SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CIVIL PATRICIA T (Last) (First) (Middle) 52 SOUTH BROAD STREET (Street) NORWICH NY 13815 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NBT BANCORP INC [ NBTB ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/08/2013
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
NBT Bancorp Inc. Common Stock	03/08/2013		A		267	A	$0(1)	12,362.747	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$18.3825							05/19/2004(2)	05/19/2013	NBT Bancorp Inc. Common Stock	600		600	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$20.7492							05/01/2006(2)	05/01/2015	NBT Bancorp Inc. Common Stock	1,500		1,500	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$20.7642							04/28/2007(3)	04/28/2015	NBT Bancorp Inc. Common Stock	400		400	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$21.74							05/01/2007(2)	05/01/2016	NBT Bancorp Inc. Common Stock	1,500		1,500	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$22.1388							01/01/2005(2)	01/01/2014	NBT Bancorp Inc. Common Stock	1,500		1,500	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$22.4842							05/01/2008(2)	05/01/2017	NBT Bancorp Inc. Common Stock	1,500		1,500	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$22.5508							05/01/2009(2)	05/01/2018	NBT Bancorp Inc. Common Stock	1,750		1,750	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$23.2708							01/20/2006(2)	01/20/2015	NBT Bancorp Inc. Common Stock	630		630	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Received in exchange for 123 shares of Alliance Financial Corporation ("Alliance") common stock in connection with the merger of Alliance with and into the Issuer. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, in exchange for each share of Alliance common stock the reporting person received 2.1779 shares of Issuer common stock rounded down to the nearest whole share. The closing price per share of Alliance common stock on March 8, 2013, the effective date of the Merger, was $47.49 and the closing price per share of Issuer common stock on such date was $21.80.

2. Pursuant to NBT Non-Employee Director, Divisional Director and Subsidiary Director Stock Option Plan grant vests 40% for first year, 20% annually for following years.

3. Pursuant to NBT Non-Employee Director, Divisional Director and Subsidiary Director Stock Option Plan reload grant vests 100% two years after date of its grant.

	By: F. Sheldon Prentice, Power of Attorney For: Patricia T. Civil	05/09/2013
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