NB&T Financial Group Announces Maintaining First Quarter Dividend.

NB&T Financial Group, Inc., parent company of The National Bank and Trust Company, has declared a dividend of $.29 per share payable April 20, 2009 to shareholders of record March 31, 2009. This dividend is the same as the previous quarter. John J. Limbert, President and CEO, commented, "Most of our shareholders live in the communities we serve. We believe maintaining the dividend is important to our shareholders, but also to those communities where those same shareholders will use these funds. We hope this reflects our continuing investment in those communities even without taking any U.S. government assistance."

National Bank and Trust, with assets of $525 million, operates 19 banking offices and an insurance subsidiary, NB&T Insurance Agency, Inc., in Clinton, Clermont, Brown, Warren and Highland counties.

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