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M&T COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT FINANCE
850 Main Street
BC-03
WATERBURY, CT 06702

Thomas Davies (Primary Contact)
(203) 338-6500 (Phone)
(203) 757-5122 (Fax)
none given (Mobile)
tdavies@mtb.com

John Vangor (Alternate Contact)
(203) 338-6454 (Phone)
(203) 759-1840 (Fax)
jvangor@mtb.com

Last Update:
02/05/2024


M&T Commercial Equipment Finance is a: Buyer, Seller


Type of Company:

Bank


The company's core business focus:

We are a subsidiary of M&T Bank which is a $210B bank. We provide equipment leasing and financing options to customer throughout the United States.

Type of FundingSource/Buyer
Lender
Investor
Packager


Source of Funds

Annual Volume Funded

250-500 Million


Individual Transaction Size

The range of transactions the company will fund/purchase:

Highest
$15,000,000.00
Average
$2,000,000.00
Lowest
$500,000.00


Lease Structures
Conditional Sale/Money-Over-Money
Debt
Leveraged Lease
Operating Lease
Sale/Leaseback
TRAC


Lease Terms
Longest 96
Average 60
Shortest 36


Funding/Buyer Programs
The company provides these types of financing:
Buy Paper from Brokers
Buy Paper from Leasing Comp
Discount-Nonrecourse
Debt Side of a Leveraged Lease
Fund Leases Individually
Purchase Portfolios
Progress Payments

Our company DOES originate paper.
We DO syndicate or sell paper. Details: We syndicate transactions to manage overall exposure in our leasing portfolio.

Syndications / Portfolios:

Equipment Types
  Prefer Will Will Not Not Specified
Agricultural      
Aircraft      
Automobile      
Broadcast/Video      
Buses      
Cable/Communications      
Construction      
Emergency Vehicles      
Furniture/Fixtures      
Gaming      
Graphic Arts      
Intermodal      
Laundry/Drycleaning      
Machine Tool      
Marine      
Material Handling      
Medical      
Mining      
Modular Buildings      
Oil and Gas      
Packaging/Plastics      
Project Finance      
Rail      
Real Estate      
Recreation/Fitness      
Recycling      
Renewable Energy      
Restaurant      
Retail      
Software      
Technology      
Trucks and Trailers      
Utility      
Waste Removal      
 
Credit Criteria

Percentage of fundings/purchases (by equipment cost) from:

Investment Grade 10%
Near Investment Grade 20%
Middle Market 50%
Lower Middle Market 10%
HLT 10%
Start-ups/Venture 0%
Taxes Exempt Leasing 0%
Municipal/Government 0%
Other 0%


Our Company is a(n):

Asset-Based and Credit Lender

Special Requirements
The Minimum Credit Criteria of Obligors:


Soft Asset Policy:
Not unless we have a rated or non-rated equivalent credit. The term cannot be greater than 60 months. We prefer mostly debt deals and partners with extensive experience with the assets.

Industries Most Interested in Funding/Purchasing:
Corrugated, Plastics, Packaging, Machine Tool, Manufacturing, Cranes, Motor Coaches, School Buses, Tractors, Trailers, Construction, Marine, Corporate Aircraft, and Material Handling.

Industries Will Not Fund/Purchase From:
Technology and we are very selective on energy.

Lessor and/or Broker Requirements:
We require financial statements for companies that service for us (reserved almost entirely for banks or large vendor captives) and references from other funding sources for non servicing related parties.


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