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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NBT
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        quarter was approximately $8.6 million related to one large commercial
        loan.&#160;&#160;During the quarter, $6.0 million of the loan was charged
        off.&#160;&#160;As the Company previously disclosed in its Form 10-Q for the
        quarter ended September 30, 2007, this loan was current as of September 30,
        2007, but subsequently became past due 30 days for the first time, and was
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        loan and lease losses to nonperforming loans was 177%, 178%, and 330% at
        December 31, 2007, September 30, 2007, and December 31, 2006,
        respectively.&#160;&#160;&#160;Nonperforming loans remained relatively flat from
        the last quarter at approximately $30.6 million at December 31, 2007 as compared
        to $30.7 million at September 30, 2007.&#160;&#160;In addition, potential
        problem loans decreased to $73.3 million at December 31, 2007 as compared
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        information below.</font></div>
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        portfolio decreased 9% from the third quarter and are now consistent with
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        margins; (4) general economic conditions, either nationally or regionally,
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        competitors may have greater financial resources and develop products that
        enable such competitors to compete more successfully than NBT; and (7) adverse
        changes may occur in the securities markets or with respect to inflation.
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