272         19,158         19,946   

Commercial Real Estate

     17,054         16,316         16,437   

Discretionary Portfolio

     16,585         15,804         16,583   

Residential Mortgage Banking

     2,847         2,142         2,451   

Retail Banking

     11,391         11,856         11,705   

All Other

     7,784         7,544         7,952   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 81,913         78,026         79,983   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Total revenues are comprised of net interest income and other income. Net interest income is the difference between taxable-equivalent interest earned on assets and interest paid on liabilities owed by a segment and a funding charge (credit) based on the Company’s internal funds transfer pricing and allocation methodology. Segments are charged a cost to fund any assets (e.g. loans) and are paid a funding credit for any funds provided

 

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14. Segment information, continued

 

  (e.g. deposits). The taxable-equivalent adjustment aggregated $6,450,000 and $6,705,000 for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and is eliminated in “All Other” total revenues. Intersegment revenues are included in total revenues of the reportable segments. The elimination of intersegment revenues is included in the determination of “All Other” total revenues.

15. Relationship with Bayview Lending Group LLC and Bayview Financial Holdings, L.P.

M&T holds a 20% minority interest in Bayview Lending Group LLC (“BLG”), a privately-held commercial mortgage company. M&T recognizes income or loss from BLG using the equity method of accounting. The carrying value of that investment was $86 million at March 31, 2013.

Bayview Financial Holdings, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Bayview Financial”), a privately-held specialty mortgage finance company, is BLG’s majority investor. In addition to their common investment in BLG, the Company and Bayview Financial conduct other business activities with each other. The Company has obtained loan servicing rights for small-balance commercial mortgage loans from BLG and Bayview Financial having outstanding principal balances of $3.7 billion and $3.8 billion at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Amounts recorded as capitalized servicing assets for such loans totaled $7 million at March 31, 2013 and $8 million at December 31, 2012. In addition, capitalized servicing rights at each of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 also included $2 million for servicing rights that were obtained from Bayview Financial related to residential mortgage loans with outstanding principal balances of $2.6 billion at March 31, 2013 and $2.7 billion at December 31, 2012. Revenues from servicing residential and small-balance commercial mortgage loans obtained from BLG and Bayview Financial were $8 million and $10 million during the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The Company sub-services residential mortgage loans for Bayview Financial and affiliates having outstanding principal balances totaling $10.9 billion and $11.4 billion at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Revenues earned for sub-servicing those loans were $2 million for each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. In addition, at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company held $8 million and $11 million, respectively, of collateralized mortgage obligations in its available-for-sale investment securities portfolio that were securitized by Bayview Financial. Finally, the Company held $237 million and $242 million of similar investment securities in its held-to-maturity portfolio at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

 

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

Overview

M&T Bank Corporation (“M&T”) recorded net income in the first quarter of 2013 of $274 million or $1.98 of diluted earnings per common share, compared with $206 million or $1.50 of diluted earnings per common share in the year-earlier quarter. During the fourth quarter of 2012, net income aggregated $296 million or $2.16 of diluted earnings per common share. Basic earnings per common share were $2.00 in the initial 2013 quarter, compared with $1.50 and $2.18 in the first and fourth quarters of 2012, respectively. The after-tax impact of acquisition and integration-related expenses (included herein as merger-related expenses) was $3 million ($5 million pre-tax), or $.02 of basic and diluted earnings per common share in the recent quarter, compared with $2 million ($3 million pre-tax), or $.01 of basic and diluted earnings per common share in the first quarter of 2012. There were no merger-related expenses in the final quarter of 2012. Such merger-related expenses in 2013’s initial quarter were associated with M&T’s pending acquisition of Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (“Hudson City”), headquartered in Paramus, New Jersey, and in the first quarter of 2012 were associated with M&T’s May 16, 2011 acquisition of Wilmington Trust Corporation (“Wilmington Trust”), headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

The annualized rate of return on average total assets for M&T and its consolidated subsidiaries (“the Company”) in the recent quarter was 1.36%, compared with 1.06% in the first quarter of 2012 and 1.45% in the fourth quarter of 2012. The annualized rate of return on average common shareholders’ equity was 11.10% in the first three months of 2013, compared with 9.04% and 12.10% in the first and fourth quarters of 2012, respectively.

On August 27, 2012, M&T announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with Hudson City under which Hudson City would be acquired by M&T. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Hudson City shareholders will receive consideration for each common share of Hudson City in an amount valued at .08403 of an M&T share in the form of either M&T common stock or cash, based on the election of each Hudson City shareholder, subject to proration as specified in the merger agreement (which provides for an aggregate split of total consideration of 60% common stock of M&T and 40% cash). As of March 31, 2013 total consideration to be paid was valued at approximately $4.4 billion.

At March 31, 2013, Hudson City had $40.3 billion of assets, including $26.2 billion of loans and $10.6 billion of investment securities, and $35.6 billion of liabilities, including $23.2 billion of deposits. After the merger is completed, M&T forecasts that it will likely repay approximately $12 billion of Hudson City’s long-term borrowings and sell investment securities. The merger has received the approval of the common shareholders of M&T and Hudson City. However, the merger is subject to a number of other conditions, including regulatory approvals. On April 12, 2013, M&T announced that additional time would be required to obtain a regulatory determination on the applications for the proposed merger with Hudson City. M&T has learned that regulators have identified certain concerns with the Company’s procedures, systems and processes related to the Company’s Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money-laundering compliance program. In this regard, M&T has not been advised of any incidents of wrongdoing or illegal activity by the Company or its employees nor of any identified instances of actual money-laundering activity. M&T has commenced a major initiative, including the hiring of an outside consulting firm, intended to fully address those regulator concerns. In view of the potential timeframe required to implement this initiative, demonstrate its efficacy to the satisfaction of the regulators and otherwise meet any other regulatory requirements that may be imposed in connection with these matters, M&T and Hudson City believe that the timeframe for closing the transaction will be extended substantially beyond the date previously expected. Accordingly,

 

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M&T and Hudson City have extended the date after which either party may elect to terminate the merger agreement if the merger has not yet been completed from August 27, 2013 to January 31, 2014. Nevertheless, there can be no assurances that the merger will be completed by that date. The consideration and exchange ratio as provided in the merger agreement will remain the same. M&T and Hudson City intend to close the merger as soon as possible following the receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals and satisfaction of all other conditions to closing.

Recent Legislative Developments

As discussed in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”) that was signed into law on July 21, 2010 has and will continue to significantly change the bank regulatory structure and affect the lending, deposit, investment, trading and operating activities of financial institutions and their holding companies, and the system of regulatory oversight of the Company. The Dodd-Frank Act requires various federal agencies to adopt a broad range of new implementing rules and regulations, and to prepare numerous studies and reports for Congress, many of which are not yet completed or implemented. The Dodd-Frank Act could have a material adverse impact on the financial services industry as a whole, as well as on M&T’s business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity.

Many aspects of the Dodd-Frank Act still remain subject to rulemaking and will take effect over several years, making it difficult to anticipate the overall financial impact on M&T, its customers or the financial industry more generally. Provisions in the legislation that affect deposit insurance assessments, payment of interest on demand deposits and interchange fees directly impact the net income of financial institutions. Provisions in the legislation that revoke the Tier 1 capital treatment of trust preferred securities and otherwise require revisions to the capital requirements of M&T and M&T Bank could require M&T and M&T Bank to further seek other sources of capital in the future.

A discussion of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act is included in Part II, Item 7 of the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Supplemental Reporting of Non-GAAP Results of Operations

As a result of business combinations and other acquisitions, the Company had intangible assets consisting of goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets totaling $3.6 billion at each of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and $3.7 billion at March 31, 2012. Included in such intangible assets was goodwill of $3.5 billion at each of those dates. Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets, after tax effect, was $8 million during each of quarters ended March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 ($.06 per diluted common share and $.07 per diluted common share, respectively), compared with $10 million ($.08 per diluted common share) during the first quarter of 2012.

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 and expenses associated with merging 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.

 

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Net operating income totaled $285 million in the first quarter of 2013, compared with $218 million in the year-earlier quarter. Diluted net operating earnings per common share for the recent quarter were $2.06, compared with $1.59 in the initial quarter of 2012. Net operating income and diluted net operating earnings per common share were $305 million and $2.23, respectively, in the final quarter of 2012.

Net operating income in the recent quarter expressed as an annualized rate of return on average tangible assets was 1.48%, compared with 1.18% and 1.56% in the first and fourth quarters of 2012, respectively. Net operating income represented an annualized return on average tangible common equity of 18.71% in the initial 2013 quarter, compared with 16.79% in the year-earlier quarter and 20.46% in the final quarter of 2012.

Reconciliations of GAAP amounts with corresponding non-GAAP amounts are presented in table 2.

Taxable-equivalent Net Interest Income

Taxable-equivalent net interest income aggregated $663 million in the first quarter of 2013, up 6% from $627 million in the year-earlier quarter. That improvement reflects higher average earning assets, which rose $3.9 billion, or 6%, to $72.3 billion from $68.4 billion in the first quarter of 2012 and a 2 basis point (hundredths of one percent) widening of the Company’s net interest margin, or taxable-equivalent net interest income expressed as an annualized percentage of average earning assets. The increase in average earning assets was attributable to a $5.4 billion rise in average loans outstanding, partially offset by a $1.7 billion decline in average balances of investment securities. The higher average outstanding loan balances were attributable to increased demand for commercial loans and commercial real estate loans, and higher residential real estate loan balances resulting from the Company’s decision to retain for portfolio more of such loans rather than selling them. Taxable-equivalent net interest income in the recent quarter was 2% below the $674 million recorded in the fourth quarter of 2012. That decline reflects two less days in the recent quarter.

Average loans and leases rose 9% to $65.9 billion in the recent quarter from $60.5 billion in the first quarter of 2012. Commercial loans and leases averaged $17.3 billion in the first quarter of 2013, up $1.6 billion or 10% from $15.7 billion in the year-earlier quarter. Average commercial real estate loans rose 6% to $25.9 billion in the recent quarter from $24.6 billion in the first quarter of 2012. Average residential real estate loans outstanding rose to $11.1 billion in the first quarter of 2013 from $8.3 billion in the corresponding quarter of 2012. Included in that portfolio were loans held for sale, which averaged $1.1 billion in the recent quarter, compared with $211 million in the first quarter of 2012. As noted earlier, the growth in residential real estate loans reflects the Company’s decision during the third quarter of 2011 to retain for portfolio a higher proportion of originated loans. Beginning in September 2012, the Company began originating for sale the majority of residential real estate loans originated due to the significant growth in the portfolio and the pending Hudson City acquisition. Average consumer loans and leases totaled $11.5 billion in the recent quarter, $440 million or 4% lower than $11.9 billion in 2012’s initial quarter. That decrease was largely due to lower average balances of automobile and home equity loans and outstanding lines of credit.

Average loan balances in the recent quarter rose $840 million, or 1%, from the fourth quarter of 2012. Reflecting increased loan demand, average outstanding commercial loan and lease balances increased $334 million, or 2%, average balances of commercial real estate loans rose $583 million, or 2%, and average residential real estate loan balances were up $55 million. Average outstanding consumer loans declined $131 million or 1% from 2012’s final quarter

 

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due largely to lower outstanding balances of home equity lines of credit. The accompanying table summarizes quarterly changes in the major components of the loan and lease portfolio.

AVERAGE LOANS AND LEASES

(net of unearned discount)

Dollars in millions

 

           

Percent increase

(decrease) from

 
     1st Qtr.
2013
     1st Qtr.
2012
    4th Qtr.
2012
 

Commercial, financial, etc.

   $ 17,328         10     2

Real estate – commercial

     25,915         6        2   

Real estate – consumer

     11,142         34        —     

Consumer

       

Automobile

     2,517         (6     1   

Home equity lines

     5,793         (3     (1

Home equity loans

     459         (28     (7

Other

     2,698         3        (1
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total consumer

     11,467         (4     (1
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 65,852         9     1
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

The investment securities portfolio averaged $5.8 billion in the recent quarter, down $1.7 billion or 23% from $7.5 billion in the first quarter of 2012 and $492 million below the $6.3 billion averaged in the fourth quarter of 2012. The recent quarter declines as compared with the first and fourth quarters of 2012 were predominantly due to maturities and paydowns of mortgage-backed securities. The investment securities portfolio is largely comprised of residential mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”), debt securities issued by municipalities, trust preferred securities issued by certain financial institutions, and shorter-term U.S. Treasury and federal agency notes. When purchasing investment securities, the Company considers its overall interest-rate risk profile as well as the adequacy of expected returns relative to risks assumed, including prepayments. In managing its investment securities portfolio, the Company occasionally sells investment securities as a result of changes in interest rates and spreads, actual or anticipated prepayments, credit risk associated with a particular security, or as a result of restructuring its investment securities portfolio in connection with a business combination.

The Company regularly reviews its investment securities for declines in value below amortized cost that might be characterized as “other than temporary.” Other-than-temporary impairment charges recognized during the quarters ended March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012 were $10 million, $11 million and $14 million, respectively. Such impairment charges related to certain privately issued CMOs backed by residential and commercial real estate loans. Persistently high unemployment, loan delinquencies and foreclosures that have led to a backlog of homes held for sale by financial institutions and others were significant factors contributing to the recognition of the other-than-temporary impairment charges related to the CMOs. Based on management’s assessment of future cash flows associated with individual investment securities, as of March 31, 2013, the Company concluded that the remaining declines associated with the rest of the investment securities portfolio were temporary in nature. A further discussion of fair values of investment securities is included herein under the heading “Capital.” Additional information about the investment securities portfolio is included in notes 3 and 12 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Other earning assets include interest-earning deposits at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and other banks, trading account assets, federal funds sold and agreements to resell securities. Those other earning assets in the aggregate averaged $684 million in the recently completed quarter, compared with $397 million and $373 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2012, respectively. Interest-bearing deposits at banks averaged $527

 

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million, $301 million and $273 million during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively. The amounts of investment securities and other earning assets held by the Company are influenced by such factors as demand for loans, which generally yield more than investment securities and other earning assets, ongoing repayments, the levels of deposits, and management of balance sheet size and resulting capital ratios.

As a result of the changes described herein, average earning assets aggregated $72.3 billion in the first quarter of 2013, compared with $68.4 billion in the year-earlier quarter and $71.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012.

The most significant source of funding for the Company is core deposits. The Company considers noninterest-bearing deposits, interest-bearing transaction accounts, savings deposits and time deposits of $250,000 or less as core deposits. The Company’s branch network is its principal source of core deposits, which generally carry lower interest rates than wholesale funds of comparable maturities. Certificates of deposit of $250,000 or less generated on a nationwide basis by Wilmington Trust, National Association (“Wilmington Trust, N.A.”), a wholly owned bank subsidiary of M&T, were also included in core deposits. Core deposits averaged $61.9 billion in the initial 2013 quarter, compared with $56.2 billion in the year-earlier quarter and $61.6 billion in the final quarter of 2012. Average core deposits of Wilmington Trust, N.A. were $1.0 billion, $476 million and $1.2 billion during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively. The growth in core deposits since the first quarter of 2012 was due, in part, to the lack of attractive alternative investments available to the Company’s customers resulting from lower interest rates and from the economic environment in the U.S. and higher balances held on behalf of trust customers. The low interest rate environment has resulted in a shift in customer savings trends, as average time deposits have continued to decline, while average noninterest-bearing deposits and savings deposits have generally increased. The following table provides an analysis of quarterly changes in the components of average core deposits.

