M&T Bank Corporation is a bank holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. It operates 780 branches in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Connecticut. M&T Bank has been profitable in every quarter since 1976. Other than Northern Trust, M&T was the only bank in the S&P 500 Index not to lower its dividend during the financial crisis of 2007–2008.
With respect to their employees, neither Seller nor any Seller Subsidiary is a party to any labor agreement with any labor organization, group or association and has not engaged in any unfair labor practice. Since January 1, 2000 and prior to the date hereof, Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries have not experienced any attempt by organized labor or its representatives to make Seller or any Seller Subsidiary conform to demands of organized labor relating to their employees or to enter into a binding agreement with organized labor that would cover the employees of Seller or any Seller Subsidiary. To the knowledge of Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries, there is no unfair labor practice charge or other complaint by any employee or former employee of Seller or any Seller Subsidiary against any of them pending before any court, arbitrator or governmental agency arising out of Seller’s or such Seller Subsidiary’s activities, which charge or complaint (i) has a reasonable probability of an unfavorable outcome and (ii) in the event of an unfavorable outcome would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on Seller; there is no labor strike or labor disturbance pending or, to the knowledge of Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries, threatened against any of them; and neither Seller nor any Seller Subsidiary has experienced a work stoppage or other material labor difficulty since January 1, 2000. -Keystone Financial acquisition by M&T (2000)