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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;3, 2013 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM S-8 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B><I>Under </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>LAKELAND BANCORP, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>New Jersey</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>22-2953275</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(I.R.S. employer</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>identification number)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>250 Oak Ridge Road, Oak Ridge, New Jersey 07438 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address of principal executive offices; zip code) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Somerset Hills Bancorp 1998 Combined Stock Option Plan </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Somerset Hills
Bancorp 2001 Combined Stock Option Plan </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Somerset Hills Bancorp 2007 Equity Incentive Plan </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Somerset Hills Bancorp 2012 Equity Incentive Plan </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Full title of the plans) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Thomas J. Shara </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>President and Chief Executive Officer </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>250 Oak Ridge Road, Oak Ridge, New Jersey 07438
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(973) 697-2000 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Timothy J. Matteson, Esq.</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Peter H. Ehrenberg, Esq.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Executive Vice President, General Counsel</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Laura R. Kuntz, Esq.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>and Corporate Secretary</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Lowenstein Sandler LLP</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>65 Livingston Avenue</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>250 Oak Ridge Road</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Roseland, New Jersey 07068</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Oak Ridge, New Jersey 07438</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(973) 597-2500</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(973) 697-2000</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Title of Securities</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>to be Registered</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Registered</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Proposed</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Maximum</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Offering&nbsp;Price</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>per Share (3)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Proposed</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Maximum<BR>Aggregate</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Offering Price (3)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Amount of</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Registration Fee</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Common Stock, no par value</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">376,372&nbsp;shares(1)(2)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$10.105</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$3,803,239.06</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$519</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Represents 376,372 shares of common stock, no par value (&#147;Lakeland Common Stock&#148;), of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), which may be issued
and sold pursuant to certain replacement options to purchase Lakeland Common Stock (the &#147;New Stock Options&#148;). As of the effective time of the merger (the &#147;Merger&#148;) of Somerset Hills Bancorp (&#147;Somerset Hills&#148;) with and
into the Registrant, all previously-outstanding options to purchase shares of Somerset Hills common stock previously issued pursuant to the Somerset Hills Bancorp 1998 Combined Stock Option Plan, the Somerset Hills Bancorp 2001 Combined Stock Option
Plan, the Somerset Hills Bancorp 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and the Somerset Hills Bancorp 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (&#147;Old Stock Options&#148;), were automatically converted into the New Stock Options. The New Stock Options are identical to
the Old Stock Options in all material respects, except that (i)&nbsp;upon exercise of the New Stock Options, the optionholder will receive Lakeland Common Stock rather than Somerset Hills common stock, (ii)&nbsp;the number of shares of Lakeland
Common Stock covered by each New Stock Option is equal to the number of shares of Somerset Hills common stock covered by the corresponding Old Stock Option multiplied by 1.1962, the exchange ratio in the Merger (the &#147;Exchange Ratio&#148;)
(rounded up or down to the nearest whole share, with .50 being rounded down), (iii)&nbsp;the exercise price of each New Stock Option is equal to the exercise price of the corresponding Old Stock Option divided by the Exchange Ratio (rounded up or
down to the nearest whole cent, with .50 being rounded up) and (iv)&nbsp;the committee that administers the plans by which such New Stock Options are governed is the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Registrant.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate
number of additional shares of Lakeland Common Stock as may be issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the above-mentioned New Stock Options as a result of any equity restructuring or change in capitalization of the Registrant,
including, but not limited to, spin-offs, stock dividends, large non-recurring dividends, rights offerings, stock splits or similar transactions. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Estimated, in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)(1) of the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The proposed maximum
offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are based on the average of the high and low prices for a share of Lakeland Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on May&nbsp;30, 2013, which is within
five business days prior to the date of this Registration Statement. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) is filing this Registration Statement to register the 376,372 shares of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock, no par value (&#147;Lakeland Common Stock&#148;), which may be issued and sold pursuant to certain replacement options to purchase Lakeland Common Stock (the &#147;New Stock Options&#148;) resulting from the merger
