Press Releases

KNBT Bancorp, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter And Year End Results
Lehigh Valley, PA (February 2, 2004) – KNBT Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS: KNBT), the holding company for Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust Company (KNBT), today reported earnings for the fourth quarter and the full year 2003. Click here for more details.

Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust Company to Open Two New Branches - New Keystone Savings Bank office to open in Bethlehem and New Nazareth Bank office to open in Whitehall.
Lehigh Valley, PA (November 17, 2003) - Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust Company is celebrating the Grand Openings of two new offices. On Wednesday, November 19, Keystone Savings Bank, a division of Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust, will open a full-service branch inside the new GIANT® Food Store at 3926 Linden Street, Bethlehem. On Thursday, November 20, Nazareth Bank, a division of Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust, will open a full-service office at the Nestor's complex at 2545 MacArthur Road, Whitehall. Click here for more details.

KNBT Bancorp, Inc. and Keystone Savings Bank Announce Completion of Stock Conversion and Merger With First Colonial Group, Inc.
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Keystone Savings Bank ("Keystone") and KNBT Bancorp, Inc. ("KNBT Bancorp") announced today the completion of the mutual to stock conversion of Keystone, a wholly owned subsidiary of KNBT Bancorp, and the sale of 20,201,188 shares of common stock at $10.00 per share for total gross proceeds of $202 million, the supermaximum of the offering range.Click here for more details.

Keystone Savings Bank and KNBT Bancorp, Inc Receive All Required Regulatory Approvals to Complete Conversion and Merger with First Colonial Group, Inc.
Lehigh Valley, Pa. - Keystone Savings Bank and First Colonial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTCG), the parent of Nazareth National Bank and Trust Company, announced today that all required regulatory approvals necessary to complete the conversion of Keystone Savings Bank and the merger with First Colonial Group and Nazareth National Bank have been received. Click here for more details.

Keystone Savings Bank Depositors Approve Conversion and First Colonial Group Shareholders Approve Merger
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. -Keystone Savings Bank and First Colonial Group, Inc., (NASDAQ: FTCG) the parent of Nazareth National Bank and Trust Company, announced today that Keystone depositors approved its conversion and First Colonial shareholders approved its merger at separate meetings of each held today. Click here for more details.

Keystone Savings Bank and First Colonial Group File Regulatory Applications
In a press release issued on June 11, 2003, Keystone Savings Bank and First Colonial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: FTCG - News), the parent of Nazareth National Bank, announced that KNBT Bancorp, Inc., a newly formed company established by Keystone to become its holding company, has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to an offering of common stock in connection with Keystone's previously announced intent to conduct a mutual-to-stock conversion and to merge with First Colonial. Click here now for more details.

Keystone Savings Bank and Nazareth National Bank To Combine Institutions, Forming Region's Largest, Local Bank!
Keystone Savings Bank and First Colonial Group, Inc., (NASDAQ: FTCG) the parent of Nazareth National Bank, two of the regions most successful, community-focused financial institutions have signed a definitive agreement to combine, forming the largest locally controlled bank in the greater Lehigh Valley-Poconos market area. Click here now for more details.