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NBT Bancorp Inc. Announces Net Income of $104.4 Million ($2.37 Per Diluted Common Share); Approves Dividend and Increase to Shares Available Under Share Repurchase Program
NORWICH, N.Y., Jan. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NBT Bancorp Inc. (“NBT” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: NBTB) reported net income and diluted earnings per share
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[{"type":"text","content":"NORWICH, N.Y., Jan. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NBT Bancorp Inc. (“NBT” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: NBTB) reported net income and diluted earnings per share for both the quarter and year ended December 31, 2020. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $104.4 million, down 13.7% from $121.0 million for the prior year due primarily to higher provision for loan losses after the adoption of the Current Expected Credit Losses (“CECL”) accounting methodology and related to the deterioration of economic conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $2.37, as compared with $2.74 for the prior year, a decrease of 13.5%. Excluding full year branch optimization charges of $4.8 million, net income and earnings per diluted share were $108.1 million and $2.46, respectively. Pre-provision net revenue (“PPNR”)1 for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $193.4 million compared to $182.1 million in the prior year. The 6% increase in PPNR from the prior year reflected higher net interest income, higher noninterest income and lower noninterest expense. Net income for the three months ended December 31, 2020 was $34.2 million, or $0.78 per diluted common share. Net income was down $0.9 million from the previous quarter primarily due to branch optimization charges for the quarter of $4.1 million and up $5.2 million from the fourth quarter of 2019 due to higher net interest income and lower provision for loan losses, partly offset by the branch optimization charges. Excluding branch optimization charges for the quarter of $4.1 million, net income and earnings per diluted share were $37.4 million and $0.85, respectively. PPNR1 for the fourth quarter of 2020 was $48.2 million compared to $49.6 million in the previous quarter and $43.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. The 3% decline in PPNR from the previous quarter reflected higher operating expenses related to timing of initiatives, partly offset by higher net interest income. CEO Comments “NBT ended the year with active pipelines and building momentum. Our strong capital base provides us with the optionality we need to drive our growth in 2021,” said NBT President and CEO John H. Watt, Jr. “The strength of NBT’s pre-provision net revenue and our outsized noninterest income is reflected in our results for the full year a...