AVERAGE CORE DEPOSITS

Dollars in millions

 

           

Percent increase

(decrease) from

 
     1st Qtr.
2013
     1st Qtr.
2012
    4th Qtr.
2012
 

NOW accounts

   $ 867         8     1

Savings deposits

     34,403         10        3   

Time deposits $250,000 or less

     3,678         (18     (5

Noninterest-bearing deposits

     22,956         17        (2
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 61,904         10     1
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Additional funding sources for the Company included branch-related time deposits over $250,000, deposits associated with the Company’s Cayman Islands office, and brokered deposits. Time deposits over $250,000, excluding brokered certificates of deposit, averaged $329 million in the first quarter of 2013, compared with $495 million and $352 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2012, respectively. Cayman Islands office deposits averaged $858 million, $495 million and $763 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Average brokered time deposits totaled $431 million during the recently completed quarter, compared with $973 million and $505 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2012, respectively. The Company also had brokered NOW and brokered money-market deposit accounts, which in the aggregate averaged $1.0 billion during the recent quarter, compared with $1.1 billion in each of the first and fourth quarters of 2012. The levels of brokered NOW and brokered money-market deposit accounts reflect the demand for such deposits, largely resulting from continued uncertain economic markets

 

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and the desire of brokerage firms to earn reasonable yields while ensuring that customer deposits are fully insured. The level of Cayman Islands office deposits are also reflective of customer demand. Additional amounts of such deposits may be added in the future depending on market conditions, including demand by customers and other investors for those deposits, and the cost of funds available from alternative sources at the time.

The Company also uses borrowings from banks, securities dealers, various Federal Home Loan Banks, the Federal Reserve Bank and others as sources of funding. Short-term borrowings averaged $637 million in the recent quarter, compared with $828 million in the first quarter of 2012 and $677 million in the final 2012 quarter. Included in short-term borrowings were unsecured federal funds borrowings, which generally mature on the next business day, that averaged $500 million in 2013’s initial quarter, compared with $628 million and $522 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2012, respectively. Overnight federal funds borrowings represented the largest component of short-term borrowings and totaled $248 million and $324 million at March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $939 million at December 31, 2012.

Long-term borrowings averaged $4.7 billion in the first quarter of 2013, compared with $6.5 billion in the similar 2012 quarter and $4.5 billion in the final quarter of 2012. Included in average long-term borrowings were amounts borrowed from the FHLBs of $30 million in the first quarter of 2013, compared with $1.4 billion and $71 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2012, respectively, and subordinated capital notes of $1.8 billion in each of the two most recent quarters and $2.2 billion in the three-month period ended March 31, 2012. During the first quarter of 2013, M&T Bank, the principal bank subsidiary of M&T, finalized a Bank Note Program whereby M&T Bank may offer up to $5 billion of unsecured senior and subordinated notes, which will mature 270 days or more from their date of issue. During March 2013, three-year floating rate senior notes due March 2016 were issued for $300 million and five-year 1.45% fixed rate senior notes due March 2018 were issued for $500 million. The net proceeds from the sale of the notes will be used for general corporate purposes. On April 15, 2013, $250 million of 4.875% subordinated notes of the Company matured and were redeemed. The Company has utilized interest rate swap agreements to modify the repricing characteristics of certain components of long-term debt. As of March 31, 2013, interest rate swap agreements were used to hedge approximately $900 million of fixed rate subordinated notes. Further information on interest rate swap agreements is provided in note 10 of Notes to Financial Statements. Junior subordinated debentures associated with trust preferred securities that were included in average long-term borrowings were $1.2 billion in each of the quarters ended March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012. Additional information regarding junior subordinated debentures is provided in note 5 of Notes to Financial Statements. Also included in long-term borrowings were agreements to repurchase securities, which averaged $1.4 billion during each of the first quarters of 2013 and 2012 and the fourth quarter of 2012. The agreements have various repurchase dates through 2017, however, the contractual maturities of the underlying securities extend beyond such repurchase dates.

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, can impact net interest income. Net interest spread, or the difference between the taxable-equivalent yield on earning assets and the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities, was 3.49% in the first quarter of 2013 and 3.44% in the year-earlier quarter. The yield on earning assets during the recent quarter was 4.13%, down 11 basis points from 4.24% in the first quarter of 2012, while the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities decreased 16 basis points to ..64% from .80%. In 2012’s fourth quarter, the net interest spread was 3.50%, the yield on earning assets was 4.17% and the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities was .67%. The widening of the net interest spread in the recent quarter as compared with the first quarter of 2012 reflects the effect of declining interest rates paid on deposits.

 

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Net interest-free funds consist largely of noninterest-bearing demand deposits and shareholders’ equity, partially offset by bank owned life insurance and non-earning assets, including goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets. Net interest-free funds averaged $25.4 billion in the first quarter of 2013, compared with $21.4 billion and $25.5 billion in the first and fourth quarters of 2012, respectively. The significant increases in average net interest-free funds in the two most recent quarters as compared with the first quarter of 2012 were predominantly the result of higher average balances of noninterest-bearing deposits. Such deposits averaged $23.0 billion in the recent quarter, compared with $19.6 billion and $23.3 billion in the first and fourth quarters of 2012, respectively. Goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets averaged $3.6 billion during the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, compared with $3.7 billion during the quarter ended March 31, 2012. The cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance averaged $1.6 billion in each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012. Increases in the cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance and benefits received are not included in interest income, but rather are recorded in “other revenues from operations.” The contribution of net interest-free funds to net interest margin was .22% in the recent quarter, compared with .25% and .24% in the first and fourth quarters of 2012.

Reflecting the changes to the net interest spread and the contribution of interest-free funds as described herein, the Company’s net interest margin was 3.71% in the first quarter of 2013, compared with 3.69% in the year-earlier quarter and 3.74% in the fourth quarter of 2012. Future changes in market interest rates or spreads, as well as changes in the composition of the Company’s portfolios of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities that result in reductions in spreads, could adversely impact the Company’s net interest income and net interest margin. In particular, the relatively low interest rate environment continues to exert downward pressure on yields on loans, investment securities and other earning assets.

Management assesses the potential impact of future changes in interest rates and spreads by projecting net interest income under several interest rate scenarios. In managing interest rate risk, the Company has utilized interest rate swap agreements to modify the repricing characteristics of certain portions of its portfolios of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. Periodic settlement amounts arising from these agreements are generally reflected in either the yields earned on assets or the rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities. The notional amount of interest rate swap agreements entered into for interest rate risk management purposes was $900 million at each of March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012. Under the terms of those swap agreements, the Company received payments based on the outstanding notional amount at fixed rates and made payments at variable rates. Those swap agreements were designated as fair value hedges of certain fixed rate long-term borrowings. There were no interest rate swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges at those respective dates.

In a fair value hedge, the fair value of the derivative (the interest rate swap agreement) and changes in the fair value of the hedged item are recorded in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet with the corresponding gain or loss recognized in current earnings. The difference between changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap agreements and the hedged items represents hedge ineffectiveness and is recorded in “other revenues from operations” in the Company’s consolidated statement of income. In a cash flow hedge, unlike in a fair value hedge, the effective portion of the derivative’s gain or loss is initially reported as a component of other comprehensive income and subsequently reclassified into earnings when the forecasted transaction affects earnings. The ineffective portion of the gain or loss is reported in “other revenues from operations” immediately. The amounts of hedge ineffectiveness recognized during the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 and the quarter ended December 31, 2012 were not material to the Company’s

 

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results of operations. The estimated aggregate fair value of interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges represented gains of approximately $134 million at March 31, 2013, $140 million at March 31, 2012 and $143 million at December 31, 2012. The fair values of such swap agreements were substantially offset by changes in the fair values of the hedged items. The changes in the fair values of the interest rate swap agreements and the hedged items primarily result from the effects of changing interest rates and spreads. The Company’s credit exposure as of March 31, 2013 with respect to the estimated fair value of interest rate swap agreements used for managing interest rate risk has been substantially mitigated through master netting arrangements with trading account interest rate contracts with the same counterparty as well as counterparty postings of $73 million of collateral with the Company.

The weighted-average rates to be received and paid under interest rate swap agreements currently in effect were 6.07% and 1.83%, respectively, at March 31, 2013. The average notional amounts of interest rate swap agreements entered into for interest rate risk management purposes, the related effect on net interest income and margin, and the weighted-average rates paid or received on those swap agreements are presented in the accompanying table. Additional information about the Company’s use of interest rate swap agreements and other derivatives is included in note 10 of Notes to Financial Statements.

INTEREST RATE SWAP AGREEMENTS

Dollars in thousands

 

     Three months ended March 31  
     2013     2012  
     Amount     Rate(a)     Amount     Rate(a)  

Increase (decrease) in:

        

Interest income

   $ —          —     $ —          —  

Interest expense

     (9,514     (.08     (8,989     (.08
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

Net interest income/margin

   $ 9,514        .05   $ 8,989        .05
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average notional amount

   $ 900,000        $ 900,000     
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

Rate received (b)

       6.16       6.11

Rate paid (b)

       1.87       2.09
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a) Computed as an annualized percentage of average earning assets or interest-bearing liabilities.
(b) Weighted-average rate paid or received on interest rate swap agreements in effect during the period.

As a financial intermediary, the Company is exposed to various risks, including liquidity and market risk. Liquidity refers to the Company’s ability to ensure that sufficient cash flow and liquid assets are available to satisfy current and future obligations, including demands for loans and deposit withdrawals, funding operating costs, and other corporate purposes. Liquidity risk arises whenever the maturities of financial instruments included in assets and liabilities differ. M&T’s banking subsidiaries have access to additional funding sources through borrowings from the FHLB of New York, lines of credit with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the previously noted Bank Note Program, and other available borrowing facilities. The Company has, from time to time, issued subordinated capital notes to provide liquidity and enhance regulatory capital ratios. Such notes qualify for inclusion in the Company’s total capital as defined by Federal regulators. However, pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, junior subordinated debentures associated with trust preferred securities are being phased-out of the definition of Tier 1 capital over a three-year period which began January 1, 2013. The specific rules regarding that phase-out have not yet been finalized.

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funds borrowings were $248 million at March 31, 2013, $324 million at March 31, 2012 and $939 million at December 31, 2012. In general, those borrowings were unsecured and matured on the next business day. In addition to satisfying customer demand, Cayman Islands office deposits and brokered certificates of deposit may be used by the Company as an alternative to short-term borrowings. Cayman Islands office deposits also generally mature on the next business day and totaled $266 million, $395 million and $1.0 billion at March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Outstanding brokered time deposits at March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012 were $422 million, $935 million and $462 million, respectively. At March 31, 2013, the weighted-average remaining term to maturity of brokered time deposits was 5 months. Certain of those brokered time deposits have provisions that allow for early redemption. The Company also had brokered NOW and brokered money-market deposit accounts which aggregated $942 million at March 31, 2013, compared with $1.1 billion at each of March 31 and December 31, 2012.

The Company’s ability to obtain funding from these or other sources could be negatively impacted should the Company experience a substantial deterioration in its financial condition or its debt ratings, or should the availability of short-term funding become restricted due to a disruption in the financial markets. The Company attempts to quantify such credit-event risk by modeling scenarios that estimate the liquidity impact resulting from a short-term ratings downgrade over various grading levels. Such impact is estimated by attempting to measure the effect on available unsecured lines of credit, available capacity from secured borrowing sources and securitizable assets. In addition to deposits and borrowings, other sources of liquidity include maturities of investment securities and other earning assets, repayments of loans and investment securities, and cash generated from operations, such as fees collected for services.

Certain customers of the Company obtain financing through the issuance of variable rate demand bonds (“VRDBs”). The VRDBs are generally enhanced by letters of credit provided by M&T Bank. M&T Bank oftentimes acts as remarketing agent for the VRDBs and, at its discretion, may from time-to-time own some of the VRDBs while such instruments are remarketed. When this occurs, the VRDBs are classified as trading assets in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. Nevertheless, M&T Bank is not contractually obligated to purchase the VRDBs. The value of VRDBs in the Company’s trading account totaled $4 million at March 31, 2013, $20 million at March 31, 2012 and $7 million at December 31, 2012. The total amount of VRDBs outstanding backed by M&T Bank letters of credit was $2.1 billion at March 31, 2013 and $1.9 billion at each of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012. M&T Bank also serves as remarketing agent for most of those bonds.

The Company enters into contractual obligations in the normal course of business which require future cash payments. Such obligations include, among others, payments related to deposits, borrowings, leases, and other contractual commitments. Off-balance sheet commitments to customers may impact liquidity, including commitments to extend credit, standby letters of credit, commercial letters of credit, financial guarantees and indemnification contracts, and commitments to sell real estate loans. Because many of these commitments or contracts expire without being funded in whole or in part, the contract amounts are not necessarily indicative of future cash flows. Further discussion of these commitments is provided in note 13 of Notes to Financial Statements.

M&T’s primary source of funds to pay for operating expenses, shareholder dividends and treasury stock repurchases has historically been the receipt of dividends from its banking subsidiaries, which are subject to various regulatory limitations. Dividends from any banking subsidiary to M&T are limited by the amount of earnings of the banking subsidiary in the current year and the two preceding years. For purposes of the test, at March 31, 2013 approximately $712 million was available for payment of dividends to M&T from banking subsidiaries. These historic sources of cash flow have been augmented in the past by the

 

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issuance of trust preferred securities and senior notes payable. Information regarding trust preferred securities and the related junior subordinated debentures is included in note 5 of Notes to Financial Statements. M&T also maintains a $30 million line of credit with an unaffiliated commercial bank, on which there were no borrowings outstanding at March 31, 2013 or at December 31, 2012.

Management closely monitors the Company’s liquidity position on an ongoing basis for compliance with internal policies and believes that available sources of liquidity are adequate to meet funding needs anticipated in the normal course of business. Management does not anticipate engaging in any activities, either currently or in the long-term, for which adequate funding would not be available and would therefore result in a significant strain on liquidity at either M&T or its subsidiary banks.

Market risk is the risk of loss from adverse changes in the market prices and/or interest rates of the Company’s financial instruments. The primary market risk the Company is exposed to is interest rate risk. Interest rate risk arises from the Company’s core banking activities of lending and deposit-taking, because assets and liabilities reprice at different times and by different amounts as interest rates change. As a result, net interest income earned by the Company is subject to the effects of changing interest rates. The Company measures interest rate risk by calculating the variability of net interest income in future periods under various interest rate scenarios using projected balances for earning assets, interest-bearing liabilities and derivatives used to hedge interest rate risk. Management’s philosophy toward interest rate risk management is to limit the variability of net interest income. The balances of financial instruments used in the projections are based on expected growth from forecasted business opportunities, anticipated prepayments of loans and investment securities, and expected maturities of investment securities, loans and deposits. Management uses a “value of equity” model to supplement the modeling technique described above. Those supplemental analyses are based on discounted cash flows associated with on- and off-balance sheet financial instruments. Such analyses are modeled to reflect changes in interest rates and provide management with a long-term interest rate risk metric.

The Company’s Risk Management Committee, which includes members of senior management, monitors the sensitivity of the Company’s net interest income to changes in interest rates with the aid of a computer model that forecasts net interest income under different interest rate scenarios. In modeling changing interest rates, the Company considers different yield curve shapes that consider both parallel (that is, simultaneous changes in interest rates at each point on the yield curve) and non-parallel (that is, allowing interest rates at points on the yield curve to vary by different amounts) shifts in the yield curve. In utilizing the model, market implied forward interest rates over the subsequent twelve months are generally used to determine a base interest rate scenario for the net interest income simulation. That calculated base net interest income is then compared to the income calculated under the varying interest rate scenarios. The model considers the impact of ongoing lending and deposit-gathering activities, as well as interrelationships in the magnitude and timing of the repricing of financial instruments, including the effect of changing interest rates on expected prepayments and maturities. When deemed prudent, management has taken actions to mitigate exposure to interest rate risk through the use of on- or off-balance sheet financial instruments and intends to do so in the future. Possible actions include, but are not limited to, changes in the pricing of loan and deposit products, modifying the composition of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and adding to, modifying or terminating existing interest rate swap agreements or other financial instruments used for interest rate risk management purposes.

 

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The accompanying table as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 displays the estimated impact on net interest income from non-trading financial instruments in the base scenario described above resulting from parallel changes in interest rates across repricing categories during the first modeling year.

SENSITIVITY OF NET INTEREST INCOME

TO CHANGES IN INTEREST RATES

Dollars in thousands

 

    

Calculated increase (decrease)

in projected net interest income

 

Changes in interest rates

   March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  

+200 basis points

   $ 202,681        210,030   

+100 basis points

     113,087        117,198   

-100 basis points

     (66,788     (69,687

-200 basis points

     (95,060     (90,333

The Company utilized many assumptions to calculate the impact that changes in interest rates may have on net interest income. The more significant of those assumptions included the rate of prepayments of mortgage-related assets, cash flows from derivative and other financial instruments held for non-trading purposes, loan and deposit volumes and pricing, and deposit maturities. In the scenarios presented, the Company also assumed gradual changes in rates during a twelve-month period of 100 and 200 basis points, as compared with the assumed base scenario. In the event that a 100 or 200 basis point rate change cannot be achieved, the applicable rate changes are limited to lesser amounts such that interest rates cannot be less than zero. The assumptions used in interest rate sensitivity modeling are inherently uncertain and, as a result, the Company cannot precisely predict the impact of changes in interest rates on net interest income. Actual results may differ significantly from those presented due to the timing, magnitude and frequency of changes in interest rates and changes in market conditions and interest rate differentials (spreads) between maturity/repricing categories, as well as any actions, such as those previously described, which management may take to counter such changes.

Changes in fair value of the Company’s financial instruments can also result from a lack of trading activity for similar instruments in the financial markets. That impact can affect the values assigned to the Company’s investment securities. Information about the fair valuation of such securities is presented herein under the heading “Capital” and in notes 3 and 12 of Notes to Financial Statements.

The Company engages in trading activities to meet the financial needs of customers, to fund the Company’s obligations under certain deferred compensation plans and, to a limited extent, to profit from perceived market opportunities. Financial instruments utilized in trading activities consist predominantly of interest rate contracts, such as swap agreements, and forward and futures contracts related to foreign currencies, but have also included forward and futures contracts related to mortgage-backed securities and investments in U.S. Treasury and other government securities, mutual funds and, as previously described, a limited number of VRDBs. The Company generally mitigates the foreign currency and interest rate risk associated with trading activities by entering into offsetting trading positions. The fair values of the offsetting trading positions associated with interest rate contracts and foreign currency and other option and futures contracts are presented in note 10 of Notes to Financial Statements. The amounts of gross and net trading positions, as well as the type of trading activities conducted by the Company, are subject to a well-defined series of potential loss exposure limits established by management and approved by M&T’s Board of Directors. However, as with any non-government guaranteed financial instrument, the Company is exposed to credit risk associated with counterparties to the Company’s trading activities.

 

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The notional amounts of interest rate contracts entered into for trading purposes aggregated $15.2 billion at March 31, 2013, compared with $14.3 billion at March 31, 2012 and $15.5 billion at December 31, 2012. The notional amounts of foreign currency and other option and futures contracts entered into for trading purposes totaled $921 million at March 31, 2013, compared with $1.4 billion and $869 million at March 31 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Although the notional amounts of these trading contracts are not recorded in the consolidated balance sheet, the fair values of all financial instruments used for trading activities are recorded in the consolidated balance sheet. The fair values of all trading account assets and liabilities were $420 million and $328 million, respectively, at March 31, 2013, $518 million and $398 million, respectively, at March 31, 2012, and $489 million and $374 million, respectively, at December 31, 2012. Included in trading account assets were assets related to deferred compensation plans totaling $26 million and $35 million at March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $36 million at December 31, 2012. Changes in the fair value of such assets are recorded as “trading account and foreign exchange gains” in the consolidated statement of income. Included in “other liabilities” in the consolidated balance sheet at each of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were $30 million of liabilities related to deferred compensation plans, compared with $32 million at March 31, 2012. Changes in the balances of such liabilities due to the valuation of allocated investment options to which the liabilities are indexed are recorded in “other costs of operations” in the consolidated statement of income.

Given the Company’s policies, limits and positions, management believes that the potential loss exposure to the Company resulting from market risk associated with trading activities was not material, however, as previously noted, the Company is exposed to credit risk associated with counterparties to transactions associated with the Company’s trading activities. Additional information about the Company’s use of derivative financial instruments in its trading activities is included in note 10 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Provision for Credit Losses

The Company maintains an allowance for credit losses that in management’s judgment appropriately reflects losses inherent in the loan and lease portfolio. A provision for credit losses is recorded to adjust the level of the allowance as deemed necessary by management. The provision for credit losses in the first quarter of 2013 was $38 million, compared with $49 million in each of the first and fourth quarters of 2012. While the Company has experienced improvement in its credit quality metrics during the past two years, sluggish economic activity, relatively high unemployment rates, generally depressed real estate valuations and higher than normal levels of delinquencies and charge-offs have significantly affected the quality of the Company’s loan portfolios. In particular, the Company’s alternative (“Alt-A”) residential real estate loan portfolio and its residential real estate builder and developer loan portfolio experienced the majority of the credit problems related to the turmoil in the residential real estate market place. Alt-A loans represent residential real estate loans that at origination typically included some form of limited borrower documentation requirements as compared with more traditional residential real estate loans. Loans in the Company’s Alt-A portfolio were originated by the Company prior to 2008. The Company also experienced higher levels of commercial loan and consumer loan charge-offs over the past several years due to, among other things, higher unemployment levels and the recessionary economy.

 

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Net loan charge-offs were $37 million in the recent quarter, compared with $48 million and $44 million during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Net charge-offs as an annualized percentage of average loans and leases were .23% in the first quarter of 2013, compared with .32% and ..27% in the first and fourth quarters of 2012, respectively. A summary of net charge-offs by loan type follows.

NET CHARGE-OFFS

BY LOAN/LEASE TYPE

In thousands

 

     First Quarter
2013
     First Quarter
2012
     Fourth Quarter
2012
 

Commercial, financial, leasing, etc.

   $ 6,788         4,870         3,555   

Real estate:

        

Commercial

     8,773         8,823         8,639   

Residential

     3,721         10,844         9,961   

Consumer

     17,461         23,747         22,208   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 36,743         48,284         44,363   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Included in net charge-offs of commercial real estate loans were charge-offs of loans to residential homebuilders and developers of $2 million in the first quarter of 2013, compared with $3 million and $8 million in the quarters ended March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Reflected in net charge-offs of residential real estate loans were net charge-offs of Alt-A first mortgage loans of $4 million in each of the two most recent quarters, compared with $6 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2012. Included in net charge-offs of consumer loans and leases were net charge-offs during the quarters ended March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively, of: automobile loans of $3 million, $4 million and $4 million; recreational vehicle loans of $4 million, $5 million and $4 million; and home equity loans and lines of credit, including Alt-A second lien loans, of $6 million, $9 million and $8 million. Including both first and second lien mortgages, net charge-offs of Alt-A loans totaled $4 million in each of the two most recent quarters and $7 million in the first quarter of 2012.

Loans acquired in connection with acquisition transactions subsequent to 2008 were recorded at fair value with no carry-over of any previously recorded allowance for credit losses. Determining the fair value of the acquired loans required estimating cash flows expected to be collected on the loans and discounting those cash flows at then-current interest rates. The excess of expected cash flows over the carrying value of the loans is recognized as interest income over the lives of loans. The difference between contractually required payments and the cash flows expected to be collected is referred to as the nonaccretable balance and is not recorded on the consolidated balance sheet. The nonaccretable balance reflects estimated future credit losses and other contractually required payments that the Company does not expect to collect. The Company regularly evaluates the reasonableness of its cash flow projections. Any decreases to the expected cash flows require the Company to evaluate the need for an additional allowance for credit losses and could lead to charge-offs of acquired loan balances. Any significant increases in expected cash flows result in additional interest income to be recognized over the then-remaining lives of the loans. The carrying amount of loans obtained in acquisitions subsequent to 2008 was $5.3 billion, $7.8 billion and $5.8 billion at March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively. The portion of the nonaccretable balance related to remaining principal losses as well as life-to-date principal losses charged against the nonaccretable balance as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are presented in the accompanying table.

 

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     Nonaccretable balance—principal  
     Remaining balance      Life-to-date charges  
     March 31,
2013
     December 31,
2012
     March 31,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 
     (in thousands)  

Commercial, financing, leasing, etc.

   $ 39,433         40,198         63,911         63,190   

Commercial real estate

     264,824         285,681         272,810         262,062   

Residential real estate

     34,620         36,471         48,645         46,842   

Consumer

     46,905         50,856         67,077         63,132   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 385,782         413,206         452,443         435,226   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Nonaccrual loans totaled $1.05 billion or 1.60% of total loans and leases outstanding at March 31, 2013, compared with $1.07 billion or 1.75% a year earlier and $1.01 billion or 1.52% at December 31, 2012. The increase in nonaccrual loans from December 31, 2012 to March 31, 2013 was partially attributable to the Company’s ability to now identify home equity loans and lines of credit as nonaccrual when those loans are less than ninety days past due but the related senior lien loan that is not owned by the Company is more than ninety days past due. That change in method did not have a significant impact on the Company’s provision or allowance for credit losses.

Accruing loans past due 90 days or more (excluding acquired loans) were $331 million or .50% of total loans and leases at March 31, 2013, compared with $273 million or .45% at March 31, 2012 and $358 million or .54% at December 31, 2012. Those loans included loans guaranteed by government-related entities of $312 million, $253 million and $316 million at March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Such guaranteed loans included one-to-four family residential mortgage loans serviced by the Company that were repurchased to reduce associated servicing costs, including a requirement to advance principal and interest payments that had not been received from individual mortgagors. Despite the loans being purchased by the Company, the insurance or guarantee by the applicable government-related entity remains in force. The outstanding principal balances of the repurchased loans that are fully guaranteed by government-related entities totaled $284 million, $241 million and $294 million at March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

Purchased impaired loans are loans obtained in acquisition transactions subsequent to 2008 that as of the acquisition date were specifically identified as displaying signs of credit deterioration and for which the Company did not expect to collect all outstanding principal and contractually required interest payments. Those loans were impaired at the date of acquisition, were recorded at estimated fair value and were generally delinquent in payments, but, in accordance with GAAP, the Company continues to accrue interest income on such loans based on the estimated expected cash flows associated with the loans. The carrying amount of such loans was $425 million at March 31, 2013, or less than 1% of total loans. Of that amount, $395 million related to the Wilmington Trust acquisition. Purchased impaired loans totaled $605 million and $447 million at March 31 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

Acquired accruing loans past due 90 days or more are loans that could not be specifically identified as impaired as of the acquisition date, but were recorded at estimated fair value as of such date. Such loans totaled $157 million at March 31, 2013, compared with $165 million at March 31, 2012 and $167 million at December 31, 2012.

In an effort to assist borrowers, the Company modified the terms of select loans. If the borrower was experiencing financial difficulty and a concession was granted, the Company considers such modifications as troubled debt restructurings. Loan modifications included such actions as the extension

 

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of loan maturity dates and the lowering of interest rates and monthly payments. The objective of the modifications was to increase loan repayments by customers and thereby reduce net charge-offs. In accordance with GAAP, the modified loans are included in impaired loans for purposes of determining the level of the allowance for credit losses. Information about modifications of loans that are considered troubled debt restructurings is included in note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Residential real estate loans modified under specified loss mitigation programs prescribed by government guarantors have not been included in renegotiated loans because the loan guarantee remains in full force and, accordingly, M&T has not granted a concession with respect to the ultimate collection of the original loan balance. Such loans aggregated $190 million, $156 million and $167 million at March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

Nonaccrual commercial loans and leases aggregated $204 million at March 31, 2013, $155 million at March 31, 2012 and $152 million at December 31, 2012. The increase in commercial loans classified as nonaccrual was the result of the recent quarter addition of one relationship with a motor vehicle-related wholesaler with outstanding balances of $59 million. Commercial real estate loans classified as nonaccrual totaled $393 million at March 31, 2013, $542 million at March 31, 2012 and $412 million at December 31, 2012. Reflected in such nonaccrual loans were loans to residential homebuilders and developers aggregating $167 million and $267 million at March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $182 million at December 31, 2012. Information about the location of nonaccrual and charged-off loans to residential real estate builders and developers as of and for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013 is presented in the accompanying table.

RESIDENTIAL BUILDER AND DEVELOPER LOANS, NET OF UNEARNED DISCOUNT

 

     March 31, 2013     Quarter ended
March 31, 2013
 
            Nonaccrual     Net charge-offs
(recoveries)
 
     Outstanding
balances(a)
     Balances      Percent of
outstanding
balances
    Balances     Annualized
percent of
average
outstanding
balances
 
     (dollars in thousands)  

New York

   $ 203,405       $ 10,600         5.21   $ 320        .69

Pennsylvania

     195,860         58,820         30.03        (44     (.08

Mid-Atlantic

     601,385         92,177         15.33        1,515        .93   

Other

     200,821         7,302         3.64        (164     (.44
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,201,471       $ 168,899         14.06   $ 1,627        .54
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Includes approximately $35 million of loans not secured by real estate, of which approximately $2 million are in nonaccrual status.

Residential real estate loans classified as nonaccrual were $341 million at March 31, 2013, compared with $277 million at March 31, 2012 and $345 million at December 31, 2012. The increase in residential real estate loans classified as nonaccrual from March 31, 2012 to the two most recent quarter-ends was predominantly related to the addition of $64 million of loans to one customer that are secured by residential real estate. Depressed real estate values and high levels of delinquencies have contributed to the higher than historical levels of residential real estate loans classified as nonaccrual. Included in residential real estate loans classified as nonaccrual were Alt-A loans of $88 million, $102 million and $96 million at March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

 

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Residential real estate loans past due 90 days or more and accruing interest (excluding acquired loans) totaled $309 million at March 31, 2013, compared with $249 million a year earlier and $313 million at December 31, 2012. A substantial portion of such amounts related to guaranteed loans repurchased from government-related entities. Information about the location of nonaccrual and charged-off residential real estate loans as of and for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 is presented in the accompanying table.

Nonaccrual consumer loans and leases aggregated $114 million at March 31, 2013, compared with $91 million at March 31, 2012 and $104 million at December 31, 2012. The increases in such nonaccrual loans at the recent quarter-end as compared with March 31 and December 31, 2012 were largely the result of the previously noted change in the method of identifying nonaccrual home equity loans and lines of credit to reflect the repayment performance of the related senior lien loan that is not owned by the Company. Included in nonaccrual consumer loans and leases at March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012 were automobile loans of $20 million, $23 million and $25 million, respectively; recreational vehicle loans of $11 million, $11 million and $10 million, respectively; and outstanding balances of home equity loans and lines of credit, including junior lien Alt-A loans, of $72 million, $48 million and $58 million, respectively. Information about the location of nonaccrual and charged-off home equity loans and lines of credit as of and for the quarter-ended March 31, 2013 is presented in the accompanying table.

