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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-23-041154
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230814
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230824
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230824

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CANTELE RICHARD J JR
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001212376

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-14703
		FILM NUMBER:		231202723

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NBT BANCORP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000790359
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				161268674
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		52 S BROAD ST
		CITY:			NORWICH
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			13815
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6073372265

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		52 S. BROAD STREET
		CITY:			NORWICH
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			13815
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        <signatureName>By: Annette L. Burns, Power of Attorney For: Richard
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each Annette Burns, Scott Kingsley and Martin Randolph
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      <div style="text-indent: 27pt; margin-left: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">(1)</font><font class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="text-indent: 0px; font-size: 10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#8217;s capacity as an officer and/or director of NBT Bancorp Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
        requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
        revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.&#160;
        The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 16th day of August, 2023.</div>
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