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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, DC 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CLIFTON BANCORP INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1433 Van Houten Avenue </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Clifton, New Jersey 07015 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(973) 473-2000 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Clifton Savings
Bancorp, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Paul M. Aguggia</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chairman of the Board, President and</B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Clifton Bancorp Inc.</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1433
Van Houton Avenue</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Clifton, New Jersey 07015</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(973) 473-2000</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Aaron M. Kaslow, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suzanne A. Walker, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Kilpatrick Townsend &amp; Stockton LLP</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>607 14<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Street NW</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, DC 20005</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(202) 508-5800</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be Registered</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registered&nbsp;(1)</B></P></TD>
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Price</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Per Share</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Maximum<BR>Aggregate</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Offering&nbsp;Price</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock $0.01 par value</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">1,093,185 (2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$10.26 (3)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$11,216,079 (4)</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Clifton Savings Bancorp, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;) as the result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment to the outstanding common stock of Clifton Bancorp Inc. (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) pursuant to 17 C.F.R. &#167;230.416(a). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Represents the shares which may be issued upon exercise of stock options to purchase shares of Common Stock granted under the Plan and shares of Common Stock which will be distributed upon the vesting of restricted
stock awards. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Represents the weighted average price determined by: (a)&nbsp;the exercise price of $10.46 (as adjusted) at which options for 913,343 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted) have been granted under the Plan; (b)&nbsp;the
exercise price of $9.03 (as adjusted) at which options for 159,225 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted) have been granted under the Plan; and (c)&nbsp;$11.52, the average of the bid and ask price of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Stock
Market on April&nbsp;2, 2014 for which 6,624 shares of Common Stock are available for future grants of stock options and 578 restricted stock awards pursuant to the terms of the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(4)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>This Registration Statement shall
become effective immediately upon filing in accordance with Section&nbsp;8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and 17 C.F.R. &#167;230.462. </B></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Items 1 &amp; 2</B>. The document containing
the information for the Clifton Savings Bancorp, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) specified by Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to the participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Said
document need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) either as a part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 in reliance on Rule 428. Said document and
the information incorporated by reference pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus for the Registration Statement. </P>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>PART&nbsp;II</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;3.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed or to be filed by
Clifton Bancorp Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148; or the &#147;Corporation&#148;) with the SEC are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Prospectus filed with the SEC by the Registrant (File No.&nbsp;333-192598) pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) on February&nbsp;6, 2014. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report and Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;19, 2014 (File No.&nbsp;333-192598). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Form 8-K 12B (File No.&nbsp;001-36390), as filed
with the SEC on April&nbsp;1, 2014. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (in each case other than those portions
furnished under items 2.02, 7.01 and 9.01 of Form&nbsp;8-K) filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;28, 2014. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) All documents filed by the
Registrant, where applicable, pursuant to Sections 13(a) and (c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold (in each case other
than those portions furnished under Items 2.02. 7.01 and 9.01 of Form 8-K). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, or
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement. </I></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;4.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Description of Securities </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the Plan has been
registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to subsection (a)&nbsp;of Rule 12g-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act as a result of the Corporation becoming the successor issuer to Clifton Savings Bancorp, Inc. in
connection with the second step conversion. Accordingly, a description of the Common Stock is not required herein. </P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">None. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The validity of the Common Stock offered hereby has been passed upon for the Registrant by the firm of Kilpatrick Townsend&nbsp;&amp; Stockton
LLP. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article Ninth of the Articles of
Incorporation of Clifton Bancorp Inc. (the &#147;Corporation&#148;), a Maryland corporation provides as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>NINTH: </B>The
Corporation shall indemnify (A)&nbsp;its directors and officers, whether serving the Corporation or at its request any other entity, to the fullest extent required or permitted by the general laws of the State of Maryland now or hereafter in force,
including the advance of expenses under the procedures required, and (B)&nbsp;other employees and agents to such extent as shall be authorized by the Board of Directors or the Corporation&#146;s Bylaws and be permitted by law. The foregoing rights
of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled. The Board of Directors may take such action as is necessary to carry out these indemnification provisions and is expressly empowered to
adopt, approve and amend from time to time such Bylaws, resolutions or contracts implementing such provisions or such further indemnification arrangements as may be permitted by law. No amendment of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation
shall limit or eliminate the right to indemnification provided hereunder with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">None. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exhibits </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (numbering corresponds generally to the Exhibit Table in Item&nbsp;601 of Regulation S-K). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">List of
Exhibits (filed herewith unless otherwise noted): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Articles of Incorporation of Clifton Bancorp Inc. <SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(1)</SUP></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Bylaws of Clifton Bancorp Inc. <SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(2)</SUP></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Kilpatrick Townsend &amp; Stockton LLP as to the legality of the common stock to be issued</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Clifton Savings Bancorp, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan <SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(4)</SUP></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Kilpatrick Townsend &amp; Stockton LLP (contained in the Opinion included as Exhibit 5)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of ParenteBeard LLC</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page)</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporation&#146;s Form S-1 Registration Statement filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;27, 2013 (File No.&nbsp;192598). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Corporations Form S-1 Registration Statement filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;27, 2013 (File No.&nbsp;192598) </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as Exhibit 4.0 to the Corporation&#146;s Form S-1 Registration Statement filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;27, 2013 (File No.&nbsp;192598). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A in the definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;10, 2005. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Undertakings </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(4)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement unless the information or prospectus required by (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement: </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(iii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering; and </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(4)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference
in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers
and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in such Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in such Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>The Registrant. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Clifton Bancorp Inc. certifies</B> that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, the City of Clifton, State of New Jersey on April&nbsp;3, 2014. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">CLIFTON BANCORP INC.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Paul M. Aguggia</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Paul M. Aguggia</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
Paul M. Aguggia and Christine R. Piano as the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any or all
amendments to the Form S-8 registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully, and to all intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Paul M. Aguggia</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors,</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">April 3, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Paul M. Aguggia</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">President, Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">and Director (principal executive officer)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Christine R. Piano</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">April 3, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Christine R. Piano</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">(principal financial and</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">accounting officer)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Stephen Adzima</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">April 3, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Stephen Adzima</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">April&nbsp;3, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Thomas A. Miller</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">April 3, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">John H. Peto</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Cynthia Sisco</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">April 3, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:39.50pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Description</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Articles of Incorporation of Clifton Bancorp Inc.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Incorporated herein by reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Bylaws of Clifton Bancorp Inc.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Incorporated herein by reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Clifton Bancorp Inc. Form of Stock Certificate</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Incorporated herein by reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;5</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Kilpatrick Townsend &amp; Stockton LLP</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Filed herewith.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Clifton Savings Bancorp, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Incorporated herein by reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Kilpatrick Townsend &amp; Stockton LLP</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Contained in the Opinion included as Exhibit 5.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of ParenteBeard LLC</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Filed herewith.</TD></TR>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3, 2014
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CLIFTON BANCORP INC.
(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
46-4757900
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1433 Van Houten Avenue
Clifton, New Jersey 07015
(973) 473-2000
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Clifton Savings
Bancorp, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Copies to:
Paul M. Aguggia
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Clifton Bancorp Inc.
1433
Van Houton Avenue
Clifton, New Jersey 07015
(973) 473-2000
Aaron M. Kaslow, Esq.
Suzanne A. Walker, Esq.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
607 14
th
Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 508-5800
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
x
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered (1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price
Per Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock $0.01 par value
1,093,185 (2)
$10.26 (3)
$11,216,079 (4)
$1,445
(1)
Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Clifton Savings Bancorp, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the
"Plan") as the result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment to the outstanding common stock of Clifton Bancorp Inc. (the "Common Stock") pursuant to 17 C.F.R. §230.416(a).
(2)
Represents the shares which may be issued upon exercise of stock options to purchase shares of Common Stock granted under the Plan and shares of Common Stock which will be distributed upon the vesting of restricted
stock awards.
(3)
Represents the weighted average price determined by: (a) the exercise price of $10.46 (as adjusted) at which options for 913,343 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted) have been granted under the Plan; (b) the
exercise price of $9.03 (as adjusted) at which options for 159,225 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted) have been granted under the Plan; and (c) $11.52, the average of the bid and ask price of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Stock
Market on April 2, 2014 for which 6,624 shares of Common Stock are available for future grants of stock options and 578 restricted stock awards pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
(4)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
This Registration Statement shall
become effective immediately upon filing in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and 17 C.F.R. §230.462.
Clifton Bancorp Inc.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Items 1 & 2
. The document containing
the information for the Clifton Savings Bancorp, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") specified by Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to the participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Said
document need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") either as a part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 in reliance on Rule 428. Said document and
the information incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus for the Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed or to be filed by
Clifton Bancorp Inc. (the "Registrant" or the "Corporation") with the SEC are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a) The Prospectus filed with the SEC by the Registrant (File No. 333-192598) pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) on February 6, 2014.
(b) The Corporation's Quarterly Report and Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 19, 2014 (File No. 333-192598).
(c) The description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registrant's Form 8-K 12B (File No. 001-36390), as filed
with the SEC on April 1, 2014.
(d) The Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K (in each case other than those portions
furnished under items 2.02, 7.01 and 9.01 of Form 8-K) filed with the SEC on March 28, 2014.
(e) All documents filed by the
Registrant, where applicable, pursuant to Sections 13(a) and (c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold (in each case other
than those portions furnished under Items 2.02. 7.01 and 9.01 of Form 8-K).
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, or
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
The Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the Plan has been
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to subsection (a) of Rule 12g-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act as a result of the Corporation becoming the successor issuer to Clifton Savings Bancorp, Inc. in
connection with the second step conversion. Accordingly, a description of the Common Stock is not required herein.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
None.
The validity of the Common Stock offered hereby has been passed upon for the Registrant by the firm of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
LLP.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Article Ninth of the Articles of
Incorporation of Clifton Bancorp Inc. (the "Corporation"), a Maryland corporation provides as follows:
NINTH:
The
Corporation shall indemnify (A) its directors and officers, whether serving the Corporation or at its request any other entity, to the fullest extent required or permitted by the general laws of the State of Maryland now or hereafter in force,
including the advance of expenses under the procedures required, and (B) other employees and agents to such extent as shall be authorized by the Board of Directors or the Corporation's Bylaws and be permitted by law. The foregoing rights
of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled. The Board of Directors may take such action as is necessary to carry out these indemnification provisions and is expressly empowered to
adopt, approve and amend from time to time such Bylaws, resolutions or contracts implementing such provisions or such further indemnification arrangements as may be permitted by law. No amendment of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation
shall limit or eliminate the right to indemnification provided hereunder with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
None.
Item 8.
Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (numbering corresponds generally to the Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K).
List of
Exhibits (filed herewith unless otherwise noted):
4.1
Articles of Incorporation of Clifton Bancorp Inc.
(1)
4.2
Bylaws of Clifton Bancorp Inc.
(2)
4.3
Clifton Bancorp Inc. Form of Stock Certificate
(3)
5
Opinion of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP as to the legality of the common stock to be issued
10.1
Clifton Savings Bancorp, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
(4)
23.1
Consent of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP (contained in the Opinion included as Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of ParenteBeard LLC
24
Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page)
(1)
Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporation's Form S-1 Registration Statement filed with the SEC on November 27, 2013 (File No. 192598).
(2)
Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Corporations Form S-1 Registration Statement filed with the SEC on November 27, 2013 (File No. 192598)
(3)
Filed as Exhibit 4.0 to the Corporation's Form S-1 Registration Statement filed with the SEC on November 27, 2013 (File No. 192598).
(4)
Incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A in the definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on June 10, 2005.
Item 9.
Undertakings
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(4)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement unless the information or prospectus required by (i) and (ii) is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering; and
(4)
That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference
in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers
and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in such Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in such Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Clifton Bancorp Inc. certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, the City of Clifton, State of New Jersey on April 3, 2014.
CLIFTON BANCORP INC.
By:
/s/ Paul M. Aguggia
Paul M. Aguggia
Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
Paul M. Aguggia and Christine R. Piano as the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any or all
amendments to the Form S-8 registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully, and to all intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Paul M. Aguggia
Chairman of the Board of Directors,
April 3, 2014
Paul M. Aguggia
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director (principal executive officer)
/s/ Christine R. Piano
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
April 3, 2014
Christine R. Piano
(principal financial and
accounting officer)
/s/ Stephen Adzima
Director
April 3, 2014
Stephen Adzima
/s/ Thomas A. Miller
Director
April 3, 2014
Thomas A. Miller
/s/ John H. Peto
Director
April 3, 2014
John H. Peto
/s/ Charles J. Pivirotto
Director
April 3, 2014
Charles J. Pivirotto
/s/ Cynthia Sisco
Director
April 3, 2014
Cynthia Sisco
/s/ Joseph C. Smith
Director
April 3, 2014
Joseph C. Smith
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
Articles of Incorporation of Clifton Bancorp Inc.
Incorporated herein by reference.
4.2
Bylaws of Clifton Bancorp Inc.
Incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
Clifton Bancorp Inc. Form of Stock Certificate
Incorporated herein by reference.
5
Opinion of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Filed herewith.
10.1
Clifton Savings Bancorp, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
Incorporated herein by reference.
23.1
Consent of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Contained in the Opinion included as Exhibit 5.
23.2
Consent of ParenteBeard LLC
Filed herewith.
24
Power of Attorney
Located on the signature page.