0001193125-13-014148.txt : 20130401 0001193125-13-014148.hdr.sgml : 20130401 20130116112625 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-13-014148 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130116 FILER: 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 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP 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 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Acceleration Request

NBT BANCORP INC.

52 South Broad Street

Norwich, New York 13815

January 16, 2013

VIA EDGAR

Securities & Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attn: David Lyon

 

  Re: NBT Bancorp Inc.
       Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-185074)
       Request for Acceleration of Effective Date

Dear Mr. Lyon:

Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, NBT Bancorp Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) accelerate the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-4 and declare the Registration Statement effective on Friday, January 18, 2013, or as soon thereafter as possible. The Company also requests the Commission to confirm such effective date and time in writing.

In connection with this request for acceleration, the Company acknowledges that:

 

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should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

 

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the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

 

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the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

 

Very truly yours,

 

NBT Bancorp Inc.

/s/ F. Sheldon Prentice

By:

Title:

  

F. Sheldon Prentice

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary