Independent Director · M&T BANK CORP (MTB)

Chair, Compensation Committee

William F. Cruger Jr director compensation at M&T Bank (FY2025): $295K

Fiscal year 2025 director compensation for William F. Cruger Jr at M&T BANK CORP. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Director compensation as of the proxy filed March 10, 2026 (DEF 14A). Open the filing on EDGAR.

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What they were paid

M&T BANK Director Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as M&T BANK reports it. Most recent year first. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$150,000$145,145—$0$295,145
FY2023$110,000$120,013—$0$230,013
FY2022$82,500$120,147—$0$202,647
FY2021—————

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: M&T BANK CORP DEF 14A filed March 10, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-099298, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the M&T BANK CORP filed document, accession 0001193125-26-099298. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 10, 2026.

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$295,145 William F. Cruger Jr, FY2025 total director compensation

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Data as of March 10, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).

How this board is paid

company policy · FY2025

M&T BANK pays directors a $100,000 cash retainer and $145,000 in RSUs.

Committees

FY2025 · as the proxy prints them

Audit · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating/Governance · Executive

The rest of the M&T BANK board

FY2025 · as the company reported each
DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Carlton J. CharlesIndependent Director$287,645
Denis J. SalamoneIndependent Director$307,645
Gary N. GeiselLead Independent Director$299,093
Herbert L. WashingtonIndependent Director$277,645
Jane ChwickIndependent Director$262,645
John P. BarnesIndependent Director$287,645
Kirk W. WaltersIndependent Director$275,645
Leslie V. GodridgeIndependent Director$298,895
Melinda R. RichIndependent Director$282,645
René F. JonesChair of the Board—
Richard H. Ledgett JrIndependent Director$272,645
Robert E. Sadler JrIndependent Director$335,694
Robert T. BradyIndependent Director$30,000
Rudina SeseriIndependent Director$269,645
T. Jefferson Cunningham IIIIndependent Director$32,531

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