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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2008</font></div>
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No. 333-</font></div>
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
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D.C. 20549</font></div>
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S-8</font></div>
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STATEMENT</font></div>
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SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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BANCORP INC.</font></div>
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name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
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      employer
identification&#160;&#160;number)</font></div>
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Broad Street</font></div>
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New York 13815</font></div>
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337-2265</font></div>
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of principal</font></div>
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offices)</font></div>
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Omnibus Incentive Plan</font></div>
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title of the Plan)</font></div>
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Dietrich</font></div>
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and Chief Executive Officer</font></div>
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Bancorp Inc.</font></div>
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Broad Street</font></div>
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New York 13815</font></div>
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337-2265</font></div>
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to:</font></div>
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Stein, Esq.</font></div>
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&amp; Hartson L.L.P.</font></div>
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Thirteenth&#160;&#160;Street, N.W.</font></div>
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D.C.&#160;&#160;20004-1109</font></div>
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637-8575</font></div>
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by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See
definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#160;&#160;&#8220;accelerated filer&#8221; and
&#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check
one):</font></div>
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OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></div>
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solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), based
on the average of the high and low sales price on May 12, 2008.</font></div>
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per share, reserved for issuance pursuant to the 2008 Omnibus Incentive
Plan.</font></div>
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I</font></div>
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documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given
to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;).&#160;&#160;In accordance with the instructions
to Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities
Act.&#160;&#160;These documents and the documents incorporated by reference
pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken together,
constitute the prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities
Act.</font></div>
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II</font></div>
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REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
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Bancorp Inc. (&#8220;NBT&#8221;) hereby incorporates by reference into this registration
statement the following documents filed by it with the SEC:</font></div>
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2008;</font></div>
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      description of NBT common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#8220;Common
      Stock&#8221;), contained under the heading &#8220;Description of NBT Capital Stock&#8221; in
      NBT&#8217;s registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-66472) filed with
      the SEC on August&#160;1, 2001, as
amended.</font></div>
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addition, all documents and reports filed by NBT subsequent to the date hereof
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or that deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents or reports.&#160;&#160;Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document, which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160;&#160;Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.</font></div>
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applicable.</font></div>
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applicable.</font></div>
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is made to the provisions of Delaware General Corporation Law (&#8220;DGCL&#8221;), Article
6 of the Bylaws of NBT and Article 12 of the Certificate of Incorporation of
NBT.</font></div>
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Delaware corporation subject to the applicable indemnification provisions of the
DGCL.&#160;&#160;Section 145 of the DGCL provides for the indemnification, under
certain circumstances, of persons who are or were directors, officers, employees
or agents of a corporation, or are or were serving at the request of a
corporation in such a capacity with another business organization or entity,
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement in actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal,
administrative, or investigative, brought or threatened against or involving
such persons because of such person's service in any such
capacity.&#160;&#160;&#160;In the case of actions brought by or in the right of
a corporation, Section 145 provides for indemnification of expenses (including
attorneys' fees) if the person seeking indemnification acted in good faith and
in a manner that such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation; provided, however, that no indemnification
shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged liable to the corporation unless, upon a determination
by the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought,
despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of
the case, such person is reasonably and fairly entitled to indemnity for such
expenses.</font></div>
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bylaws contain provisions providing that NBT shall indemnify any person who was
