
(MARK ONE)☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2025OR☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ________ TO ________. COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 0-14703 NBT BANCORP INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware16-1268674(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 52 South Broad Street, Norwich, New York13815(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(607) 337-2265 Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act: Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes☐No☒Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports)and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submittedpursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that theregistrant was required to submit and post such files).Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smallerreporting company or an emerging growth company.See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smallerreporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filer☒Accelerated filer☐Non-accelerated filer☐Smaller reportingcompany☐Emerging growthcompany☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period forcomplying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectivenessof its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registeredpublic accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☒ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of theregistrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-basedcompensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes☐No☒ Based on the closing price of the registrant’s common stock as of June 30, 2025, the aggregate market value of the voting stock,common stock, par value, $0.01 per share, held by non-affiliates of the registrant is $2,120,430,098. The number of shares of common stock outstanding as of January 31, 2026, was 52,204,410. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 19, 2026 areincorporated by reference into Part III, Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of this Form 10-K. NBT BANCORP INC.FORM 10-K – Year Ended December 31, 2025 TABLE OF CONTENTS PART IITEM 1.BUSINESS4ITEM 1A.RISK FACTORS17ITEM 1B.UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS25ITEM 1C.CYBERSECURITY25ITEM 2.PROPERTIES26ITEM 3.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS26ITEM 4.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES26PART IIITEM 5.MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS ANDISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES27ITEM 6.[RESERVED]28ITEM 7.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OFOPERATIONS29ITEM 7A.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK49ITEM 8.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA50Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm50Consolidated Balance Sheets53Consolidated Statements of Income54Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)55Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity56Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows57Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements59ITEM 9.CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIALDISCLOSURE1