NBT
BANCORP INC.
|
||||
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
|
DELAWARE
|
0-14703
|
16-1268674
|
||
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
|
(Commission
File Number)
|
(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
|
52
SOUTH BROAD STREET, NORWICH, NEW YORK
13815
|
||||
(Address
of principal executive offices)
|
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (607) 337-2265
|
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|
ITEM
2.02
|
Results
of Operations and Financial
Condition
|
ITEM
8.01
|
Other
Events
|
ITEM
9.01
|
Financial
Statements and Exhibits
|
{c}
|
The
following is being furnished
herewith:
|
Exhibit
No.
|
Exhibit
Description
|
|||
99.1
|
Press
release text of NBT Bancorp Inc. dated January 23,
2006
|
NBT
BANCORP INC.
|
||
(Registrant)
|
||
/s/
Michael J. Chewens
|
||
Michael
J. Chewens
|
||
Senior
Executive Vice President,
|
||
Chief
Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary
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||
Date:
January 24, 2006
|
|
Exhibit
99.1
|
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
|
ATTENTION:
FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS EDITORS
|
|
Contact:
|
Martin
A. Dietrich, CEO
|
Michael
J. Chewens, CFO
|
|
NBT
Bancorp Inc.
|
|
52
South Broad Street
|
|
Norwich,
NY 13815
|
|
607-337-6119
|
NBT
Bancorp Inc.
|
|||||||||||||
SELECTED
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
|
|||||||||||||
(unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
Net
Change
|
Percent
Change
|
||||||||||
(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data) | |||||||||||||
Three
Months Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||
Net
Income
|
$
|
12,995
|
$
|
12,491
|
$
|
504
|
4%
|
|
|||||
Diluted
Earnings Per Share
|
$
|
0.40
|
$
|
0.38
|
$
|
0.02
|
5%
|
|
|||||
Weighted
Average Diluted
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Common
Shares Outstanding
|
32,556,147
|
33,155,085
|
(598,938)
|
|
-2%
|
|
|||||||
Return
on Average Assets
|
1.17%
|
|
1.18%
|
|
-0.01%
|
|
-1%
|
|
|||||
Return
on Average Equity
|
15.47%
|
|
15.08%
|
|
0.39%
|
|
3%
|
|
|||||
Net
Interest Margin
|
3.97%
|
|
4.03%
|
|
-0.06%
|
|
-1%
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Twelve
Months Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Net
Income
|
$
|
52,438
|
$
|
50,047
|
$
|
2,391
|
5%
|
|
|||||
Diluted
Earnings Per Share
|
$
|
1.60
|
$
|
1.51
|
$
|
0.09
|
6%
|
|
|||||
Weighted
Average Diluted
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Common
Shares Outstanding
|
32,710,425
|
33,086,716
|
(376,291)
|
|
-1%
|
|
|||||||
Return
on Average Assets
|
1.21%
|
|
1.21%
|
|
0.00%
|
|
0%
|
|
|||||
Return
on Average Equity
|
15.86%
|
|
15.69%
|
|
0.17%
|
|
1%
|
|
|||||
Net
Interest Margin
|
4.01%
|
|
4.03%
|
|
-0.02%
|
|
0%
|
|
|||||
|
|||||||||||||
Asset
Quality
|
December
31,
2005
|
December
31,
2004
|
|||||||||||
Nonaccrual
Loans
|
$
|
13,419
|
$
|
14,991
|
|||||||||
90
Days Past Due and Still Accruing
|
$
|
878
|
$
|
1,186
|
|||||||||
Total
Nonperforming Loans
|
$
|
14,297
|
$
|
16,177
|
|||||||||
Other
Real Estate Owned (OREO)
|
$
|
265
|
$
|
428
|
|||||||||
Total
Nonperforming Assets
|
$
|
14,562
|
$
|
16,605
|
|||||||||
Allowance