(the &#147;Merger&#148;) of Somerset Hills Bancorp (&#147;Somerset Hills&#148;) with and into the Registrant. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January&nbsp;28, 2013, by and between the Registrant and Somerset Hills, as of
the effective time of the Merger, all previously-outstanding options to purchase shares of Somerset Hills common stock previously issued pursuant to the Somerset Hills Bancorp 1998 Combined Stock Option Plan, the Somerset Hills Bancorp 2001 Combined
Stock Option Plan, the Somerset Hills Bancorp 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and the Somerset Hills Bancorp 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (&#147;Old Stock Options&#148;), were automatically converted into the New Stock Options. The New Stock Options are
identical to the Old Stock Options in all material respects, except that (i)&nbsp;upon exercise of the New Stock Options, the optionholder will receive Lakeland Common Stock rather than Somerset Hills common stock, (ii)&nbsp;the number of shares of
Lakeland Common Stock covered by each New Stock Option is equal to the number of shares of Somerset Hills common stock covered by the corresponding Old Stock Option multiplied by 1.1962, the exchange ratio in the Merger (the &#147;Exchange
Ratio&#148;) (rounded up or down to the nearest whole share, with .50 being rounded down), (iii)&nbsp;the exercise price of each New Stock Option is equal to the exercise price of the corresponding Old Stock Option divided by the Exchange Ratio
(rounded up or down to the nearest whole cent, with .50 being rounded up) and (iv)&nbsp;the committee that administers the plans by which such New Stock Options are governed is the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Registrant.
In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional shares of Lakeland Common Stock as may be issuable pursuant to
the anti-dilution provisions of the New Stock Options as a result of any equity restructuring or change in capitalization of the Registrant, including, but not limited to, spin-offs, stock dividends, large non-recurring dividends, rights offerings,
stock splits or similar transactions. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>PART I </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The information
required to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement and will be provided to holders of options issued pursuant to the Somerset Hills Bancorp 1998 Combined Stock Option Plan, the Somerset Hills
Bancorp 2001 Combined Stock Option Plan, the Somerset Hills Bancorp 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and the Somerset Hills Bancorp 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, respectively, pursuant to Rule 428 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), and the note to Part I of Form S-8. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>PART II </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The SEC allows us to &#147;incorporate by reference&#148; information into this Registration Statement. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document
filed by us with the SEC. The information we incorporate by reference is considered to be part of this Registration Statement and will automatically be updated and superseded by information that we later file with the SEC. We hereby incorporate by
reference all future documents that we file with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold. In addition, we also incorporate by reference the documents listed below, except to the extent information in those documents is different from the information contained in this Registration
Statement: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2012; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2013; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;24, 2013,&nbsp;January&nbsp;29, 2013,&nbsp;February&nbsp;7, 2013,&nbsp;April&nbsp;18,
2013,&nbsp;April&nbsp;29, 2013 and May&nbsp;7, 2013,&nbsp;May&nbsp;9, 2013,&nbsp;May&nbsp;14, 2013,&nbsp;May&nbsp;20, 2013 and May&nbsp;31, 2013 (except for such information that is deemed furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules); and
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;18, 2000 (including any
amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating this description). </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Description of Securities. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Not applicable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Not Applicable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subsection (2)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;3-5, Title 14A of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act empowers a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) against reasonable costs (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was </FONT></P>

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unlawful. For purposes of the Act, a &#147;corporate agent&#148; means any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or a person serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subsection (3)&nbsp;of
Section&nbsp;3-5 empowers a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against reasonable costs (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by him in connection with any proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its
favor which involves such corporate agent by reason of the fact that he is or was a corporate agent if he acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Superior Court of New Jersey or the court in which such
action or suit was brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subsection (4)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;3-5 provides that to the extent that a corporate agent has been successful in the defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (2)&nbsp;and (3)&nbsp;or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by him in connection therewith.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subsection (5)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;3-5 provides that a corporation may indemnify a corporate agent in a specific case if it
is determined that indemnification is proper because the corporate agent met the applicable standard of conduct, and such determination is made by any of the following: (a)&nbsp;the board of directors or a committee thereof, acting by a majority
vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested directors; (b)&nbsp;independent legal counsel, if there is no quorum of disinterested directors or if the disinterested directors empowers counsel to make the determination; or (c)&nbsp;the shareholders.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subsection (8)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;3-5 provides that the indemnification provisions in the law shall not exclude any other
rights to indemnification that a director or officer may be entitled to under a provision of the certificate of incorporation, a by-law, an agreement, a vote of shareholders, or otherwise. That subsection explicitly permits indemnification for
liabilities and expenses incurred in proceedings brought by or in the right of the corporation (derivative proceedings). The only limit on indemnification of directors and officers imposed by that subsection is that a corporation may not indemnify a
director or officer if a judgment has established that the director&#146;s or officer&#146;s acts or omissions were a breach of his or her duty of loyalty, not in good faith, involved a knowing violation of the law, or resulted in receipt by the
corporate agent of an improper personal benefit. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subsection (9)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;3-5 provides that a corporation is
empowered to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director or officer against any expenses or liabilities incurred in any proceeding by reason of that person being or having been a director or officer, whether or not the corporation would
have the power to indemnify that person against expenses and liabilities under other provisions of the law. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The
Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, contains the following provision: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;A
director or an officer of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for the breach of any duty owed to the corporation or its shareholders except to the extent that an exemption from personal liability is
not permitted by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act. Any expenses incurred by a director or officer of the corporation in connection with a proceeding involving the director or officer may be paid by the corporation in advance of final
disposition of the proceeding, provided the director or officer undertakes to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is entitled to indemnification.&#148; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Registrant&#146;s Bylaws contain the following provisions regarding indemnification: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Any person and his or her heirs, executors, or administrators, may be indemnified or reimbursed by the Corporation
for reasonable expenses actually incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, civil, administrative, investigative or criminal, in which any of them shall have been made a party by reason of a person
being or having been a director, officer, or employee of the Corporation or of any firm, corporation, or organization which that person served in any such capacity at the request of the Corporation; provided, that person acted in good faith and in a
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believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Corporation and with respect to criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful and,
provided further, that no such person shall be so indemnified or reimbursed in relation to any matter in such action, suit, or proceeding which has been made the subject of a compromise settlement except with the approval of a court of competent
jurisdiction, or the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation, or the Board of Directors, acting by vote of Directors not parties to the same or substantially the same action, suit, or proceeding constituting a
majority of the whole number of Directors. The foregoing right of indemnification or reimbursement shall not be exclusive of other rights to which such a person and his or her heirs, executors, or administrators may be entitled as a matter of law.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;The Corporation may, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of its Board of Directors, purchase
insurance for the purpose of indemnifying its Directors, officers, and other employees to the extent that such indemnifications are allowed in the preceding paragraph. Such insurance may, but need not, be for the benefit of all Directors, officers,
or employee.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Registrant currently maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability coverage which will insure
the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers and the directors and officers of its subsidiaries in certain circumstances. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exemption From Registration Claimed. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Not applicable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibits. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:39pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Description</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated May&nbsp;19, 2005, including Certificate of Amendment dated February 4, 2009 to Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;9, 2009.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Certificate of Amendment, dated January&nbsp;29, 2009, to Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant&#146;s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;3, 2009.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Certificate of Amendment, dated May&nbsp;8, 2013, to Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant&#146;s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;14, 2013.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2012.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Somerset Hills Bancorp 1998 Combined Stock Option Plan.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Somerset Hills Bancorp 2001 Combined Stock Option Plan.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Somerset Hills Bancorp 2007 Equity Incentive Plan.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Somerset Hills Bancorp 2012 Equity Incentive Plan.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Opinion of Lowenstein Sandler LLP.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Lowenstein Sandler LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Power of Attorney.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Undertakings. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) To include any prospectus required by
Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any acts 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(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; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Provided, however,</I> that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or
Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(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. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(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. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities 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 </FONT></P>

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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 whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:0px; "><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant 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, in the Township of Oak Ridge, State of New Jersey, on
the 3</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">rd</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"> day of June, 2013 </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">LAKELAND BANCORP, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Thomas J. Shara</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thomas J. Shara</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:36pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Signatures</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:15pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Thomas J. Shara</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thomas J. Shara</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June 3, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Joseph F. Hurley*</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Joseph F. Hurley</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting
Officer)</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June 3, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Bruce D. Bohuny*</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Bruce D. Bohuny</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June 3, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Roger Bosma*</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Roger Bosma</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June 3, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Mary Ann Deacon*</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Mary Ann Deacon</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June 3, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Brian Flynn*</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Brian Flynn</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June 3, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Mark J. Fredericks*</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Mark J. Fredericks</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June 3, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Janeth C. Hendershot*</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Janeth C. Hendershot</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June 3, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Robert E. McCracken*</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Robert E. McCracken</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June 3, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Robert B. Nicholson III*</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Robert B. Nicholson III</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June 3, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Joseph P. O&#146;Dowd*</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Joseph P. O&#146;Dowd</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June&nbsp;3, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Stephen R. Tilton, Sr.*</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Stephen R. Tilton, Sr.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June 3, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">*By:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Thomas J. Shara</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thomas J. Shara</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attorney-in-fact</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:39pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Description</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated May&nbsp;19, 2005, including Certificate of Amendment dated February 4, 2009 to Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;9, 2009.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Certificate of Amendment, dated January&nbsp;29, 2009, to Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant&#146;s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;3, 2009.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Certificate of Amendment, dated May&nbsp;8, 2013, to Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant&#146;s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;14, 2013.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2012.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.5</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Somerset Hills Bancorp 1998 Combined Stock Option Plan.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.6</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Somerset Hills Bancorp 2001 Combined Stock Option Plan.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.7</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Somerset Hills Bancorp 2007 Equity Incentive Plan.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.8</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Somerset Hills Bancorp 2012 Equity Incentive Plan.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.</FONT></TD></TR>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 3, 2013
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LAKELAND BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Jersey
22-2953275
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. employer
identification number)
250 Oak Ridge Road, Oak Ridge, New Jersey 07438
(Address of principal executive offices; zip code)
Somerset Hills Bancorp 1998 Combined Stock Option Plan
Somerset Hills
Bancorp 2001 Combined Stock Option Plan
Somerset Hills Bancorp 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
Somerset Hills Bancorp 2012 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Thomas J. Shara
President and Chief Executive Officer
Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.
250 Oak Ridge Road, Oak Ridge, New Jersey 07438
(973) 697-2000
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Timothy J. Matteson, Esq.
Peter H. Ehrenberg, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
Laura R. Kuntz, Esq.
and Corporate Secretary
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.