 

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SELECTED RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE-RELATED LOAN DATA

 

     March 31, 2013     Quarter ended
March 31, 2013
 
            Nonaccrual     Net charge-offs
(recoveries)
 
     Outstanding
balances
     Balances      Percent of
outstanding
balances
    Balances     Annualized
percent of
average
outstanding
balances
 
     (dollars in thousands)  

Residential mortgages:

            

New York

   $ 4,208,793       $ 68,556         1.63   $ 446        .04

Pennsylvania

     1,428,302         17,146         1.20        328        .09   

Mid-Atlantic

     2,401,203         37,381         1.56        (1,133     (.19

Other

     2,589,928         127,768         4.93        424        .06   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 10,628,226       $ 250,851         2.36   $ 65        —  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Residential construction loans:

            

New York

   $ 5,929       $ 391         6.59   $ 3        .19

Pennsylvania

     2,125         260         12.24        —          —     

Mid-Atlantic

     9,599         147         1.53        —          —     

Other

     20,116         1,150         5.72        (88     (1.68
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 37,769       $ 1,948         5.16   $ (85     (.90 )% 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Alt-A first mortgages:

            

New York

   $ 68,656       $ 17,861         26.02   $ 953        5.49

Pennsylvania

     13,624         2,767         20.31        49        1.41   

Mid-Atlantic

     83,309         14,633         17.56        409        1.96   

Other

     262,993         53,042         20.17        2,330        3.52   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 428,582       $ 88,303         20.60   $ 3,741        3.47
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Alt-A junior lien:

            

New York

   $ 1,658       $ 70         4.22   $ 183        42.59

Pennsylvania

     501         35         6.99        —          —     

Mid-Atlantic

     3,487         222         6.37        —          —     

Other

     9,265         759         8.19        386        16.27   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 14,911       $ 1,086         7.28   $ 569        15.02
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

First lien home equity loans:

            

New York

   $ 17,732       $ 800         4.51   $ 12        .27

Pennsylvania

     91,659         2,702         2.95        133        .56   

Mid-Atlantic

     86,103         539         .63        (2     (.01

Other

     857         66         7.70        —          —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 196,351       $ 4,107         2.09   $ 143        .28
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

First lien home equity lines:

            

New York

   $ 942,765       $ 4,116         .44   $ 245        .11

Pennsylvania

     660,466         3,600         .55        263        .17   

Mid-Atlantic

     564,612         2,298         .41        236        .17   

Other

     16,819         1,593         9.47        —          —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,184,662       $ 11,607         .53   $ 744        .14
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Junior lien home equity loans:

            

New York

   $ 38,521       $ 3,308         8.59   $ 198        2.00

Pennsylvania

     45,083         1,210         2.68        51        .44   

Mid-Atlantic

     133,397         1,400         1.05        265        .78   

Other

     13,075         126         .96        —          —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 230,076       $ 6,044         2.63   $ 514        .87
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Junior lien home equity lines:

            

New York

   $ 1,411,449       $ 35,052         2.48   $ 2,125        .60

Pennsylvania

     557,630         3,609         .65        292        .21   

Mid-Atlantic

     1,516,926         7,700         .51        1,334        .34   

Other

     92,176         2,816         3.06        104        .43   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,578,181       $ 49,177         1.37   $ 3,855        .42
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Real estate and other foreclosed assets totaled $96 million and $140 million at March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012, and $104 million at December 31, 2012. At March 31, 2013, the Company’s holding of residential real estate-related properties comprised 58% of foreclosed assets.

A comparative summary of nonperforming assets and certain past due loan data and credit quality ratios as of the end of the periods indicated is presented in the accompanying table.

NONPERFORMING ASSET AND PAST DUE, RENEGOTIATED AND IMPAIRED LOAN DATA

Dollars in thousands

 

     2013
First Quarter
          2012 Quarters        
       Fourth     Third     Second     First  

Nonaccrual loans

   $ 1,052,794        1,013,176        925,231        968,328        1,065,229   

Real estate and other foreclosed assets

     95,680        104,279        112,160        115,580        140,297   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total nonperforming assets

   $ 1,148,474        1,117,455        1,037,391        1,083,908        1,205,526   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accruing loans past due 90 days or more(a)

   $ 331,283        358,397        309,420        274,598        273,081   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Government guaranteed loans included in totals above:

          

Nonaccrual loans

   $ 63,385        57,420        54,583        48,712        44,717   

Accruing loans past due 90 days or more

     311,579        316,403        280,410        255,495        252,622   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Renegotiated loans

   $ 272,285        271,971        266,526        267,111        213,024   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquired accruing loans past due 90 days or more(b)

   $ 157,068        166,554        161,424        162,487        165,163   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Purchased impaired loans(c):

          

Outstanding customer balance

   $ 790,048        828,571        978,731        1,037,458        1,158,829   

Carrying amount

     425,232        447,114        528,001        560,700        604,779   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Nonaccrual loans to total loans and leases, net of unearned discount

     1.60     1.52     1.44     1.54     1.75

Nonperforming assets to total net loans and leases and real estate and other foreclosed assets

     1.74     1.68     1.62     1.72     1.97

Accruing loans past due 90 days or more (a) to total loans and leases, net of unearned discount

     .50     .54     .48     .44     .45
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Excludes acquired loans. Predominantly residential mortgage loans.
(b) Acquired loans that were recorded at fair value at acquisition date. This category does not include purchased impaired loans that are presented separately.
(c) Accruing loans that were impaired at acquisition date and recorded at fair value.

Management determined the allowance for credit losses by performing ongoing evaluations of the loan and lease portfolio, including such factors as the differing economic risks associated with each loan category, the financial condition of specific borrowers, the economic environment in which borrowers operate, the level of delinquent loans, the value of any collateral

 

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and, where applicable, the existence of any guarantees or indemnifications. Management evaluated the impact of changes in interest rates and overall economic conditions on the ability of borrowers to meet repayment obligations when quantifying the Company’s exposure to credit losses and the allowance for such losses as of each reporting date. Factors also considered by management when performing its assessment, in addition to general economic conditions and the other factors described above, included, but were not limited to: (i) the impact of residential real estate values on the Company’s portfolio of loans to residential real estate builders and developers and other loans secured by residential real estate; (ii) the concentrations of commercial real estate loans in the Company’s loan portfolio; (iii) the amount of commercial and industrial loans to businesses in areas of New York State outside of the New York City metropolitan area and in central Pennsylvania that have historically experienced less economic growth and vitality than the vast majority of other regions of the country; (iv) the repayment performance associated with the Company’s first and second lien loans secured by residential real estate; and (v) the size of the Company’s portfolio of loans to individual consumers, which historically have experienced higher net charge-offs as a percentage of loans outstanding than other loan types. The level of the allowance is adjusted based on the results of management’s analysis.

Management cautiously and conservatively evaluated the allowance for credit losses as of March 31, 2013 in light of: (i) residential real estate values and the level of delinquencies of residential real estate loans; (ii) economic conditions in the markets served by the Company; (iii) continuing weakness in industrial employment in upstate New York and central Pennsylvania; (iv) the significant subjectivity involved in commercial real estate valuations for properties located in areas with stagnant or low growth economies; and (v) the amount of loan growth experienced by the Company. While there has been general improvement in economic conditions, concerns continue to exist about the strength of such improvement in both national and international markets; the level and volatility of energy prices; the slowly strengthening but still depressed housing market; the troubled state of financial and credit markets; Federal Reserve positioning of monetary policy; high levels of unemployment; continued stagnant population growth in the upstate New York and central Pennsylvania regions; and continued uncertainty about possible responses to state and local government budget deficits. Although the U.S. economy experienced recession and weak economic conditions during recent years, the impact of those conditions was not as pronounced on borrowers in the traditionally slower growth regions of upstate New York and central Pennsylvania. Approximately 60% of the Company’s loans are to customers in New York State and Pennsylvania. Home prices in upstate New York and central Pennsylvania were relatively stable in recent years, in contrast to declines in values in many other regions of the country. Therefore, despite the conditions, as previously described, the most severe credit issues experienced by the Company during the recent financial downturn have been centered around residential real estate, including loans to builders and developers of residential real estate, in areas other than New York State and Pennsylvania.

The Company utilizes a loan grading system which is applied to all commercial and commercial real estate loans. Loan grades are utilized to differentiate risk within the portfolio and consider the expectations of default for each loan. Commercial loans and commercial real estate loans with a lower expectation of default are assigned one of ten possible “pass” loan grades and are generally ascribed lower loss factors when determining the allowance for credit losses. Loans with an elevated level of credit risk are classified as “criticized” and are ascribed a higher loss factor when determining the allowance for credit losses. Criticized loans may be classified as “nonaccrual” if the Company no longer expects to collect all amounts according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement or the loan is delinquent 90 days or more. Reflecting more stable economic conditions in

 

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the regions served by the Company, criticized commercial loans and commercial real estate loans were $2.3 billion at March 31, 2013, compared with $2.8 billion at March 31, 2012 and $2.4 billion at December 31, 2012. Loan officers with the support of loan review personnel in different geographic locations are responsible to continuously review and reassign loan grades to pass and criticized loans based on their detailed knowledge of individual borrowers and their judgment of the impact on such borrowers resulting from changing conditions in their respective geographic regions. On a quarterly basis, the Company’s centralized loan review department reviews all criticized commercial and commercial real estate loans greater than $1 million to determine the appropriateness of the assigned loan grade, including whether the loan should be reported as accruing or nonaccruing. For criticized nonaccrual loans, additional meetings are held with loan officers and their managers, workout specialists and senior management to discuss each of the relationships. In analyzing criticized loans, borrower-specific information is reviewed, including operating results, expected cash flows, recent developments and the borrower’s outlook, and other pertinent data. The timing and extent of potential losses, considering collateral valuation and other factors, and the Company’s potential courses of action are reviewed. To the extent that these loans are collateral-dependent, they are evaluated based on the fair value of the loan’s collateral as estimated at or near the financial statement date. As the quality of a loan deteriorates to the point of classifying the loan as “criticized,” the process of obtaining updated collateral valuation information is usually initiated, unless it is not considered warranted given factors such as the relative size of the loan, the characteristics of the collateral or the age of the last valuation. In those cases where current appraisals may not yet be available, prior appraisals are utilized with adjustments, as deemed necessary, for estimates of subsequent declines in value as determined by line of business and/or loan workout personnel in the respective geographic regions. Those adjustments are reviewed and assessed for reasonableness by the Company’s loan review department. Accordingly, for real estate collateral securing larger commercial and commercial real estate loans, estimated collateral values are based on current appraisals and estimates of value. For non-real estate loans, collateral is assigned a discounted estimated liquidation value and, depending on the nature of the collateral, is verified through field exams or other procedures. In assessing collateral, real estate and non-real estate values are reduced by an estimate of selling costs. With regard to residential real estate loans, the Company expanded its collections and loan workout staff and further refined its loss identification and estimation techniques by reference to loan performance and house price data in specific areas of the country where collateral that was securing the Company’s residential real estate loans was located. For residential real estate-related loans, including home equity loans and lines of credit, the excess of the loan balance over the net realizable value of the property collateralizing the loan is charged-off when the loan becomes 150 days delinquent. That charge-off is based on recent indications of value from external parties that are generally obtained shortly after a loan becomes nonaccrual. At March 31, 2013, approximately 39% of the Company’s home equity portfolio consisted of first lien loans. Of the remaining junior lien loans in the portfolio, approximately 83% (or approximately 52% of the aggregate home equity portfolio) consisted of junior lien loans that were behind a first lien mortgage loan that was not owned or serviced by the Company. That determination that the Company is in a junior lien position was largely based on information available to the Company at the time it originated the junior lien loan. The Company is continuing its efforts to obtain reliable updated information as to whether the related senior lien loans not owned by the Company are still outstanding. To the extent known by the Company, if the senior lien loan would be on nonaccrual status because of payment delinquency, even if such senior lien loan was not owned by the Company, the junior lien loan or line that is owned by the Company is placed on nonaccrual status. At March 31, 2013, the balance of junior lien loans and lines that were in nonaccrual status solely as a result of first lien

 

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loan performance was $24 million, compared with $7 million at December 31, 2012 when such determination was based only on the status of related senior lien loans that were owned or serviced by the Company. In monitoring the credit quality of its home equity portfolio for purposes of determining the allowance for credit losses, the Company reviews delinquency and nonaccrual information and considers recent charge-off experience. Additionally, the Company generally evaluates home equity loans and lines of credit that are more than 150 days past due for collectibility on a loan-by-loan basis and the excess of the loan balance over the net realizable value of the property collateralizing the loan is charged-off at that time. In determining the amount of such charge-offs, if the Company does not know the precise amount of the remaining first lien mortgage loan (typically because the Company does not own or service the first lien loan), the Company assumes that the first lien mortgage loan has had no principal amortization since the origination of the junior lien loan. Similarly, data used in estimating incurred losses for purposes of determining the allowance for credit losses also assumes no reductions in outstanding principal of first lien loans since the origination of the junior lien loan. Home equity line of credit terms vary but such lines are generally originated with an open draw period of ten years followed by an amortization period of up to twenty years. At March 31, 2013, approximately 96% of all outstanding balances of home equity lines of credit related to lines that were still in the draw period, the weighted-average remaining draw periods were approximately five years, and approximately 23% were making contractually allowed payments that do not include repayment of principal.

Factors that influence the Company’s credit loss experience include overall economic conditions affecting businesses and consumers, generally, but also residential and commercial real estate valuations, in particular, given the size of the Company’s real estate loan portfolios. Commercial real estate valuations can be highly subjective, as they are based upon many assumptions. Such valuations can be significantly affected over relatively short periods of time by changes in business climate, economic conditions, interest rates and, in many cases, the results of operations of businesses and other occupants of the real property. Similarly, residential real estate valuations can be impacted by housing trends, the availability of financing at reasonable interest rates, and general economic conditions affecting consumers.

In determining the allowance for credit losses, the Company estimates losses attributable to specific troubled credits identified through both normal and detailed or intensified credit review processes and also estimates losses inherent in other loans and leases. In quantifying incurred losses, the Company considers the factors and uses the techniques described herein and in note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements. For purposes of determining the level of the allowance for credit losses, the Company segments its loan and lease portfolio by loan type. The amount of specific loss components in the Company’s loan and lease portfolios is determined through a loan by loan analysis of commercial loans and commercial real estate loans in nonaccrual status. Measurement of the specific loss components is typically based on expected future cash flows, collateral values or other factors that may impact the borrower’s ability to pay. Losses associated with residential real estate loans and consumer loans are generally determined by reference to recent charge-off history and are evaluated (and adjusted if deemed appropriate) through consideration of other factors including near-term forecasted loss estimates developed by the Company’s credit department. These forecasts give consideration to overall borrower repayment performance and current geographic region changes in collateral values using third party published historical price indices or automated valuation methodologies. With regard to collateral values, the realizability of such values by the Company contemplates repayment of any first lien position prior to recovering amounts on a junior lien position. Approximately 61% of the Company’s home equity portfolio consists of junior lien loans and lines of credit. The Company generally evaluates residential real estate loans and home equity loans and lines of credit that are more than 150 days past due for collectibility on a

 

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loan-by-loan basis and the excess of the loan balance over the net realizable value of the property collateralizing the loan is charged-off at that time. Except for consumer loans and leases and residential real estate loans that are considered smaller balance homogeneous loans and are evaluated collectively and loans obtained in acquisition transactions, the Company considers a loan to be impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement or the loan is delinquent 90 days or more and has been placed in nonaccrual status. Those impaired loans are evaluated for specific loss components. Modified loans, including smaller balance homogenous loans, that are considered to be troubled debt restructurings are evaluated for impairment giving consideration to the impact of the modified loan terms on the present value of the loan’s expected cash flows. Loans less than 90 days delinquent are deemed to have a minimal delay in payment and are generally not considered to be impaired. Loans acquired in connection with acquisition transactions subsequent to 2008 were recorded at fair value with no carry-over of any previously recorded allowance for credit losses. Determining the fair value of the acquired loans required estimating cash flows expected to be collected on the loans and discounting those cash flows at then-current interest rates. The impact of estimated future credit losses represents the predominant difference between contractually required payments at acquisition and the cash flows expected to be collected at acquisition. Subsequent decreases to those expected cash flows require the Company to evaluate the need for an additional allowance for credit losses and could lead to charge-offs of acquired loan balances. Additional information regarding the Company’s process for determining the allowance for credit losses is included in note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Management believes that the allowance for credit losses at March 31, 2013 appropriately reflected credit losses inherent in the portfolio as of that date. The allowance for credit losses was $927 million, or 1.41% of total loans and leases at March 31, 2013, compared with $909 million or 1.49% at March 31, 2012 and $926 million or 1.39% at December 31, 2012. The ratio of the allowance to total loans and leases at each respective date reflects the impact of loans obtained in acquisition transactions subsequent to 2008 that have been recorded at estimated fair value based on estimated future cash flows expected to be received on those loans. Those cash flows reflect the impact of expected defaults on customer repayment performance. As noted earlier, GAAP prohibits any carry-over of an allowance for credit losses for acquired loans recorded at fair value. The decline in the ratio of the allowance to total loans and leases from March 31, 2012 to the two most recent quarter-ends largely reflects the impact of improvement in the levels of criticized loans. The level of the allowance reflects management’s evaluation of the loan and lease portfolio using the methodology and considering the factors as described herein. Should the various credit factors considered by management in establishing the allowance for credit losses change and should management’s assessment of losses inherent in the loan portfolios also change, the level of the allowance as a percentage of loans could increase or decrease in future periods. The ratio of the allowance for credit losses to nonaccrual loans was 88% at March 31, 2013, compared with 85% a year earlier and 91% at December 31, 2012. Given the Company’s general position as a secured lender and its practice of charging off loan balances when collection is deemed doubtful, that ratio and changes in that ratio are generally not an indicative measure of the adequacy of the Company’s allowance for credit losses, nor does management rely upon that ratio in determining the allowance. The level of the allowance reflects management’s evaluation of the loan and lease portfolio as of each respective date.

 

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Other Income

Other income totaled $433 million in the first quarter of 2013, compared with $377 million in the corresponding 2012 quarter and $453 million in the final quarter of 2012. Contributing to the rise in such income in the recent quarter as compared with the first quarter of 2012 was a $37 million increase in mortgage banking revenues and higher trust income. As compared with the fourth quarter of 2012, the leading factor for the decline in other income was a lower level of mortgage banking revenues.

Mortgage banking revenues totaled $93 million in the recent quarter, up from $56 million in the year-earlier quarter, but down from $117 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. Mortgage banking revenues are comprised of both residential and commercial mortgage banking activities. The Company’s involvement in commercial mortgage banking activities includes the origination, sales and servicing of loans under the multi-family loan programs of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Residential mortgage banking revenues, consisting of realized gains from sales of residential mortgage loans and loan servicing rights, unrealized gains and losses on residential mortgage loans held for sale and related commitments, residential mortgage loan servicing fees, and other residential mortgage loan-related fees and income, were $76 million in the initial 2013 quarter, compared with $38 million in the year-earlier quarter and $96 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. The significant increase in residential mortgage banking revenues from the first quarter of 2012 to the recent quarter was due to increased volumes of loans originated for sale and wider margins related to such loans. Those higher volumes reflect increased refinancing activity by consumers in light of the low interest rate environment and include the impact of the Company’s involvement in the U.S. government’s Home Affordable Refinance Program (“HARP 2.0”), which allows homeowners to refinance their Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac mortgages when the value of their home has fallen such that they have little or no equity. The HARP 2.0 program was set to expire December 31, 2013, but was recently extended and will now be available to borrowers through December 31, 2015. As compared with the final quarter of 2012, the recent quarter’s decline in residential mortgage banking revenues reflects lower volumes of loans originated for sale and narrower margins related to such loans.

New commitments to originate residential mortgage loans to be sold were approximately $1.9 billion in the recent quarter, compared with $439 million in the initial quarter of 2012 and $2.0 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012. Included in those commitments to originate residential mortgage loans to be sold were HARP 2.0 commitments of $480 million, $172 million and $567 million during the quarters ended March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively. During the initial 2012 quarter, the Company was originating the majority of residential real estate loans to be held in its loan portfolio. Realized gains from sales of residential mortgage loans and loan servicing rights (net of the impact of costs associated with obligations to repurchase mortgage loans originated for sale) and recognized net unrealized gains and losses attributable to residential mortgage loans held for sale, commitments to originate loans for sale and commitments to sell loans totaled to a gain of $50 million in the first quarter of 2013, compared with gains of $10 million and $70 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2012, respectively.

The Company is contractually obligated to repurchase previously sold loans that do not ultimately meet investor sale criteria related to underwriting procedures or loan documentation. When required to do so, the Company may reimburse purchasers for losses incurred or may repurchase certain loans. The Company reduces residential mortgage banking revenues for losses related to its obligations to loan purchasers. The amount of those charges varies based on the volume of loans sold, the level of reimbursement requests received from loan

 

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purchasers and estimates of losses that may be associated with previously sold loans. Residential mortgage banking revenues during the three-month period ended March 31, 2013 were reduced by approximately $5 million, compared with similar reductions of $4 million during each of the three-month periods ended March 31 and December 31, 2012, related to the actual or anticipated settlement of repurchase obligations.

From July 2011 through August 2012, the Company originated the majority of residential real estate loans to be held in its loan portfolio, rather than selling such loans. The loans conform to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac underwriting guidelines. Retaining those residential real estate loans offset the impact of the declining investment securities portfolio resulting from maturities and pay-downs of residential mortgage-backed securities while providing high quality assets earning a reasonable yield. The decision to retain for portfolio the majority of such loans originated rather than selling them resulted in a reduction of residential mortgage banking revenues of approximately $21 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2012. Due to the significant growth in the Company’s residential real estate loan portfolio, beginning in September 2012 the majority of the Company’s commitments are to originate residential real estate loans for sale to third parties.

Loans held for sale that are secured by residential real estate totaled $1.1 billion and $186 million at March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $1.2 billion at December 31, 2012. Commitments to sell residential mortgage loans and commitments to originate residential mortgage loans for sale at pre-determined rates were $2.0 billion and $1.3 billion, respectively, at March 31, 2013, compared with $372 million and $295 million at March 31, 2012, and $2.3 billion and $1.6 billion, respectively, at December 31, 2012. Net unrealized gains on residential mortgage loans held for sale, commitments to sell loans, and commitments to originate loans for sale were $57 million and $13 million at March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012, respectively, and $83 million at December 31, 2012. Changes in such net unrealized gains and losses are recorded in mortgage banking revenues and resulted in a net decrease in revenue of $26 million in the first quarter of 2013, compared with net increases in revenue of $7 million in the first quarter of 2012 and $12 million in the final 2012 quarter.

Revenues from servicing residential mortgage loans for others were $24 million in each of the two most recent quarters, compared with $27 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2012. Included in such servicing revenues were amounts related to purchased servicing rights associated with small balance commercial mortgage loans, totaling $4 million in the first quarter of 2013 and $5 million in each of the initial 2012 quarter and the fourth quarter of 2012. Residential mortgage loans serviced for others were $35.8 billion at March 31, 2013, $39.4 billion at March 31, 2012 and $35.9 billion at December 31, 2012, including the small balance commercial mortgage loans noted above of approximately $3.7 billion at March 31, 2013, $4.3 billion at March 31, 2012 and $3.8 billion at December 31, 2012. Reflected in residential mortgage loans serviced for others were loans sub-serviced for others of $11.9 billion, $13.9 billion and $12.5 billion at March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Capitalized residential mortgage loan servicing assets, net of any applicable valuation allowance for possible impairment, totaled $111 million at March 31, 2013, compared with $135 million at March 31, 2012 and $108 million at December 31, 2012. The valuation allowance for possible impairment of capitalized residential mortgage servicing assets totaled $4 million at March 31, 2013, $1 million at March 31, 2012 and $5 million at December 31, 2012. Included in capitalized residential mortgage servicing assets were purchased servicing rights associated with the small balance commercial mortgage loans noted above of $7 million, $14 million, and $8 million at March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012 respectively. At March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012 capitalized servicing rights included $2 million, $4

 

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million and $2 million, respectively, of servicing rights for $2.6 billion, $3.0 billion and $2.7 billion, respectively, of loans that were purchased from affiliates of Bayview Lending Group LLC (“BLG”). In addition, reflected in residential mortgage loans sub-serviced for others were loans sub-serviced for BLG-affiliated companies of $10.9 billion, $12.8 billion, $11.4 billion at March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Additional information about the Company’s relationship with BLG and its affiliates is provided in note 15 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Commercial mortgage banking revenues totaled $17 million in the recent quarter, compared with $18 million in the first quarter of 2012 and $21 million in the final 2012 quarter. Included in such amounts were revenues from loan origination and sales activities of $10 million and $12 million in the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $14 million in the final quarter of 2012. Commercial mortgage loan servicing revenues were $7 million in each of the two most recent quarters and $6 million in the initial quarter of 2012. Capitalized commercial mortgage servicing assets totaled $63 million at March 31, 2013, compared with $53 million and $60 million at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Commercial mortgage loans serviced for other investors totaled $10.9 billion, $9.6 billion and $10.6 billion at March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively, and included $2.1 billion, $1.9 billion and $2.0 billion, respectively, of loan balances for which investors had recourse to the Company if such balances are ultimately uncollectible. Commitments to sell commercial mortgage loans and commitments to originate commercial mortgage loans for sale were $185 million and $106 million, respectively, at March 31, 2013, $231 million and $190 million, respectively, at March 31, 2012 and $340 million and $140 million, respectively, at December 31, 2012. Commercial mortgage loans held for sale at March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012 were $79 million, $40 million, and $200 million, respectively.

Service charges on deposit accounts aggregated $111 million in the initial quarter of 2013, compared with $109 million in the year-earlier quarter and $112 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. Trust income includes fees for trust and custody services provided to personal, corporate and institutional customers, and investment management and advisory fees that are often based on a percentage of the market value of assets under management. Trust income aggregated $122 million in the recent quarter, compared with $117 million in each of the first and fourth quarters of 2012. Reflected in trust income are fees related to two significant businesses. The Institutional Client Services (“ICS”) business, with $61 million of revenues, provides a variety of trustee, agency, investment management and administrative services for corporations and institutions, investment bankers, corporate tax, finance and legal executives, and other institutional clients who: (i) use capital markets financing structures; (ii) use independent trustees to hold retirement plan and other assets; and (iii) need investment and cash management services. Many ICS clients are multinational corporations and institutions. The Wealth Advisory Services (“WAS”) business, with $49 million of revenues, helps high net worth clients grow their wealth, protect it, and transfer it to their heirs. A comprehensive array of wealth management services are offered, including asset management, fiduciary services and family office services. Prior to 2013, certain other trust operations of the Company were not combined with the respective ICS and WAS activities. Revenues for ICS, WAS and those other trust revenues were $49 million, $35 million and $33 million, respectively, in the first quarter of 2012 and $47 million, $40 million, and $30 million, respectively, in the fourth quarter of 2012. Adversely impacting trust income for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012 were $18 million, $11 million and $15 million, respectively, of fee waivers by the Company in order to provide for proprietary money-market mutual funds to pay customers a yield on their investments in such funds. Total trust assets, which include assets under management and assets under administration, aggregated $263.5 billion at March 31, 2013, compared with $273.0 billion and $255.9 billion at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Trust

 

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assets under management were $63.3 billion, $55.3 billion and $61.5 billion at March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively. In addition to the asset amounts noted above, trust assets under management of affiliates totaled $16.5 billion at March 31, 2013, $15.7 billion at March 31, 2012 and $15.4 billion at December 31, 2012. Furthermore, the Company’s proprietary mutual funds had assets of $13.3 billion, $12.6 billion and $13.9 billion at March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

Brokerage services income, which includes revenues from the sale of mutual funds and annuities and securities brokerage fees, totaled $16 million in the recent quarter, compared with $14 million in the first quarter of 2012 and $15 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. Gains from trading account and foreign exchange activity totaled $9 million during the recent quarter, compared with $11 million and $10 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2012, respectively. Information about the notional amount of interest rate, foreign exchange and other contracts entered into by the Company for trading account purposes is included in note 10 of Notes to Financial Statements and herein under the heading “Taxable-equivalent Net Interest Income.”

During the first quarter of 2013, the Company recognized net losses on investment securities of $10 million, compared with net losses of $11 million in the year-earlier quarter and $14 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. Those net losses were predominantly the result of the other-than-temporary impairment of certain of the Company’s privately issued CMOs backed by residential and commercial real estate loans. Each reporting period, the Company reviews its investment securities for other-than-temporary impairment. Additional information about other-than-temporary impairment losses is included herein under the heading “Capital.”

M&T’s share of the operating losses of BLG in the recent quarter was $4 million, compared with $5 million in each of the first and fourth quarters of 2012. The operating losses of BLG resulted from the disruptions in the residential and commercial real estate markets and reflected provisions for losses associated with securitized loans and other loans held by BLG and loan servicing and other administrative costs. Under GAAP, such losses are required to be recognized by BLG despite the fact that many of the securitized loan losses will ultimately be borne by the underlying third party bond-holders. As these loan losses are realized through later foreclosure and still later sale of real estate collateral, the underlying bonds will be charged-down resulting in BLG’s future recognition of debt extinguishment gains. The timing of such debt extinguishment is largely dependent on the timing of loan workouts and collateral liquidations and, given ongoing loan loss provisioning, it is difficult to project when BLG will return to profitability. As a result of credit and liquidity disruptions, BLG ceased its originations of small-balance commercial real estate loans in 2008. However, as a result of past securitization activities, BLG is entitled to cash flows from mortgage assets that it owns or that are owned by its affiliates and is also entitled to receive distributions from affiliates that provide asset management and other services. Accordingly, the Company believes that BLG is capable of realizing positive cash flows that could be available for distribution to its owners, including M&T, despite a lack of positive GAAP-earnings from its core mortgage origination and securitization activities. To this point, BLG’s affiliates have largely reinvested their earnings to generate additional servicing and asset management activities, further contributing to the value of those affiliates. Information about the Company’s relationship with BLG and its affiliates is included in note 15 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Other revenues from operations totaled $96 million in the first quarter of 2013, compared with $86 million in the corresponding 2012 period and $102 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. The increase in the recent quarter as compared with the year-earlier quarter resulted largely from higher loan syndication and other credit-related fees. The decline as compared with the

 

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final 2012 quarter was largely attributable to lower letter of credit and other credit-related fees. Included in other revenues from operations were the following significant components. Letter of credit and other credit-related fees totaled $32 million in the recent quarter, compared with $27 million and $36 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2012, respectively. Tax-exempt income from bank owned life insurance, which includes increases in the cash surrender value of life insurance policies and benefits received, totaled $13 million during the recent quarter, compared with $12 million in the first quarter of 2012 and $14 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. Revenues from merchant discount and credit card fees were $20 million in each of the two most recent quarters, compared with $18 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2012. Insurance-related sales commissions and other revenues totaled $13 million in the initial quarter of 2013, compared with $12 million in the year-earlier quarter and $11 million in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Other Expense

Other expense totaled $636 million in the first quarter of 2013, compared with $640 million in the year-earlier quarter and $626 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. Included in those amounts are expenses considered by management to be “nonoperating” in nature consisting of amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets of $13 million in the recent quarter, $17 million in the first quarter of 2012 and $14 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, and merger-related expenses of $5 million and $3 million in the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012, respectively. There were no merger-related expenses in the fourth quarter of 2012. The merger-related expenses in the initial 2013 quarter were incurred in connection with the pending Hudson City acquisition and in the first quarter of 2012 related to the Wilmington Trust acquisition. Those expenses consisted largely of professional services and other temporary help fees associated with the actual or planned conversion of systems and/or integration of operations; initial marketing and promotion expenses designed to introduce M&T Bank to its new customers; travel costs; and printing, postage, supplies and other costs. Exclusive of these nonoperating expenses, noninterest operating expenses totaled $618 million in the first three months of 2013, compared with $620 million and $612 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2012, respectively. Higher costs for salaries and employee benefits in the recent quarter were largely offset by lower FDIC assessments as compared with the year-earlier quarter. The increase in expenses from the fourth quarter of 2012 was largely the result of seasonally higher stock-based compensation, payroll-related taxes and benefits costs in the recent quarter, offset, in part, by lower professional services expenses. Table 2 provides a reconciliation of other expense to noninterest operating expense.

Salaries and employee benefits expense aggregated $357 million in the recent quarter, compared with $346 million in the year-earlier quarter and $323 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. As compared with the year-earlier quarter, the recent quarter reflects higher costs for incentive compensation, including stock-based compensation. Contributing to the rise in such expenses in the recent quarter as compared with the fourth quarter of 2012 were seasonally higher stock-based compensation, unemployment insurance, payroll-related taxes and the Company’s contributions for retirement savings plan benefits related to annual incentive compensation payments. The Company, in accordance with GAAP, has accelerated the recognition of compensation costs for stock-based awards granted to retirement-eligible employees and employees who will become retirement-eligible prior to full vesting of the award. As a result, stock-based compensation expense during the first quarters of 2013 and 2012 included $17 million and $10 million, respectively, that would have been recognized over the normal four-year vesting period if not for the accelerated expense recognition provisions of GAAP. That acceleration had no effect on the value of stock-based compensation awarded to employees. Salaries and employee benefits expense

 

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included stock-based compensation of $28 million and $23 million in the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012, respectively, and $11 million in the quarter ended December 31, 2012. The number of full-time equivalent employees was 14,576 at March 31, 2013, compared with 14,864 and 14,404 at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

Excluding the nonoperating expenses described earlier from each quarter, nonpersonnel operating expenses were $262 million and $276 million in the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012, respectively, and $289 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. The decline in such expenses in the recent quarter as compared with the year-earlier quarter was due largely to lower FDIC assessments. As compared with the fourth quarter of 2012, the decrease in nonpersonnel operating expenses in the initial 2013 quarter predominantly resulted from lower professional services expenses and FDIC assessments. The efficiency ratio measures the relationship of noninterest operating expenses to revenues. The Company’s efficiency ratio was 55.9% in the first quarter of 2013, compared with 61.1% in the year-earlier period and 53.6% in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes for the first quarter of 2013 was $141 million, compared with $102 million in the year-earlier quarter and $149 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. The effective tax rates were 34.0%, 33.1% and 33.5% for the quarters ended March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively. The 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 level 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 but infrequently occurring items.

The Company’s effective tax rate in future periods will be affected by the results of operations allocated to the various tax jurisdictions within which the Company operates, any change in income tax laws or regulations within those jurisdictions, and interpretations of income tax regulations that differ from the Company’s interpretations by any of various tax authorities that may examine tax returns filed by M&T or any of its subsidiaries.

Capital

Shareholders’ equity was $10.4 billion at March 31, 2013, representing 12.59% of total assets, compared with $9.4 billion or 11.91% at March 31, 2012 and $10.2 billion or 12.29% at December 31, 2012. Included in shareholders’ equity was preferred stock with financial statement carrying values of $875 million at March 31, 2013, $866 million at March 31, 2012 and $873 million at December 31, 2012, respectively.

In August 2012, the U.S. Department of Treasury (“U.S. Treasury”) completed a public offering of its holding of M&T Series A and Series C preferred stock, resulting in M&T’s exit from the Troubled Asset Relief Program – Capital Purchase Program (“TARP”) of the U.S. Treasury. In conjunction with the U.S. Treasury’s public offering, M&T modified certain of the terms of the Series A and Series C Preferred Stock related to the dividend rate on the preferred shares at the reset dates, which was originally set to change from 5% to 9% on November 15, 2013 for the Series C preferred shares and on February 15, 2014 for the Series A preferred shares. In each case, the dividend rate will now change to 6.375% on November 15, 2013. The other modification related to M&T agreeing to not redeem the Series A and Series C preferred shares until on or after November 15, 2018, except that if an event occurs such that the shares no longer qualify as Tier 1

 

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capital, M&T may redeem all of the shares within 90 days following that occurrence. Those modifications were subsequently approved by M&T’s common shareholders on April 16, 2013.

Common shareholders’ equity was $9.5 billion, or $73.99 per share, at March 31, 2013, compared with $8.6 billion, or $67.64 per share, at March 31, 2012 and $9.3 billion, or $72.73 per share, at December 31, 2012. Tangible equity per common share, which excludes goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets and applicable deferred tax balances, was $46.11 at March 31, 2013, $38.89 at March 31, 2012 and $44.61 at December 31, 2012. The Company’s ratio of tangible common equity to tangible assets was 7.51% at March 31, 2013, compared with 6.51% a year earlier and 7.20% at December 31, 2012. Reconciliations of total common shareholders’ equity and tangible common equity and total assets and tangible assets as of each of those respective dates are presented in table 2.

Shareholders’ equity reflects accumulated other comprehensive income or loss, which includes the net after-tax impact of unrealized gains or losses on investment securities classified as available for sale, unrealized losses on held-to-maturity securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment charge has been recognized, gains or losses associated with interest rate swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges, foreign currency translation adjustments and adjustments to reflect the funded status of defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. Net unrealized gains on investment securities, net of applicable tax effect, were $47 million, or $.36 per common share, at March 31, 2013, compared with net unrealized losses of $58 million, or $.46 per common share, at March 31, 2012 and net unrealized gains of $37 million, or $.29 per common share, at December 31, 2012. Such unrealized gains and losses include the difference, net of applicable income tax effect, between the estimated fair value and amortized cost of investment securities classified as available for sale, including the remaining unamortized unrealized losses on investment securities that have been transferred to held-to-maturity classification. Information about unrealized gains and losses as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is included in note 3 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Reflected in net unrealized gains at March 31, 2013 were pre-tax effect unrealized losses of $121 million on available-for-sale investment securities with an amortized cost of $1.0 billion and pre-tax effect unrealized gains of $232 million on securities with an amortized cost of $3.3 billion. The pre-tax effect unrealized losses reflect $98 million of losses on privately issued residential mortgage-backed securities with an amortized cost of $883 million and an estimated fair value of $785 million (considered Level 3 valuations) and $22 million of losses on trust preferred securities issued by financial institutions having an amortized cost of $123 million and an estimated fair value of $101 million (generally considered Level 2 valuations).

The Company’s privately issued residential mortgage-backed securities classified as available for sale are generally collateralized by prime and Alt-A residential mortgage loans as depicted in the accompanying table. Information in the table is as of March 31, 2013. As with any accounting estimate or other data, changes in fair values and investment ratings may occur at any time.

 

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PRIVATELY ISSUED MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (a)

 

                         As a percentage of
fair value
          Current payment
status(c)
 

Collateral type

   Amortized
cost
     Fair
value
     Net
unrealized
gains

(losses)
    Investment
grade
    Senior
tranche
    Credit
enhance-
ment(b)
    Bonds
with

OTTI
    Bonds
without

OTTI
 
     (Dollars in thousands)                                

Investment securities available for sale:

                  

Residential mortgage loans

                  

Prime – fixed

   $ 35,333         38,781         3,448        60     99     6     —   %(d)      100

Prime – hybrid ARMs

     923,282         849,517         (73,765     23        97        5        19        100   

Alt-A – hybrid ARMs

     107,810         86,438         (21,372     13        92        9        30        100   

Other

     11,454         10,953         (501     —          66        20        —   (d)      100   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

           

Subtotal

     1,077,879         985,689         (92,190     24        96        6        19        100   

Commercial mortgage loans

     6,414         7,558         1,144        —          100        100        —   (d)      100   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

           

Total investment securities available for sale

     1,084,293         993,247         (91,046     23     97     7     19     100
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

           

Investment securities held to maturity:

                  

Residential and commercial mortgage loans

     236,632         155,241         (81,391     33     93     22     —   %(d)      100
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

           

Total

   $ 1,320,925         1,148,488         (172,437     25     96     9     19     100
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) All information is as of March 31, 2013.
(b) Weighted-average credit enhancement is calculated by dividing the remaining unpaid principal balance of bonds subordinate to the bonds owned by the Company plus any overcollateralization remaining in the securitization structure by the remaining unpaid principal balance of all bonds in the securitization structure.
(c) Represents percentage of amortized cost related to bonds for which contractually required principal and interest payments expected at acquisition continue to be received.
(d) There are no bonds in this category.

In estimating values for privately issued mortgage-backed securities, the Company was restricted in the level of market observable assumptions used in the valuation of such securities. Because of reduced trading activity and lack of observable valuation inputs, the Company considers the estimated fair value associated with its holdings of privately issued mortgage-backed securities to be Level 3 valuations. To assist in the determination of fair value for its privately issued mortgage-backed securities, the Company engaged two independent pricing sources at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012. GAAP provides guidance for estimating fair value when the volume and level of trading activity for an asset or liability have significantly decreased. In consideration of that guidance, the Company performed internal modeling to estimate the cash flows and fair value of privately issued mortgage-backed securities with an amortized cost basis of $1.1 billion at each of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012. The Company’s internal modeling techniques included discounting estimated bond-specific cash flows using assumptions about cash flows associated with loans underlying each of the bonds. In estimating those cash flows, the Company used conservative assumptions as to default and loss rates in order to mitigate exposure that might be attributable to the risk that actual future credit losses could exceed assumed credit losses. To determine the most representative fair value for those bonds under current market conditions, the Company averaged the internal model valuations and the

 

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indications obtained from the two independent pricing sources resulting in a one-third weighting on the internal model valuation and a two-thirds weighting on valuations provided by the independent sources. Further information concerning the Company’s valuations of privately issued mortgage-backed securities can be found in note 12 of Notes to Financial Statements.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2013, the Company recognized $10 million (pre-tax) of other-than-temporary impairment losses related to privately issued mortgage-backed securities. In assessing impairment losses for debt securities, the Company performed internal modeling to estimate bond-specific cash flows, which considered the placement of the bond in the overall securitization structure and the remaining levels of subordination.

For privately issued mortgage-backed securities, the modeling for other-than-temporary impairment utilized assumptions about the expected underlying performance of the mortgage loan collateral considering recent collateral performance and future assumptions regarding default and loss severity. At March 31, 2013, projected model default percentages on the underlying mortgage loan collateral ranged from 1% to 28% and loss severities ranged from 10% to 83%. For bonds in which the Company has recognized an other-than-temporary impairment charge, the weighted-average percentage of default collateral was 14% and the weighted-average loss severity was 40%. For bonds without other-than-temporary impairment losses, the weighted-average default percentage and loss severity were 11% and 26%, respectively. Underlying mortgage loan collateral cash flows, after considering the impact of estimated credit losses, were distributed by the model to the various securities within the securitization structure to determine the timing and extent of losses at the bond-level, if any. Despite continuing high levels of delinquencies and losses in the underlying mortgage loan collateral, given credit enhancements resulting from the structures of individual bonds, the Company has concluded that as of March 31, 2013 its remaining privately issued mortgage-backed securities were not other-than-temporarily impaired. Nevertheless, given recent market conditions, it is possible that adverse changes in repayment performance and fair value could occur during the remainder of 2013 and later years that could impact the Company’s conclusions. For example, a 20% increase in the estimated default rate assumption and a 20% increase in the severity rate assumption would have increased the other-than-temporary impairment charge recognized by the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2013 by $33 million. Information comparing the amortized cost and fair value of investment securities is included in note 3 of Notes to Financial Statements. The Company’s model as described above uses projected default and loss severity assumptions. Information on the current credit enhancement and current payment status of privately issued mortgage-backed securities at March 31, 2013 is included in the accompanying table.

Similar to its evaluation of available-for-sale privately issued mortgage-backed securities, the Company assesses impairment losses on privately issued CMOs in the held-to-maturity portfolio by performing internal modeling to estimate bond-specific cash flows that reflect the placement of the bond in the overall securitization structure and the remaining subordination levels. As a result, the Company did not recognize any other-than-temporary impairment charge related to CMOs in the held-to-maturity portfolio during the first quarter of 2013. In total, at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company had in its held-to-maturity portfolio CMOs with an amortized cost basis of $237 million and $242 million, respectively, and a fair value of $155 million and $148 million, respectively.

At March 31, 2013, the Company also had pre-tax unrealized losses of $23 million on $130 million of trust preferred securities issued by financial institutions, securities backed by trust preferred securities, and other debt securities (reflecting $1 million of unrealized losses on $7 million of securities using a Level 3 valuation). Pre-tax unrealized losses of $28

 

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million existed on $130 million of such securities at December 31, 2012. After evaluating the expected repayment performance of those bonds the Company did not recognize any other-than-temporary impairment losses related to those securities during the quarter ended March 31, 2013.

As of March 31, 2013, based on a review of each of the remaining securities in the investment securities portfolio, the Company concluded that the declines in the values of those securities were temporary and that any additional other-than-temporary impairment charges were not appropriate. As of that date, the Company did not intend to sell nor is it anticipated that it would be required to sell any of its impaired securities, that is, where fair value is less than the cost basis of the security. The Company intends to continue to closely monitor the performance of the privately issued mortgage-backed securities and other securities because changes in their underlying credit performance or other events could cause the cost basis of those securities to become other-than-temporarily impaired. However, because the unrealized losses on available-for-sale investment securities have generally already been reflected in the financial statement values for investment securities and shareholders’ equity, any recognition of an other-than-temporary decline in value of those investment securities would not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition. Any other-than-temporary impairment charge related to held-to-maturity securities would result in reductions in the financial statement values for investment securities and shareholders’ equity. Additional information concerning fair value measurements and the Company’s approach to the classification of such measurements is included in note 12 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Adjustments to reflect the funded status of defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans, net of applicable tax effect, reduced accumulated other comprehensive income by $272 million, or $2.11 per common share, at March 31, 2013, $277 million, or $2.16 per common share, at December 31, 2012, and $273 million, or $2.16 per common share, at March 31, 2012.

Cash dividends declared on M&T’s common stock during the quarter ended March 31, 2013 totaled $91 million, compared with $89 million and $90 million in the quarters ended March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2012, respectively, and represented a quarterly dividend payment of $.70 per common share in each of those three quarters.

Cash dividends declared on preferred stock were as follows:

 

     First Quarter
2013
     First Quarter
2012
     Fourth Quarter
2012
 

Series A

   $ 2,875         2,875         2,875   

Series C

     1,894         1,894         1,894   

Series D

     8,594         8,594         8,594   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 13,363         13,363         13,363   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Company did not repurchase any shares of its common stock during 2012 or the first quarter of 2013.

Federal regulators generally require banking institutions to maintain “Tier 1 capital” and “total capital” ratios of at least 4% and 8%, respectively, of risk-adjusted total assets. In addition to the risk-based measures, Federal bank regulators have also implemented a minimum “leverage” ratio guideline of 3% of the quarterly average of total assets. As of March 31, 2013, Tier 1 capital included trust preferred securities of $1.2 billion as described in note 5 of Notes to Financial Statements and total capital further included subordinated capital notes of $1.5 billion. Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, trust preferred securities are being phased-out of the definition of Tier 1 capital of bank holding companies (with 25% expected to be phased out in 2013), however, rules for implementing that phase-out have

 

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not been finalized and, as a result, M&T included the full $1.2 billion of trust preferred securities in its Tier 1 regulatory capital as of March 31, 2013.

The regulatory capital ratios of the Company, M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust, N.A. as of March 31, 2013 are presented in the accompanying table.

REGULATORY CAPITAL RATIOS

March 31, 2013

 

     M&T
(Consolidated)
    M&T
Bank
    Wilmington
Trust, N.A.
 

Tier 1 capital

     10.62     9.17     68.66

Total capital

     13.81     12.12     69.54

Tier 1 leverage

     10.26     8.92     24.22

Segment Information

As required by GAAP, the Company’s reportable segments have been determined based upon its internal profitability reporting system, which is organized by strategic business unit. Financial information about the Company’s segments is presented in note 14 of Notes to Financial Statements.

The Business Banking segment recorded net income of $33 million in the first quarter of 2013, a decline of 8% from the $35 million earned in the first three months of 2012 and 10% below the $36 million recorded in 2012’s fourth quarter. The decline from the year-earlier quarter reflects lower net interest income of $7 million offset, in part, by a $2 million decrease in the provision for credit losses. The lower net interest income reflects a 39 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits, partially offset by an increase of $498 million in average outstanding deposit balances. As compared with the fourth quarter of 2012, lower net interest income of $9 million, predominantly due to a 26 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits and a $424 million decrease in average deposit balances, was the most significant contributor to the decline in the recent quarter’s net income.

Net income earned by the Commercial Banking segment totaled $107 million in the recent quarter, up 4% from the $103 million recorded in the first quarter of 2012, but down 7% from the $116 million earned in the immediately preceding quarter. The improved performance as compared with 2012’s first quarter was primarily due to higher net interest income of $8 million offset, in part, by a $3 million increase in the provision for credit losses. The rise in net interest income was largely attributable to higher average outstanding loan and deposit balances of $2.1 billion and $540 million, respectively, partially offset by a 15 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits. The main factor contributing to the decline in the recent quarter’s performance as compared with the final 2012 quarter was a decline in net interest income of $13 million. That decrease resulted from the narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits and loans of 15 basis points and 6 basis points, respectively, and lower average outstanding deposit balances of $539 million.

Net income contributed by the Commercial Real Estate segment was $77 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2013, compared with $69 million in the year-earlier quarter and $84 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. The 11% increase in the recent quarter’s net income as compared with the initial 2012 quarter reflects an $8 million rise in net interest income, mainly attributable to a 15 basis point widening of the net interest margin on loans and higher average outstanding loan balances of $720 million, and a $3 million decrease in the provision for credit losses. Contributing to the 9% decline in net income as compared with the final 2012 quarter was an increase

 

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in the provision for credit losses and lower mortgage banking revenues.

The Discretionary Portfolio segment earned net income of $2 million in the initial 2013 quarter, compared with net losses of $8 million and $5 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2012, respectively. Included in the results of each of those quarters were pre-tax other-than-temporary impairment charges (relating to certain privately issued CMOs) of $10 million in the recent quarter, $11 million in the year-earlier quarter and $14 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. The favorable performance in the recent quarter as compared with the year-earlier quarter was due to the following factors: a $7 million decrease in intersegment costs related to lower amounts of residential real estate loans being retained in portfolio rather than being sold; a $5 million rise in net interest income, resulting from growth in average outstanding loan balances of $2.3 billion offset, in part, by a 6 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin on loans; and a $5 million reduction in the provision for credit losses. The favorable performance in the recent quarter as compared with the fourth quarter of 2012 was predominantly due to a decrease in intersegment costs related to lower amounts of residential real estate loans being retained.

Net contribution from the Residential Mortgage Banking segment totaled $34 million in the recent quarter, improved from $24 million in the year-earlier quarter, but down from $41 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. As compared with the year-earlier quarter, a $17 million increase in revenues from residential mortgage origination and sales activities (including intersegment revenues), due to higher origination volumes and wider sales margins on loans originated for sale, and a $5 million increase in net interest income, largely from higher average outstanding loans of $625 million and a 39 basis point widening of the net interest margin on loans, were the main factors contributing to the improved results. Those factors were partially offset by increased personnel costs of $8 million. Contributing to the recent quarter decline as compared with 2012’s fourth quarter was a $19 million decrease in residential mortgage origination and sales revenues, reflecting lower origination volumes and narrower sales margins on loans originated for sale. That factor was offset, in part, by a $2 million increase in net interest income, resulting from a 46 basis point widening of the net interest margin on loans.

Net income recorded by the Retail Banking segment totaled $52 million, up 8% from $49 million in the three-month period ended March 31, 2012, but down 6% from $56 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. Factors contributing to the recent quarter’s improvement as compared with the first quarter of 2012 included a lower provision for credit losses of $7 million, lower personnel and advertising and promotion expenses of $4 million each, and decreases in other operating expenses. Partially offsetting those favorable factors was a $17 million decline in net interest income, which reflected a 27 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits, partially offset by higher average deposit balances outstanding of $1.0 billion. The recent quarter’s unfavorable performance as compared with the immediately preceding quarter was largely attributable to lower net interest income of $17 million, resulting from a 22 basis point narrowing of the net interest margin on deposits partially offset by higher average deposit balances of $669 million. Favorable factors partially offsetting the lower net interest income were a decline in the provision for credit losses of $6 million, lower professional service costs of $5 million and decreased advertising and promotion costs of $3 million.

The “All Other” category reflects other activities of the Company that are not directly attributable to the reported segments. Reflected in this category are the amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets resulting from the acquisitions of financial institutions, M&T’s share of the operating losses of BLG, merger-related gains and expenses related to

 

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acquisitions of financial institutions and the net impact of the Company’s allocation methodologies for internal transfers for funding charges and credits associated with the earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities of the Company’s reportable segments and the provision for credit losses. The “All Other” category also includes the trust activities of the Company. The various components of the “All Other” category resulted in net losses totaling $31 million in each of the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and $65 million in the first quarter of 2012. The improved performance in the recent quarter as compared with the year-earlier period was attributable to decreased FDIC assessments of $11 million, higher trust revenues of $5 million, and the impact from the Company’s allocation methodologies for internal transfers for funding charges and credits associated with the earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities of the Company’s reportable segments and the provision for credit losses. Partially offsetting those factors were higher personnel-related costs of $5 million. As compared with the fourth quarter of 2012, the recent quarter’s results included lower professional services costs of $22 million and costs associated with the impact from the Company’s allocation methodologies for internal transfers for funding charges and credits associated with the earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities of the Company’s reportable segments and the provision for credit losses. Partially offsetting those factors was a $35 million increase in personnel-related costs. The higher personnel costs in the recent quarter were largely related to seasonally higher stock-based compensation, payroll-related taxes, unemployment insurance and employer contributions for retirement savings plan benefits related to incentive compensation payments.

Recent Accounting Developments

In October 2012, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued amended accounting guidance relating to subsequent accounting for an indemnification asset recognized at the acquisition date as a result of a government-assisted acquisition of a financial institution. The amendment clarifies the existing subsequent measurement guidance for indemnification assets recognized as a result of a government-assisted acquisition of a financial institution that includes a loss-sharing agreement. Specifically, when an entity recognizes an indemnification asset as a result of a government-assisted acquisition of a financial institution and subsequently a change in the cash flows expected to be collected on the indemnification asset occurs (as a result of a change in cash flows expected to be collected on the assets subject to indemnification), the entity should account for the change in the measurement of the indemnification asset on the same basis as the change in the assets subject to indemnification. Any amortization of changes in value would be limited to the lesser of the contractual term of the indemnification agreement and the remaining life of the indemnified assets. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after December 15, 2012. The guidance should be applied prospectively to any new indemnification assets recognized after the date of adoption and to indemnification assets existing as of the date of adoption. The adoption of this guidance did not have a significant effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In December 2011, the FASB issued amended disclosure guidance relating to offsetting assets and liabilities. The amendments require disclosure of gross and net information about instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the statement of financial position and instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement. The scope of this guidance includes derivatives, sale and repurchase agreements and reverse sale and repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and securities lending

 

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arrangements. The guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. The new required disclosures should be applied retrospectively for all comparable periods presented. The Company’s disclosures relating to offsetting assets and liabilities can be found in notes 5 and 10 of Notes to the Financial Statements.

In June 2011, the FASB issued amended presentation guidance relating to comprehensive income. The amendments eliminate the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in shareholders’ equity and now require the presentation of total comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. In both options, an entity is required to present each component of net income along with total net income, each component of other comprehensive income along with a total for other comprehensive income, and a total amount for comprehensive income. The presentation guidance was effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011 and was to be applied retrospectively. The Company has complied with the new presentation guidance using separate but consecutive statements. In February 2013, the FASB again amended presentation guidance relating to comprehensive income to require disclosures of significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The Company’s disclosures relating to accumulated other comprehensive income can be found in note 9 of Notes to the Financial Statements.

Forward-Looking Statements

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and other sections of this quarterly report contain forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company’s business, management’s beliefs and assumptions made by management. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “target,” “estimate,” “continue,” “positions,” “prospects” or “potential,” by future conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” or “may,” or by variations of such words or by similar expressions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions (“Future Factors”) which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and the Company assumes no duty to update forward-looking statements.

Future Factors include changes in interest rates, spreads on earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and interest rate sensitivity; prepayment speeds, loan originations, credit losses and market values of loans, collateral securing loans and other assets; sources of liquidity; common shares outstanding; common stock price volatility; fair value of and number of stock-based compensation awards to be issued in future periods; the impact of changes in market values on trust-related revenues; legislation and/or regulation affecting the financial services industry as a whole, and M&T and its subsidiaries individually or collectively, including tax legislation or regulation; regulatory supervision and oversight, including monetary policy and capital requirements; changes in accounting policies or procedures as may be required by the FASB or other regulatory agencies; increasing price and product/service competition by competitors, including new entrants; rapid technological developments and changes; the ability to continue to introduce competitive new products and services on a timely, cost-effective basis; the mix of products/services; containing costs and

 

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expenses; governmental and public policy changes; protection and validity of intellectual property rights; reliance on large customers; technological, implementation and cost/financial risks in large, multi-year contracts; the outcome of pending and future litigation and governmental proceedings, including tax-related examinations and other matters; continued availability of financing; financial resources in the amounts, at the times and on the terms required to support M&T and its subsidiaries’ future businesses; and material differences in the actual financial results of merger, acquisition and investment activities compared with M&T’s initial expectations, including the full realization of anticipated cost savings and revenue enhancements.

These are representative of the Future Factors that could affect the outcome of the forward-looking statements. In addition, such statements could be affected by general industry and market conditions and growth rates, general economic and political conditions, either nationally or in the states in which M&T and its subsidiaries do business, including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations, changes and trends in the securities markets, and other Future Factors.

 

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M&T BANK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Table 1

QUARTERLY TRENDS

 

     2013     2012 Quarters  
     First Quarter     Fourth     Third     Second     First  

Earnings and dividends

          

Amounts in thousands, except per share

          

Interest income (taxable-equivalent basis)

   $ 736,425        751,860        751,385        744,031        720,800   

Interest expense

     73,925        77,931        82,129        89,403        93,706   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net interest income

     662,500        673,929        669,256        654,628        627,094   

Less: provision for credit losses

     38,000        49,000        46,000        60,000        49,000   

Other income

     432,882        453,164        445,733        391,650        376,723   

Less: other expense

     635,596        626,146        616,027        627,392        639,695   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

     421,786        451,947        452,962        358,886        315,122   

Applicable income taxes

     141,223        149,247        152,966        118,861        101,954   

Taxable-equivalent adjustment

     6,450        6,507        6,534        6,645        6,705   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 274,113        296,193        293,462        233,380        206,463   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income available to common shareholders-diluted

   $ 255,096        276,605        273,896        214,716        188,241   

Per common share data

          

Basic earnings

   $ 2.00        2.18        2.18        1.71        1.50   

Diluted earnings

     1.98        2.16        2.17        1.71        1.50   

Cash dividends

   $ .70        .70        .70        .70        .70   

Average common shares outstanding

          

Basic

     127,669        126,918        125,819        125,488        125,220   

Diluted

     128,636        127,800        126,292        125,897        125,616   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Performance ratios, annualized

          

Return on

          

Average assets

     1.36     1.45     1.45     1.17     1.06

Average common shareholders’ equity

     11.10     12.10     12.40     10.12     9.04

Net interest margin on average earning assets (taxable-equivalent basis)

     3.71     3.74     3.77     3.74     3.69

Nonaccrual loans to total loans and leases, net of unearned discount

     1.60     1.52     1.44     1.54     1.75
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net operating (tangible) results (a)

          

Net operating income (in thousands)

   $ 285,136        304,657        302,060        247,433        218,360   

Diluted net operating income per common share

     2.06        2.23        2.24        1.82        1.59   

Annualized return on

          

Average tangible assets

     1.48     1.56     1.56     1.30     1.18

Average tangible common shareholders’ equity

     18.71     20.46     21.53     18.54     16.79

Efficiency ratio (b)

     55.88     53.63     53.73     56.86     61.09
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance sheet data

          

In millions, except per share

          

Average balances

          

Total assets (c)

   $ 81,913        81,366        80,432        80,087        78,026   

Total tangible assets (c)

     78,311        77,755        76,810        76,455        74,381   

Earning assets

     72,339        71,679        70,662        70,450        68,388   

Investment securities

     5,803        6,295        6,811        7,271        7,507   

Loans and leases, net of unearned discount

     65,852        65,011        63,455        61,826        60,484   

Deposits

     64,540        64,269        62,743        61,530        59,291   

Common shareholders’ equity (c)

     9,448        9,233        8,919        8,668        8,510   

Tangible common shareholders’ equity (c)

     5,846        5,622        5,297        5,036        4,865   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

At end of quarter

          

Total assets (c)

   $ 82,812        83,009        81,085        80,808        79,187   

Total tangible assets (c)

     79,215        79,402        77,469        77,181        75,548   

Earning assets

     73,543        72,859        71,220        71,065        69,490   

Investment securities

     5,661        6,074        6,624        7,057        7,195   

Loans and leases, net of unearned discount

     65,924        66,571        64,112        62,851        60,922   

Deposits

     65,090        65,611        64,007        62,549        60,913   

Common shareholders’ equity, net of undeclared cumulative preferred dividends (c)

     9,545        9,327        9,071        8,758        8,559   

Tangible common shareholders’ equity (c)

     5,948        5,720        5,455        5,131        4,920   

Equity per common share

     73.99        72.73        71.17        69.15        67.64   

Tangible equity per common share

     46.11        44.61        42.80        40.52        38.89   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Market price per common share

          

High

   $ 105.90        105.33        95.98        88.00        87.37   

Low

     99.59        95.02        82.29        76.92        76.82   

Closing

     103.16        98.47        95.16        82.57        86.88   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Excludes amortization and balances related to goodwill and core deposit and other intangible assets and merger-related gains and expenses which, except in the calculation of the efficiency ratio, are net of applicable income tax effects. A reconciliation of net income and net operating income appears in Table 2.
(b) Excludes impact of merger-related gains and expenses and net securities transactions.
(c) The difference between total assets and total tangible assets, and common shareholders’ equity and tangible common shareholders’ equity, represents goodwill, core deposit and other intangible assets, net of applicable deferred tax balances. A reconciliation of such balances appears in Table 2.

 

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Table 2

RECONCILIATION OF QUARTERLY GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES

 

    2013     2012 Quarters  
    First Quarter     Fourth     Third     Second     First  

Income statement data

         

In thousands, except per share

         

Net income

         

Net income

  $ 274,113        296,193        293,462        233,380        206,463   

Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets (a)

    8,148        8,464        8,598        9,709        10,240   

Merger-related expenses (a)

    2,875        —          —          4,344        1,657   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net operating income

  $ 285,136        304,657        302,060        247,433        218,360   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings per common share

         

Diluted earnings per common share

  $ 1.98        2.16        2.17        1.71        1.50   

Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets (a)

    .06        .07        .07        .08        .08   

Merger-related expenses (a)

    .02        —          —          .03        .01   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted net operating earnings per common share

  $ 2.06        2.23        2.24        1.82        1.59   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other expense

         

Other expense

  $ 635,596        626,146        616,027        627,392        639,695   

Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets

    (13,343     (13,865     (14,085     (15,907     (16,774

Merger-related expenses

    (4,732     —          —          (7,151     (2,728
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Noninterest operating expense

  $ 617,521        612,281        601,942        604,334        620,193   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Merger-related expenses

         

Salaries and employee benefits

  $ 536        —          —          3,024        1,973   

Equipment and net occupancy

    201        —          —          —          15   

Printing, postage and supplies

    827        —          —          —          —     

Other costs of operations

    3,168        —          —          4,127        740   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 4,732        —          —          7,151        2,728   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Efficiency ratio

         

Noninterest operating expense (numerator)

  $ 617,521        612,281        601,942        604,334        620,193   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Taxable-equivalent net interest income

    662,500        673,929        669,256        654,628        627,094   

Other income

    432,882        453,164        445,733        391,650        376,723   

Less: Gain (loss) on bank investment securities

    —          —          372        (408     45   

Net OTTI losses recognized in earnings

    (9,800     (14,491     (5,672     (16,173     (11,486
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Denominator

  $ 1,105,182        1,141,584        1,120,289        1,062,859        1,015,258   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Efficiency ratio

    55.88     53.63     53.73     56.86     61.09
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance sheet data

         

In millions

         

Average assets

         

Average assets

  $ 81,913        81,366        80,432        80,087        78,026   

Goodwill

    (3,525     (3,525     (3,525     (3,525     (3,525

Core deposit and other intangible assets

    (109     (122     (136     (151     (168

Deferred taxes

    32        36        39        44        48   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average tangible assets

  $ 78,311        77,755        76,810        76,455        74,381   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average common equity

         

Average total equity

  $ 10,322        10,105        9,789        9,536        9,376   

Preferred stock

    (874     (872     (870     (868     (866
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average common equity

    9,448        9,233        8,919        8,668        8,510   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Goodwill

    (3,525     (3,525     (3,525     (3,525     (3,525

Core deposit and other intangible assets

    (109     (122     (136     (151     (168

Deferred taxes

    32        36        39        44        48   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average tangible common equity

  $ 5,846        5,622        5,297        5,036        4,865   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

At end of quarter

         

Total assets

         

Total assets

  $ 82,812        83,009        81,085        80,808        79,187   

Goodwill

    (3,525     (3,525     (3,525     (3,525     (3,525

Core deposit and other intangible assets

    (102     (116     (129     (143     (160

Deferred taxes

    30        34        38        41        46   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total tangible assets

  $ 79,215        79,402        77,469        77,181        75,548   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total common equity

         

Total equity

  $ 10,423        10,203        9,945        9,630        9,429   

Preferred stock

    (875     (873     (870     (868     (867

Undeclared dividends—cumulative preferred stock

    (3     (3     (4     (4     (3
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Common equity, net of undeclared cumulative preferred dividends

    9,545        9,327        9,071        8,758        8,559   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Goodwill

    (3,525     (3,525     (3,525     (3,525     (3,525

Core deposit and other intangible assets

    (102     (116     (129     (143     (160

Deferred taxes

    30        34        38        41        46   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total tangible common equity

  $ 5,948        5,720        5,455        5,131        4,920   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) After any related tax effect.

 

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Table 3

AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS AND ANNUALIZED TAXABLE-EQUIVALENT RATES

 

     2013 First Quarter     2012 Fourth Quarter     2012 Third Quarter  
     Average            Average     Average            Average     Average            Average  

Average balance in millions; interest in thousands

   Balance     Interest      Rate     Balance     Interest      Rate     Balance     Interest      Rate  

Assets

                     

Earning assets

                     

Loans and leases, net of unearned discount*

                     

Commercial, financial, etc.

   $ 17,328      $ 156,204         3.66     16,995        157,414         3.68     16,504        154,840         3.73

Real estate—commercial

     25,915        285,886         4.41        25,332        291,267         4.50        24,995        288,193         4.61   

Real estate—consumer

     11,142        113,939         4.09        11,087        113,698         4.10        10,296        110,346         4.29   

Consumer

     11,467        131,811         4.66        11,597        136,615         4.69        11,660        139,524         4.76   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total loans and leases, net

     65,852        687,840         4.24        65,011        698,994         4.28        63,455        692,903         4.34   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest-bearing deposits at banks

     527        267         .21        273        102         .15        298        139         .18   

Federal funds sold and agreements to resell securities

     81        26         .13        3        4         .57        4        6         .55   

Trading account

     76        682         3.60        97        351         1.45        94        265         1.13   

Investment securities**

                     

U.S. Treasury and federal agencies

     3,623        28,869         3.23        4,042        32,265         3.18        4,468        36,412         3.24   

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

     200        2,573         5.21        210        2,695         5.11        222        2,899         5.20   

Other

     1,980        16,168         3.31        2,043        17,449         3.40        2,121        18,761         3.52   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment securities

     5,803        47,610         3.33        6,295        52,409         3.31        6,811        58,072         3.39   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total earning assets

     72,339        736,425         4.13        71,679        751,860         4.17        70,662        751,385         4.23   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Allowance for credit losses

     (932          (931          (924     

Cash and due from banks

     1,403             1,460             1,419        

Other assets

     9,103             9,158             9,275        
  

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

      

Total assets

   $ 81,913             81,366             80,432        
  

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

      

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

                     

Interest-bearing liabilities

                     

Interest-bearing deposits

                     

NOW accounts

   $ 893        322         .15        881        309         .14        875        327         .15   

Savings deposits

     35,394        14,037         .16        34,587        16,378         .19        33,298        16,510         .20   

Time deposits

     4,438        8,196         .75        4,727        9,396         .79        5,164        10,843         .84   

Deposits at Cayman Islands office

     859        388         .18        763        349         .18        702        336         .19   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total interest-bearing deposits

     41,584        22,943         .22        40,958        26,432         .26        40,039        28,016         .28   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-term borrowings

     637        231         .15        677        270         .16        976        365         .15   

Long-term borrowings

     4,688        50,751         4.39        4,510        51,229         4.52        5,006        53,748         4.27   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

     46,909        73,925         .64        46,145        77,931         .67        46,021        82,129         .71   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Noninterest-bearing deposits

     22,956             23,311             22,704        

Other liabilities

     1,726             1,805             1,918        
  

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

      

Total liabilities

     71,591             71,261             70,643        
  

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

      

Shareholders’ equity

     10,322             10,105             9,789        
  

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

      

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 81,913             81,366             80,432        
  

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

      

Net interest spread

          3.49             3.50             3.52   

Contribution of interest-free funds

          .22             .24             .25   
       

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Net interest income/margin on earning assets

     $ 662,500         3.71       673,929         3.74       669,256         3.77
    

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

 

(continued)

 

* Includes nonaccrual loans.
** Includes available for sale securities at amortized cost.

 

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Table 3 (continued)

AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS AND ANNUALIZED TAXABLE-EQUIVALENT RATES (continued)

 

     2012 Second Quarter     2012 First Quarter  
     Average            Average     Average            Average  

Average balance in millions; interest in thousands

   Balance     Interest      Rate     Balance     Interest      Rate  

Assets

              

Earning assets

              

Loans and leases, net of unearned discount*

              

Commercial, financial, etc.

   $ 16,104      $ 149,107         3.72     15,732        145,134         3.71

Real estate—commercial

     24,737        287,724         4.65        24,559        271,539         4.42   

Real estate—consumer

     9,216        102,164         4.43        8,286        95,308         4.60   

Consumer

     11,769        141,031         4.82        11,907        142,083         4.80   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total loans and leases, net

     61,826        680,026         4.42        60,484        654,064         4.35   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest-bearing deposits at banks

     1,247        767         .25        301        213         .28   

Federal funds sold and agreements to resell securities

     6        8         .56        3        3         .50   

Trading account

     100        411         1.64        93        367         1.57   

Investment securities**

              

U.S. Treasury and federal agencies

     4,770        40,202         3.39        4,877        41,621         3.43   

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

     222        2,979         5.40        226        3,065         5.45   

Other

     2,279        19,638         3.47        2,404        21,467         3.59   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment securities

     7,271        62,819         3.47        7,507        66,153         3.54   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total earning assets

     70,450        744,031         4.25        68,388        720,800         4.24   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Allowance for credit losses

     (918          (916     

Cash and due from banks

     1,350             1,304        

Other assets

     9,205             9,250        
  

 

 

        

 

 

      

Total assets

   $ 80,087             78,026        
  

 

 

        

 

 

      

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

              

Interest-bearing liabilities

              

Interest-bearing deposits

              

NOW accounts

   $ 841        424         .20        827        283         .14   

Savings deposits

     33,286        16,940         .20        32,410        18,183         .23   

Time deposits

     5,545        12,354         .90        5,960        13,509         .91   

Deposits at Cayman Islands office

     457        232         .20        496        213         .17   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total interest-bearing deposits

     40,129        29,950         .30        39,693        32,188         .33   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-term borrowings

     875        348         .16        828        303         .15   

Long-term borrowings

     6,102        59,105         3.90        6,507        61,215         3.78   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

     47,106        89,403         .76        47,028        93,706         .80   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Noninterest-bearing deposits

     21,401             19,598        

Other liabilities

     2,044             2,024        
  

 

 

        

 

 

      

Total liabilities

     70,551             68,650        
  

 

 

        

 

 

      

Shareholders’ equity

     9,536             9,376        
  

 

 

        

 

 

      

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 80,087             78,026        
  

 

 

        

 

 

      

Net interest spread

          3.49             3.44   

Contribution of interest-free funds

          .25             .25   
       

 

 

        

 

 

 

Net interest income/margin on earning assets

     $ 654,628         3.74       627,094         3.69
    

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Includes nonaccrual loans.
** Includes available for sale securities at amortized cost.

 

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Incorporated by reference to the discussion contained under the caption “Taxable-equivalent Net Interest Income” in Part I, Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon their evaluation of the effectiveness of M&T’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)), Robert G. Wilmers, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and René F. Jones, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that M&T’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2013.

(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting. M&T regularly assesses the adequacy of its internal control over financial reporting and enhances its controls in response to internal control assessments and internal and external audit and regulatory recommendations. No changes in internal control over financial reporting have been identified in connection with the evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures during the quarter ended March 31, 2013 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, M&T’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

M&T and its subsidiaries are subject in the normal course of business to various pending and threatened legal proceedings in which claims for monetary damages are asserted. Management, after consultation with legal counsel, does not anticipate that the aggregate ultimate liability arising out of litigation pending or threatened against M&T or its subsidiaries will be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position. On an on-going basis the Company assesses its liabilities and contingencies in connection with such legal proceedings. For those matters where it is probable that the Company will incur losses and the amounts of the losses can be reasonably estimated, the Company records an expense and corresponding liability in its consolidated financial statements. To the extent the pending or threatened litigation could result in exposure in excess of that liability, the amount of such excess is not currently estimable. Although not considered probable, the range of reasonably possible losses for such matters in the aggregate, beyond the existing recorded liability, was between $0 and $40 million. Although the Company does not believe that the outcome of pending litigations will be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position, it cannot rule out the possibility that such outcomes will be material to the consolidated results of operations for a particular reporting period in the future.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

There have been no material changes in risk factors relating to M&T to those disclosed in response to Item 1A. to Part I of Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

(a)–(b) Not applicable.

(c)

 

 

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 
    

Period

   (a) Total
Number

of  Shares
(or Units)
Purchased (1)
     (b) Average
Price Paid
per Share
(or Unit)
     (c) Total
Number  of
Shares

(or Units)
Purchased
as Part of
Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
     (d) Maximum
Number (or
Approximate
Dollar Value)
of Shares

(or Units)
that may yet
be Purchased
Under the
Plans or
Programs (2)
 

January 1 – January 31, 2013

     175,862       $ 103.21         —           2,181,500   

February 1 – February 28, 2013

     1,560         104.75         —           2,181,500   

March 1 – March 31, 2013

     156         104.83         —           2,181,500   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     177,578       $ 103.22         —        
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

(1) The total number of shares purchased during the periods indicated reflects shares deemed to have been received from employees who exercised stock options by attesting to previously acquired common shares in satisfaction of the exercise price or shares received from employees upon the vesting of restricted stock awards in satisfaction of applicable tax withholding obligations, as is permitted under M&T’s stock-based compensation plans.
(2) On February 22, 2007, M&T announced a program to purchase up to 5,000,000 shares of its common stock. No shares were purchased under such program during the periods indicated.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

 

     (Not applicable.)

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

 

     (None.)

 

Item 5. Other Information.

 

     (None.)

 

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Item 6. Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed as a part of this report.

 

Exhibit

No.

    
    2.1
   Amendment No. 1, dated as of April 13, 2013, to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 27, 2012, by and among M&T Bank Corporation, Hudson City Bancorp., Inc. and Wilmington Trust Corporation. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Form 8-K dated April 13, 2013 (File No. 1-9861).
    3.1
   Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of M&T Bank Corporation, dated April 19, 2013. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K dated April 22, 2013 (File No. 1-9861).
  31.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
  31.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
  32.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer under 18 U.S.C. §1350 pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
  32.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer under 18 U.S.C. §1350 pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
101.INS*    XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH*    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.
101.CAL*    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.
101.LAB*    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.
101.PRE*    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.
101.DEF*    XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase.

 

* As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information is furnished and not filed for purposes of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

    M&T BANK CORPORATION
Date: May 9, 2013     By:   /s/ René F. Jones
      René F. Jones
     

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No.

    
    2.1
  

Amendment No. 1, dated as of April 13, 2013, to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 27, 2012, by and among M&T Bank Corporation, Hudson City Bancorp., Inc. and Wilmington Trust Corporation. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Form 8-K dated April 13, 2013 (File No. 1-9861).

    3.1
  

Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of M&T Bank Corporation, dated April 19, 2013. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K dated April 22, 2013 (File No. 1-9861).

  31.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
  31.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
  32.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer under 18 U.S.C. §1350 pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
  32.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer under 18 U.S.C. §1350 pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
101.INS*    XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH*    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.
101.CAL*    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.
101.LAB*    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.
101.PRE*    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.
101.DEF*    XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase.

 

* As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information is furnished and not filed for purposes of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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