---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-050086"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NBTB"
cik: "0000790359"
company_name: "NBT BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2024-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T00:43:44.671377+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NBT Bancorp gets OCC/Fed approval for Evans merger; shareholders vote >96% in favor

## Summary
- OCC approved merger of Evans Bank into NBT Bank; Fed granted waiver for bank holding company merger.
- Evans shareholders: >75% of shares represented, >96% of votes cast approved Merger on Dec 20, 2024.
- All-stock transaction; closing expected Q2 2025 alongside system conversion, subject to customary conditions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-050086
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NBTB
- cik: 0000790359
- company_name: NBT BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2024-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/790359/000114036124050086/0001140361-24-050086-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/790359/000114036124050086/ef20040469_8k.htm

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