NORWICH – Members of NBT Bancorp’s executive management team will open the NASDAQ Stock Market on Friday at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City. This event takes place the day before the company celebrates its 150th anniversary.

NBT Bancorp (symbol NBTB) has traded on NASDAQ since March 17, 1992. The company has had a compounded annual return of 13.67% between March 31, 1992, and March 31, 2006. During the opening ceremony, NBT Bancorp’s logo will be featured on the seven-stories-high MarketSite Tower, the world’s largest stationary video screen. NBT Bancorp opened for business on July 15, 1856, as the Bank of Norwich, a community bank based near the company’s current headquarters in Norwich.