[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36002-36003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17434]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application to Withdraw From Listing 
and Registration; (M&T Bank Corporation (Formerly First Empire State 
Corporation), Common Stock, $5.00 Par Value) File No. 1-9861

June 24, 1998.
    M&T Bank Corporation \1\ (``Company'') has filed an application 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant 
to Section 12(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') and 
Rule 12d2-2(d) promulgated thereunder, to withdraw the above specified 
security (``security'') from listing and registration on the American 
Stock Exchange, Inc. (``Amex'' or ``Exchange'').
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    \1\ The Company's former name was ``First Empire State 
Corporation,'' and the name change to ``M&T Bank Corporation'' 
became effective on May 29, 1998. The Company filed the Form 8-A, 
effective on May 27, 1998, and mentioned below, under the Company's 
old name.

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    The reasons cited in the application for withdrawing the Security 
from listing and registration include the following:
    The Security has been listed for trading on the Amex and, pursuant 
to a Registration Statement of Form 8-A which became effective on May 
27, 1998, on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (``NYSE''). Trading in 
the Company's Security under the name ``M&T Bank Corporation'' 
commenced on the NYSE at the opening of business on June 1, 1998, and 
concurrently therewith such Security was suspended from trading on the 
Amex.
    The Company complied with Amex Rule 18 by filing with the Exchange 
a certified copy of resolutions adopted by the Company's Board of 
Directors authorizing the withdrawal of the Security from listing and 
registration on the Amex and by setting forth in detail to the Exchange 
the reasons and facts supporting the withdrawal.
    In deciding to withdraw its Security from listing and registration 
on the Amex, the Company considered the direct and indirect costs and 
the division of the market resulting from a dual listing on the NYSE 
and the Amex.
    By letter dated May 22, 1998, the Amex informed the Company that it 
has no objection to the withdrawal of the Company's Security from 
listing and registration on the Amex.
    By reason of Section 12(b) of the Act and the rules and regulations 
thereunder, the Company shall continue to be obligated to file reports 
with the Commission and the NYSE under Section 13 of the Act.
    Any interested person may, on or before July 16, 1998, submit by 
letter to the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 
Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, facts bearing upon whether 
the application has been made in accordance with the rules of the 
Exchange and what terms, if any, should be imposed by the Commission 
for the protection of investors. The Commission, based on the 
information submitted to it, will issue an order granting the 
application after the date mentioned above, unless the Commission 
determines to order a hearing on the matter.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, 
pursuant to delegated authority.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-17434 Filed 6-30-98; 8:45 am]
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