for Loan and Lease Losses
|
$
|
47,455
|
$
|
44,932
|
|||||||||
Year-to-Date
(YTD) Net Charge-Offs
|
$
|
6,941
|
$
|
7,334
|
|||||||||
Allowance
to Loans and Leases
|
1.57%
|
|
1.57%
|
|
|||||||||
Total
Nonperforming Loans to Loans and Leases
|
0.47%
|
|
0.56%
|
|
|||||||||
Total
Nonperforming Assets to Assets
|
0.33%
|
|
0.39%
|
|
|||||||||
Allowance
to Nonperforming Loans
|
331.92%
|
|
277.75%
|
|
|||||||||
Net
Charge-Offs to
|
|
|
|||||||||||
YTD
Average Loans and Leases
|
0.23%
|
|
0.27%
|
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Capital
|
|
||||||||||||
Equity
to Assets
|
7.54%
|
|
7.89%
|
|
|||||||||
Book
Value Per Share
|
$
|
10.34
|
$
|
10.11
|
|||||||||
Tangible
Book Value Per Share
|
$
|
8.75
|
$
|
8.66
|
|||||||||
Tier
1 Leverage Ratio
|
7.16%
|
|
7.13%
|
|
|||||||||
Tier
1 Capital Ratio
|
9.80%
|
|
9.78%
|
|
|||||||||
Total
Risk-Based Capital Ratio
|
11.05%
|
|
11.04%
|
|
Quarterly
Common Stock Price
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||||||||||||
Quarter
End
|
High
|
Low
|
High
|
Low
|
High
|
Low
|
|||||||||||||
March
31
|
|
$25.66
|
|
$21.48
|
|
$23.00
|
|
$21.21
|
|
$18.60
|
|
$16.76
|
|||||||
June
30
|
|
$24.15
|
|
$20.10
|
23.18
|
19.92
|
19.94
|
17.37
|
|||||||||||
September
30
|
|
$25.50
|
|
$22.79
|
24.34
|
21.02
|
21.76
|
19.24
|
|||||||||||
December
31
|
|
$23.79
|
|
$20.75
|
26.84
|
21.94
|
22.78
|
19.50
|
NBT
Bancorp Inc.
|
|||||||||||||
SELECTED
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
|
|||||||||||||
(unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
Net
Change
|
Percent
Change
|
||||||||||
(dollars
in thousands, except share and per share data)
|
|||||||||||||
Balance
Sheet as of December 31,
|
|||||||||||||
Loans
|
$
|
3,022,657
|
$
|
2,869,921
|
$
|
152,736
|
5
|
%
|
|||||
Earning
Assets
|
$
|
4,129,350
|
$
|
3,940,565
|
$
|
188,785
|
5
|
%
|
|||||
Total
Assets
|
$
|
4,426,773
|
$
|
4,212,304
|
$
|
214,469
|
5
|
%
|
|||||
Deposits
|
$
|
3,160,196
|
$
|
3,073,838
|
$
|
86,358
|
3
|
%
|
|||||
Stockholders’
Equity
|
$
|
333,943
|
$
|
332,233
|
$
|
1,710
|
1
|
%
|
|||||
Average
Balances
|
|||||||||||||
Quarter
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||
Loans
|
$
|
3,012,561
|
$
|
2,843,841
|
$
|
168,720
|
6
|
%
|
|||||
Securities
AFS (excluding unrealized gains or losses)
|
$
|
965,742
|
$
|
956,183
|
$
|
9,559
|
1
|
%
|
|||||
Securities
HTM
|
$
|
92,054
|
$
|
81,152
|
$
|
10,902
|
13
|
%
|
|||||
Regulatory
Equity Investment
|
$
|
39,277
|
$
|
34,920
|
$
|
4,357
|
12
|
%
|
|||||
Short-Term
Interest Bearing Accounts
|
$
|
7,676
|
$
|
7,419
|
$
|
257
|
3
|
%
|
|||||
Total
Earning Assets
|
$
|
4,117,310
|
$
|
3,923,514
|
$
|
193,796
|
5
|
%
|
|||||
Total
Assets
|
$
|
4,393,140
|
$
|
4,206,900
|
$
|
186,240
|
4
|
%
|
|||||
Interest
Bearing Deposits
|
$
|
2,602,145
|
$
|
2,593,393
|
$
|
8,752
|
0
|
%
|
|||||
Non-Interest
Bearing Deposits
|
$
|
571,999
|
$
|
513,795
|
$
|
58,204
|
11
|
%
|
|||||
Short-Term
Borrowings
|
$
|
396,077
|
$
|
299,372
|
$
|
96,705
|
32
|
%
|
|||||
Long-Term
Borrowings
|
$
|
439,798
|
$
|
413,255
|
$
|
26,543
|
6
|
%
|
|||||
Total
Interest Bearing Liabilities
|
$
|
3,438,020
|
$
|
3,306,021
|
$
|
131,999
|
4
|
%
|
|||||
Stockholders’
Equity
|
$
|
333,450
|
$
|
329,543
|
$
|
3,907
|
1
|
%
|
|||||
Average
Balances
|
|||||||||||||
Twelve
Months Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||
Loans
|
$
|
2,959,256
|
$
|
2,743,753
|
$
|
215,503
|
8
|
%
|
|||||
Securities
AFS (excluding unrealized gains or losses)
|
$
|
954,461
|
$
|
970,024
|
$
|
(15,563
|
)
|
-2
|
%
|
||||
Securities
HTM
|
$
|
88,244
|
$
|
85,771
|
$
|
2,473
|
3
|
%
|
|||||
Regulatory
Equity Investment
|
$
|
37,607
|
$
|
34,813
|
$
|
2,794
|
8
|
%
|
|||||
Short-Term
Interest Bearing Accounts
|
$
|
7,298
|
$
|
7,583
|
$
|
(285
|
)
|
-4
|
%
|
||||
Total
Earning Assets
|
$
|
4,046,866
|
$
|
3,841,944
|
$
|
204,922
|
5
|
%
|
|||||
Total
Assets
|
$
|
4,326,155
|
$
|
4,120,547
|
$
|
205,608
|
5
|
%
|
|||||
Interest
Bearing Deposits
|
$
|
2,615,833
|
$
|
2,555,384
|
$
|
60,449
|
2
|
%
|
|||||
Non-Interest
Bearing Deposits
|
$
|
543,077
|
$
|
492,746
|
$
|
50,331
|
10
|
%
|
|||||
Short-Term
Borrowings
|
$
|
353,644
|
$
|
302,276
|
$
|
51,368
|
17
|
%
|
|||||
Long-Term
Borrowings
|
$
|
430,487
|
$
|
400,053
|
$
|
30,434
|
8
|
%
|
|||||
Total
Interest Bearing Liabilities
|
$
|
3,399,964
|
$
|
3,257,713
|
$
|
142,251
|
4
|
%
|
|||||
Stockholders’
Equity
|
$
|
330,676
|
$
|
318,901
|
$
|
11,775
|
4
|
%
|
NBT
Bancorp Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated
Balance Sheets (unaudited)
|
December
31,
2005
|
December
31,
2004
|
|||||
(in
thousands)
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
Cash
and due from banks
|
$
|
134,501
|
$
|
98,437
|
|||
Short
term interest bearing accounts
|
7,987
|
8,286
|
|||||
Securities
available for sale, at fair value
|
954,474
|
952,542
|
|||||
Securities
held to maturity (fair value of $93,701 and $82,712
at
December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively)
|
93,709
|
81,782
|
|||||
Federal
Reserve and Federal Home Loan Bank stock
|
40,259
|
36,842
|
|||||
Loans
and leases
|
3,022,657
|
2,869,921
|
|||||
Less
allowance for loan and lease losses
|
47,455
|
44,932
|
|||||
Net
loans and leases
|
2,975,202
|
2,824,989
|
|||||
Premises
and equipment, net
|
63,693
|
63,743
|
|||||
Goodwill
|
47,544
|
45,570
|
|||||
Intangible
assets, net
|
3,808
|
2,013
|
|||||
Bank
owned life insurance
|
33,648
|
32,302
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
71,948
|
65,798
|
|||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$
|
4,426,773
|
$
|
4,212,304
|
|||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|||||||
Deposits:
|
|||||||
Demand
(noninterest bearing)
|
$
|
593,422
|
$
|
520,218
|
|||
Savings,
NOW, and money market
|
1,325,166
|
1,435,561
|
|||||
Time
|
1,241,608
|
1,118,059
|
|||||
Total
deposits
|
3,160,196
|
3,073,838
|
|||||
Short-term
borrowings
|
444,977
|
338,823
|
|||||
Long-term
debt
|
414,330
|
394,523
|
|||||
Trust
preferred debentures
|
23,875
|
18,720
|
|||||
Other
liabilities
|
49,452
|
54,167
|
|||||
Total
liabilities
|
4,092,830
|
3,880,071
|
|||||
Total
stockholders' equity
|
333,943
|
332,233
|
|||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
$
|
4,426,773
|
$
|
4,212,304
|
NBT
Bancorp Inc. and Subsidiaries
|
Three
months ended
December
31,
|
Twelve
months ended
December
31,
|
|||||||||||
Consolidated
Statements of Income (unaudited)
|
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
(in
thousands, except per share data)
|
|||||||||||||
Interest,
fee and dividend income:
|
|||||||||||||
Loans
and leases
|
$
|
50,726
|
$
|
42,983
|
$
|
189,714
|
$
|
163,795
|
|||||
Securities
available for sale
|
10,544
|
10,398
|
41,120
|
42,264
|
|||||||||
Securities
held to maturity
|
913
|
761
|
3,407
|
3,044
|
|||||||||
Other
|
575
|
279
|
2,126
|
1,076
|
|||||||||
Total
interest, fee and dividend income
|
62,758
|
54,421
|
236,367
|
210,179
|
|||||||||
Interest
expense:
|
|||||||||||||
Deposits
|
14,352
|
10,299
|
49,932
|
39,761
|
|||||||||
Short-term
borrowings
|
3,911
|
1,307
|
10,984
|
4,086
|
|||||||||
Long-term
debt
|
4,098
|
3,919
|
16,114
|
15,022
|
|||||||||
Trust
preferred debentures
|
375
|
235
|
1,226
|
823
|
|||||||||
Total
interest expense
|
22,736
|
15,760
|
78,256
|
59,692
|
|||||||||
Net
interest income
|
40,022
|
38,661
|
158,111
|
150,487
|
|||||||||
Provision
for loan and lease losses
|
2,596
|
2,750
|
9,464
|
9,615
|
|||||||||
Net
interest income after provision for loan and lease losses
|
37,426
|
35,911
|
148,647
|
140,872
|
|||||||||
Noninterest
income:
|
|||||||||||||
Trust
|
1,234
|
1,174
|
5,029
|
4,605
|
|||||||||
Service
charges on deposit accounts
|
4,340
|
4,184
|
16,894
|
16,470
|
|||||||||
ATM
and debit card fees
|
1,587
|
1,402
|
6,162
|
5,530
|
|||||||||
Broker/dealer
and insurance revenue
|
527
|
1,572
|
3,186
|
6,782
|
|||||||||
Net
securities (losses) gains
|
(546
|
)
|
160
|
(1,236
|
)
|
216
|
|||||||
Bank
owned life insurance income
|
342
|
345
|
1,347
|
1,487
|
|||||||||
Retirement
plan administration fees
|
1,212
|
-
|
4,426
|
-
|
|||||||||
Other
|
1,736
|
1,503
|
6,741
|
5,799
|
|||||||||
Total
noninterest income
|
10,432
|
10,340
|
42,549
|
40,889
|
|||||||||
Noninterest
expense:
|
|||||||||||||
Salaries
and employee benefits
|
13,863
|
14,308
|
60,005
|
55,204
|
|||||||||
Office
supplies and postage
|
1,222
|
1,118
|
4,628
|
4,459
|
|||||||||
Occupancy
|
2,689
|
2,416
|
10,452
|
9,905
|
|||||||||
Equipment
|
2,120
|
1,998
|
8,118
|
7,573
|
|||||||||
Professional
fees and outside services
|
1,584
|
1,583
|
6,087
|
6,175
|
|||||||||
Data
processing and communications
|
2,548
|
2,740
|
10,349
|
10,972
|
|||||||||
Amortization
of intangible assets
|
142
|
71
|
544
|
284
|
|||||||||
Loan
collection and other real estate owned
|
278
|
431
|
1,002
|
1,241
|
|||||||||
Goodwill
impairment
|
-
|
1,950
|
-
|
1,950
|
|||||||||
Other
operating
|
4,703
|
2,792
|
14,120
|
12,014
|
|||||||||
Total
noninterest expense
|
29,149
|
29,407
|
115,305
|
109,777
|
|||||||||
Income
before income taxes
|
18,709
|
16,844
|
75,891
|
71,984
|
|||||||||
Income
taxes
|
5,714
|
4,353
|
23,453
|
21,937
|
|||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
12,995
|
$
|
12,491
|
$
|
52,438
|
$
|
50,047
|
|||||
Earnings
Per Share:
|
|||||||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
0.40
|
$
|
0.38
|
$
|
1.62
|
$
|
1.53
|
|||||
Diluted
|
$
|
0.40
|
$
|
0.38
|
$
|
1.60
|
$
|
1.51
|
NBT
Bancorp Inc. and Subsidiaries
Quarterly
Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited)
|
4Q
2005
|
3Q
2005
|
2Q
2005
|
1Q
2005
|
4Q
2004
|
|||||||||||
(in
thousands, except per share data)
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest,
fee and dividend income:
|
||||||||||||||||
Loans
|
$
|
50,726
|
$
|
48,784
|
$
|
46,260
|
$
|
43,944
|
$
|
42,983
|
||||||
Securities
available for sale
|
10,544
|
10,103
|
10,226
|
10,247
|
10,398
|
|||||||||||
Securities
held to maturity
|
913
|
860
|
831
|
803
|
761
|
|||||||||||
Other
|
575
|
535
|
549
|
467
|
279
|
|||||||||||
Total
interest, fee and dividend income
|
62,758
|
60,282
|
57,866
|
55,461
|
54,421
|
|||||||||||
Interest
expense:
|
||||||||||||||||
Deposits
|
14,352
|
12,842
|
12,018
|
10,720
|
10,299
|
|||||||||||
Short-term
borrowings
|
3,911
|
3,005
|
2,207
|
1,861
|
1,307
|
|||||||||||
Long-term
debt
|
4,098
|
4,176
|
4,032
|
3,808
|
3,919
|
|||||||||||
Trust
preferred debentures
|
375
|
308
|
285
|
258
|
235
|
|||||||||||
Total
interest expense
|
22,736
|
20,331
|
18,542
|
16,647
|
15,760
|
|||||||||||
Net
interest income
|
40,022
|
39,951
|
39,324
|
38,814
|
38,661
|
|||||||||||
Provision
for loan and lease losses
|
2,596
|
2,752
|
2,320
|
1,796
|
2,750
|
|||||||||||
Net
interest income after provision for loan and lease losses
|
37,426
|
37,199
|
37,004
|
37,018
|
35,911
|
|||||||||||
Noninterest
income:
|
||||||||||||||||
Trust
|
1,234
|
1,292
|
1,251
|
1,252
|
1,174
|
|||||||||||
Service
charges on deposit accounts
|
4,340
|
4,314
|
4,311
|
3,929
|
4,184
|
|||||||||||
ATM
and debit card fees
|
1,587
|
1,631
|
1,544
|
1,400
|
1,402
|
|||||||||||
Broker/dealer
and insurance fees
|
527
|
571
|
736
|
1,352
|
1,572
|
|||||||||||
Net
securities (losses) gains
|
(546
|
)
|
(737
|
)
|
51
|
(4
|
)
|
160
|
||||||||
Bank
owned life insurance income
|
342
|
339
|
333
|
333
|
345
|
|||||||||||
Retirement
plan administration fees
|
1,212
|
1,195
|
1,156
|
863
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Other
|
1,736
|
1,746
|
1,673
|
1,586
|
1,503
|
|||||||||||
Total
noninterest income
|
10,432
|
10,351
|
11,055
|
10,711
|
10,340
|
|||||||||||
Noninterest
expense:
|
||||||||||||||||
Salaries
and employee benefits
|
13,863
|
15,438
|
15,253
|
15,451
|
14,308
|
|||||||||||
Office
supplies and postage
|
1,222
|
1,135
|
1,121
|
1,150
|
1,118
|
|||||||||||
Occupancy
|
2,689
|
2,425
|
2,550
|
2,788
|
2,416
|
|||||||||||
Equipment
|
2,120
|
1,971
|
1,931
|
2,096
|
1,998
|
|||||||||||
Professional
fees and outside services
|
1,584
|
1,447
|
1,381
|
1,675
|
1,583
|
|||||||||||
Data
processing and communications
|
2,548
|
2,613
|
2,530
|
2,658
|
2,740
|
|||||||||||
Amortization
of intangible assets
|
142
|
142
|
142
|
118
|
71
|
|||||||||||
Loan
collection and other real estate owned
|
278
|
115
|
208
|
401
|
431
|
|||||||||||
Goodwill
impairment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,950
|
|||||||||||
Other
operating
|
4,703
|
3,293
|
3,580
|
2,544
|
2,792
|
|||||||||||
Total
noninterest expense
|
29,149
|
28,579
|
28,696
|
28,881
|
29,407
|
|||||||||||
Income
before income taxes
|
18,709
|
18,971
|
19,363
|
18,848
|
16,844
|
|||||||||||
Income
taxes
|
5,714
|
5,445
|
6,235
|
6,059
|
4,353
|
|||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
12,995
|
$
|
13,526
|
$
|
13,128
|
$
|
12,789
|
$
|
12,491
|
||||||
Earnings
per share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
0.40
|
$
|
0.42
|
$
|
0.41
|
$
|
0.39
|
$
|
0.38
|
||||||
Diluted
|
$
|
0.40
|
$
|
0.41
|
$
|
0.40
|
$
|
0.39
|
$
|
0.38
|