---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-025260"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NBTB"
cik: "0000790359"
company_name: "NBT BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T22:51:02.712141+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NBT Bancorp declares Q2 dividend of $0.30 per share; annual meeting passes all proposals

## Summary
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.30 per share declared, payable June 15 to holders of record June 1, 2023.
- All 12 director nominees elected at May 16 annual meeting; say-on-pay approved with 27.7M for vs 1.0M against.
- Stockholders ratified KPMG as independent auditor for FY2023 with 33.6M votes for.
- Advisory vote on say-on-pay frequency: 'Every Year' option received ~26.4M votes (95% of votes cast).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-025260
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NBTB
- cik: 0000790359
- company_name: NBT BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/790359/000114036123025260/0001140361-23-025260-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/790359/000114036123025260/brhc20053105_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-025260.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  NBT BANCORP INC shareholders approved Election of twelve directors to the Board of Directors at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Proposal 1 —NBT’s stockholders elected twelve individuals to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of NBT as set forth below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/790359/000114036123025260/0001140361-23-025260-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NBT BANCORP INC shareholders approved Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm KPMG LLP at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Proposal 4 —NBT’s stockholders ratified the appointment by the Board of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of NBT for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, as set forth below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/790359/000114036123025260/0001140361-23-025260-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NBT BANCORP INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay votes at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Proposal 3 —NBT’s stockholders voted in favor of “Every Year”, on a non-binding, advisory basis, with respect to the frequency of voting on the compensation of NBT’s named executive officers, as set forth below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/790359/000114036123025260/0001140361-23-025260-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NBT BANCORP INC shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve executive compensation at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Proposal 2 —NBT’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of NBT’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, as set forth below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/790359/000114036123025260/0001140361-23-025260-index.htm

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