or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason
of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of NBT, or is or was
serving at the request of NBT as a director of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, to the maximum extent authorized by
DGCL.</font></div>
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Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director of NBT shall not be
personally liable to NBT or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (1) for any breach of the
director&#8217;s duty of loyalty to NBT or its stockholders; (2) for acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of law; (3) under Section 174 of the DGCL; or (4) for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit.</font></div>
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exhibits to this registration statement are listed on the exhibit index, which
appears elsewhere in this registration statement and is incorporated herein by
reference.</font></div>
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of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
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be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
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liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#8217;s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference
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permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
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it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form&#160;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city
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attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution in such person&#8217;s name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any amendments to this Registration
Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes,
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      of Incorporation of NBT Bancorp Inc. (filed as Exhibit&#160;3.1 to the
      Form&#160;10-K of NBT Bancorp Inc., filed on March&#160;29, 2002 and
      incorporated herein by reference).</font></div>
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      NBT Bancorp Inc., filed on March&#160;29, 2002 and incorporated herein by
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      common stock certificate for NBT Bancorp Inc.&#8217;s common stock (filed as
      Exhibit 4.3 to the Form S-4/A of NBT Bancorp Inc., filed on December 27,
      2005 and incorporated herein by reference).</font></div>
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      and Registrar and Transfer Company, as Rights Agent (filed as
      Exhibit&#160;4.1 to Registrant&#8217;s Form&#160;8-K, filed on November&#160;18,
      2004 and incorporated herein by reference).</font></div>
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      Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on March 31,
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forms8.htm
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2008
Registration
No. 333-
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
________________________
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
________________________
NBT
BANCORP INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
16-1268674
(State
      or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(IRS
      employer
identification  number)
52 South
Broad Street
Norwich,
New York 13815
(607)
337-2265
(Address
of principal
executive
offices)
________________________
2008
Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full
title of the Plan)
________________________
Martin A.
Dietrich
President
and Chief Executive Officer
NBT
Bancorp Inc.
52 South
Broad Street
Norwich,
New York 13815
(607)
337-2265
(Name,
address and telephone number of Agent for Service)
Copy
to:
Stuart G.
Stein, Esq.
Hogan
& Hartson L.L.P.
555
Thirteenth  Street, N.W.
Washington,
D.C.  20004-1109
(202)
637-8575
________________________
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See
definitions of "large accelerated filer,  "accelerated filer" and
"smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check
one):
Large
      accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated
      filer  
Non-accelerated
      filer  
Smaller
      reporting company
(Do
      not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of securities
to
      be registered
Amount
to
      be
Registered(2)
Proposed
      Maximum
Offering
      Price
per
      Share (1)
Proposed
      Maximum
Aggregate
      Offering
Price
      (1)(2)
Amount
      of
Registration
Fee
      (1)(2)
Common
      Stock
6,470,080
$24.16
$156,317,133
$6,143.26
(1)  Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), based
on the average of the high and low sales price on May 12, 2008.
(2) The
Registrant is registering 6,470,080 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01
per share, reserved for issuance pursuant to the 2008 Omnibus Incentive
Plan.
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given
to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act").  In accordance with the instructions
to Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities
Act.  These documents and the documents incorporated by reference
pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken together,
constitute the prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities
Act.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
      3.
Incorporation
      of Documents by Reference.
NBT
Bancorp Inc. ("NBT") hereby incorporates by reference into this registration
statement the following documents filed by it with the SEC:
(a)
NBT's
      annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007
      filed with the SEC on February 29,
2008;
(b)
NBT's
      quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 filed
      with the SEC on May 12, 2008; and
(b)
The
      description of NBT common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common
      Stock"), contained under the heading "Description of NBT Capital Stock" in
      NBT's registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-66472) filed with
      the SEC on August 1, 2001, as
amended.
In
addition, all documents and reports filed by NBT subsequent to the date hereof
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or that deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents or reports.  Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document, which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4.
Description of
      Securities
.
Not
applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and
      Counsel
.
Not
applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors
      and Officers
.
Reference
is made to the provisions of Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL"), Article
6 of the Bylaws of NBT and Article 12 of the Certificate of Incorporation of
NBT.
NBT is a
Delaware corporation subject to the applicable indemnification provisions of the
DGCL.  Section 145 of the DGCL provides for the indemnification, under
certain circumstances, of persons who are or were directors, officers, employees
or agents of a corporation, or are or were serving at the request of a
corporation in such a capacity with another business organization or entity,
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement in actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal,
administrative, or investigative, brought or threatened against or involving
such persons because of such person's service in any such
capacity.   In the case of actions brought by or in the right of
a corporation, Section 145 provides for indemnification of expenses (including
attorneys' fees) if the person seeking indemnification acted in good faith and
in a manner that such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation; provided, however, that no indemnification
shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged liable to the corporation unless, upon a determination
by the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought,
despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of
the case, such person is reasonably and fairly entitled to indemnity for such
expenses.
NBT's
bylaws contain provisions providing that NBT shall indemnify any person who was
or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason
of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of NBT, or is or was
serving at the request of NBT as a director of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, to the maximum extent authorized by
DGCL.
NBT's
Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director of NBT shall not be
personally liable to NBT or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (1) for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to NBT or its stockholders; (2) for acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of law; (3) under Section 174 of the DGCL; or (4) for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration
      Claimed
.
Not
applicable.
2
Item
      8.
Exhibits.
The
exhibits to this registration statement are listed on the exhibit index, which
appears elsewhere in this registration statement and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a)           The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To
      file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
      post-effective amendment to this registration
  statement:
(i)
To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii)
To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement;
and
(iii)
To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement.
provided, howeve
r, that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
the registration statement.
(2)
That,
      for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
      each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
      registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
      offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
      initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To
      remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
      securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
      offering.
(b)           The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(c)
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
3
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city
of Norwich, state of New York on May 16, 2008.
NBT
      BANCORP INC.
By:
/s/ Martin A. Dietrich
Martin
      A. Dietrich
President
      and Chief Executive Officer
Each
person whose signature appears below appoints Martin A. Dietrich or Michael J.
Chewens, jointly and severally, each in his own capacity, as true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution in such person's name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any amendments to this Registration
Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the
16
th
day
of May, 2008.
Signature
Title
/s/ Martin A. Dietrich
President,
      Chief Executive Officer and
Martin
      A. Dietrich
Director
      (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Michael J.
Chewens
Senior
      Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
      Secretary
Michael
      J. Chewens
(Principal
      Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Richard Chojnowski
Director
Richard
      Chojnowski
/s/ Patricia T. Civil
Director
Patricia
      T. Civil
/s/ Daryl R. Forsythe
Director
Daryl
      R. Forsythe
/s/ Dr. Peter B. Gregory
Director
Dr.
      Peter B. Gregory
4
/s/ William C. Gumble
Director
William
      C. Gumble
/s/ Paul D. Horger
Director
Paul
      D. Horger
/s/ Janet H. Ingraham
Director
Janet
      H. Ingraham
/s/ John C. Mitchell
Director
John
      C. Mitchell
/s/ Michael M. Murphy
Director
Michael
      M. Murphy
/s/ Joseph G. Nasser
Director
Joseph
      G. Nasser
/s/ William L. Owens
Director
William
      L. Owens
/s/ Joseph A. Santangelo
Director
Joseph
      A. Santangelo
/s/ Robert A. Wadsworth
Director
Robert
      A. Wadsworth
5
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Exhibit
4.1
Certificate
      of Incorporation of NBT Bancorp Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the
      Form 10-K of NBT Bancorp Inc., filed on March 29, 2002 and
      incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
By-laws
      of NBT Bancorp Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Form 10-K of
      NBT Bancorp Inc., filed on March 29, 2002 and incorporated herein by
      reference).
4.3
Specimen
      common stock certificate for NBT Bancorp Inc.'s common stock (filed as
      Exhibit 4.3 to the Form S-4/A of NBT Bancorp Inc., filed on December 27,
      2005 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.4
Rights
      Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2004, between NBT Bancorp Inc.
      and Registrar and Transfer Company, as Rights Agent (filed as
      Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant's Form 8-K, filed on November 18,
      2004 and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1
Opinion
      of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
23.1
Consent
      of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent
      of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.  (contained in Exhibit
      5.1).
99.1
2008
      Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of NBT's
      Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on March 31,
      2008).