65 Livingston Avenue
250 Oak Ridge Road
Roseland, New Jersey 07068
Oak Ridge, New Jersey 07438
(973) 597-2500
(973) 697-2000
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
per Share (3)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (3)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, no par value
376,372 shares(1)(2)
$10.105
$3,803,239.06
$519
(1)
Represents 376,372 shares of common stock, no par value ("Lakeland Common Stock"), of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (the "Registrant"), which may be issued
and sold pursuant to certain replacement options to purchase Lakeland Common Stock (the "New Stock Options"). As of the effective time of the merger (the "Merger") of Somerset Hills Bancorp ("Somerset Hills") with and
into the Registrant, all previously-outstanding options to purchase shares of Somerset Hills common stock previously issued pursuant to the Somerset Hills Bancorp 1998 Combined Stock Option Plan, the Somerset Hills Bancorp 2001 Combined Stock Option
Plan, the Somerset Hills Bancorp 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and the Somerset Hills Bancorp 2012 Equity Incentive Plan ("Old Stock Options"), were automatically converted into the New Stock Options. The New Stock Options are identical to
the Old Stock Options in all material respects, except that (i) upon exercise of the New Stock Options, the optionholder will receive Lakeland Common Stock rather than Somerset Hills common stock, (ii) the number of shares of Lakeland
Common Stock covered by each New Stock Option is equal to the number of shares of Somerset Hills common stock covered by the corresponding Old Stock Option multiplied by 1.1962, the exchange ratio in the Merger (the "Exchange Ratio")
(rounded up or down to the nearest whole share, with .50 being rounded down), (iii) the exercise price of each New Stock Option is equal to the exercise price of the corresponding Old Stock Option divided by the Exchange Ratio (rounded up or
down to the nearest whole cent, with .50 being rounded up) and (iv) the committee that administers the plans by which such New Stock Options are governed is the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Registrant.
(2)
In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate
number of additional shares of Lakeland Common Stock as may be issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the above-mentioned New Stock Options as a result of any equity restructuring or change in capitalization of the Registrant,
including, but not limited to, spin-offs, stock dividends, large non-recurring dividends, rights offerings, stock splits or similar transactions.
(3)
Estimated, in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)(1) of the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The proposed maximum
offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are based on the average of the high and low prices for a share of Lakeland Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on May 30, 2013, which is within
five business days prior to the date of this Registration Statement.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (the "Registrant") is filing this Registration Statement to register the 376,372 shares of the
Registrant's common stock, no par value ("Lakeland Common Stock"), which may be issued and sold pursuant to certain replacement options to purchase Lakeland Common Stock (the "New Stock Options") resulting from the merger
(the "Merger") of Somerset Hills Bancorp ("Somerset Hills") with and into the Registrant. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 28, 2013, by and between the Registrant and Somerset Hills, as of
the effective time of the Merger, all previously-outstanding options to purchase shares of Somerset Hills common stock previously issued pursuant to the Somerset Hills Bancorp 1998 Combined Stock Option Plan, the Somerset Hills Bancorp 2001 Combined
Stock Option Plan, the Somerset Hills Bancorp 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and the Somerset Hills Bancorp 2012 Equity Incentive Plan ("Old Stock Options"), were automatically converted into the New Stock Options. The New Stock Options are
identical to the Old Stock Options in all material respects, except that (i) upon exercise of the New Stock Options, the optionholder will receive Lakeland Common Stock rather than Somerset Hills common stock, (ii) the number of shares of
Lakeland Common Stock covered by each New Stock Option is equal to the number of shares of Somerset Hills common stock covered by the corresponding Old Stock Option multiplied by 1.1962, the exchange ratio in the Merger (the "Exchange
Ratio") (rounded up or down to the nearest whole share, with .50 being rounded down), (iii) the exercise price of each New Stock Option is equal to the exercise price of the corresponding Old Stock Option divided by the Exchange Ratio
(rounded up or down to the nearest whole cent, with .50 being rounded up) and (iv) the committee that administers the plans by which such New Stock Options are governed is the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Registrant.
In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional shares of Lakeland Common Stock as may be issuable pursuant to
the anti-dilution provisions of the New Stock Options as a result of any equity restructuring or change in capitalization of the Registrant, including, but not limited to, spin-offs, stock dividends, large non-recurring dividends, rights offerings,
stock splits or similar transactions.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information
required to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement and will be provided to holders of options issued pursuant to the Somerset Hills Bancorp 1998 Combined Stock Option Plan, the Somerset Hills
Bancorp 2001 Combined Stock Option Plan, the Somerset Hills Bancorp 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and the Somerset Hills Bancorp 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, respectively, pursuant to Rule 428 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), and the note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.
The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" information into this Registration Statement. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document
filed by us with the SEC. The information we incorporate by reference is considered to be part of this Registration Statement and will automatically be updated and superseded by information that we later file with the SEC. We hereby incorporate by
reference all future documents that we file with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold. In addition, we also incorporate by reference the documents listed below, except to the extent information in those documents is different from the information contained in this Registration
Statement:
•
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012;
•
our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2013;
•
our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 24, 2013, January 29, 2013, February 7, 2013, April 18,
2013, April 29, 2013 and May 7, 2013, May 9, 2013, May 14, 2013, May 20, 2013 and May 31, 2013 (except for such information that is deemed furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules); and
•
the description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on February 18, 2000 (including any
amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating this description).
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Subsection (2) of Section 3-5, Title 14A of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act empowers a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) against reasonable costs (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful. For purposes of the Act, a "corporate agent" means any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or a person serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise.
Subsection (3) of
Section 3-5 empowers a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against reasonable costs (including attorneys' fees) incurred by him in connection with any proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its
favor which involves such corporate agent by reason of the fact that he is or was a corporate agent if he acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Superior Court of New Jersey or the court in which such
action or suit was brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.
Subsection (4) of Section 3-5 provides that to the extent that a corporate agent has been successful in the defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (2) and (3) or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by him in connection therewith.
Subsection (5) of Section 3-5 provides that a corporation may indemnify a corporate agent in a specific case if it
is determined that indemnification is proper because the corporate agent met the applicable standard of conduct, and such determination is made by any of the following: (a) the board of directors or a committee thereof, acting by a majority
vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested directors; (b) independent legal counsel, if there is no quorum of disinterested directors or if the disinterested directors empowers counsel to make the determination; or (c) the shareholders.
Subsection (8) of Section 3-5 provides that the indemnification provisions in the law shall not exclude any other
rights to indemnification that a director or officer may be entitled to under a provision of the certificate of incorporation, a by-law, an agreement, a vote of shareholders, or otherwise. That subsection explicitly permits indemnification for
liabilities and expenses incurred in proceedings brought by or in the right of the corporation (derivative proceedings). The only limit on indemnification of directors and officers imposed by that subsection is that a corporation may not indemnify a
director or officer if a judgment has established that the director's or officer's acts or omissions were a breach of his or her duty of loyalty, not in good faith, involved a knowing violation of the law, or resulted in receipt by the
corporate agent of an improper personal benefit.
Subsection (9) of Section 3-5 provides that a corporation is
empowered to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director or officer against any expenses or liabilities incurred in any proceeding by reason of that person being or having been a director or officer, whether or not the corporation would
have the power to indemnify that person against expenses and liabilities under other provisions of the law.
The
Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, contains the following provision:
"A
director or an officer of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for the breach of any duty owed to the corporation or its shareholders except to the extent that an exemption from personal liability is
not permitted by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act. Any expenses incurred by a director or officer of the corporation in connection with a proceeding involving the director or officer may be paid by the corporation in advance of final
disposition of the proceeding, provided the director or officer undertakes to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is entitled to indemnification."
The Registrant's Bylaws contain the following provisions regarding indemnification:
"Any person and his or her heirs, executors, or administrators, may be indemnified or reimbursed by the Corporation
for reasonable expenses actually incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, civil, administrative, investigative or criminal, in which any of them shall have been made a party by reason of a person
being or having been a director, officer, or employee of the Corporation or of any firm, corporation, or organization which that person served in any such capacity at the request of the Corporation; provided, that person acted in good faith and in a
manner he or she reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Corporation and with respect to criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful and,
provided further, that no such person shall be so indemnified or reimbursed in relation to any matter in such action, suit, or proceeding which has been made the subject of a compromise settlement except with the approval of a court of competent
jurisdiction, or the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation, or the Board of Directors, acting by vote of Directors not parties to the same or substantially the same action, suit, or proceeding constituting a
majority of the whole number of Directors. The foregoing right of indemnification or reimbursement shall not be exclusive of other rights to which such a person and his or her heirs, executors, or administrators may be entitled as a matter of law.
"The Corporation may, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of its Board of Directors, purchase
insurance for the purpose of indemnifying its Directors, officers, and other employees to the extent that such indemnifications are allowed in the preceding paragraph. Such insurance may, but need not, be for the benefit of all Directors, officers,
or employee."
The Registrant currently maintains directors' and officers' liability coverage which will insure
the Registrant's directors and officers and the directors and officers of its subsidiaries in certain circumstances.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated May 19, 2005, including Certificate of Amendment dated February 4, 2009 to Registrant's Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 9, 2009.
4.2
Certificate of Amendment, dated January 29, 2009, to Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 3, 2009.
4.3
Certificate of Amendment, dated May 8, 2013, to Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 14, 2013.
4.4
Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2012.
4.5
Somerset Hills Bancorp 1998 Combined Stock Option Plan.
4.6
Somerset Hills Bancorp 2001 Combined Stock Option Plan.
4.7
Somerset Hills Bancorp 2007 Equity Incentive Plan.
4.8
Somerset Hills Bancorp 2012 Equity Incentive Plan.
5.1
Opinion of Lowenstein Sandler LLP.
23.1
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.
23.2
Consent of Lowenstein Sandler LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to 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 acts 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(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;
Provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or
Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference 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.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.
(c) 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities 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 whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant 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, in the Township of Oak Ridge, State of New Jersey, on
the 3
rd
day of June, 2013
LAKELAND BANCORP, INC.
By:
/s/ Thomas J. Shara
Thomas J. Shara
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas J. Shara
Thomas J. Shara
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
June 3, 2013
/s/ Joseph F. Hurley*
Joseph F. Hurley
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting
Officer)
June 3, 2013
/s/ Bruce D. Bohuny*
Bruce D. Bohuny
Director
June 3, 2013
/s/ Roger Bosma*
Roger Bosma
Director
June 3, 2013
/s/ Mary Ann Deacon*
Mary Ann Deacon
Director
June 3, 2013
/s/ Brian Flynn*
Brian Flynn
Director
June 3, 2013
/s/ Mark J. Fredericks*
Mark J. Fredericks
Director
June 3, 2013
/s/ Janeth C. Hendershot*
Janeth C. Hendershot
Director
June 3, 2013
/s/ Robert E. McCracken*
Robert E. McCracken
Director
June 3, 2013
/s/ Robert B. Nicholson III*
Robert B. Nicholson III
Director
June 3, 2013
/s/ Joseph P. O'Dowd*
Joseph P. O'Dowd
Director
June 3, 2013
/s/ Stephen R. Tilton, Sr.*
Stephen R. Tilton, Sr.
Director
June 3, 2013
*By:
/s/ Thomas J. Shara
Thomas J. Shara
Attorney-in-fact
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated May 19, 2005, including Certificate of Amendment dated February 4, 2009 to Registrant's Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 9, 2009.
4.2
Certificate of Amendment, dated January 29, 2009, to Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 3, 2009.
4.3
Certificate of Amendment, dated May 8, 2013, to Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 14, 2013.
4.4
Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2012.
4.5
Somerset Hills Bancorp 1998 Combined Stock Option Plan.
4.6
Somerset Hills Bancorp 2001 Combined Stock Option Plan.
4.7
Somerset Hills Bancorp 2007 Equity Incentive Plan.
4.8
Somerset Hills Bancorp 2012 Equity Incentive Plan.
5.1
Opinion of Lowenstein Sandler LLP.
23.1
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.
23.2
Consent of Lowenstein Sandler LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney.