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on May&nbsp;30, 2025</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM&nbsp;S-8</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><B>New York</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><B>13-4042724</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">incorporation or organization)</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>99 Park Avenue</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10016</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. Amended and
Restated 2022 Equity Incentive Plan</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 50%">Mark R. DeFazio</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 50%">Darrick M. Mix</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">President and Chief Executive Officer </TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Chad J. Rubin</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Duane Morris LLP</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">99 Park Avenue</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">30 South 17<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>th</SUP></FONT> Street</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">New York, New York 10016</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(212) 659-0600</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(215) 979-1000</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Name, Address and Telephone</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Number of Agent for Service)</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo;
and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">Large accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">Accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>Non-accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD>Smaller reporting company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>Emerging growth company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check
mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B)&nbsp;of the Securities Act. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL
SECURITIES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On May&nbsp;28, 2025, the
stockholders of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) approved an amendment to the Amended and Restated Metropolitan
Bank Holding Corp. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated from time to time, the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;) that increased the number
of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan. This Registration Statement registers an additional 750,000 shares of the Company&rsquo;s
common stock that may be offered and sold under the Plan. This Registration Statement relates solely to the registration of additional
securities of the same class as other securities for which one or more other registration statements filed on this form relating to the
same employee benefit plan are effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8, the contents of the Company&rsquo;s previously
filed registration statement on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000110465922067102/tm2217348d1_s8.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form&nbsp;S-8 relating to the Plan (File No.&nbsp;333-265345), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) on June&nbsp;1, 2022</A>, including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein, are hereby incorporated
by reference herein to the extent not otherwise amended or superseded by the contents hereof.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 93%"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 90%"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">The
Company is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), and, in accordance therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information
with the Commission. The following documents, which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated into this Registration Statement
by reference:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;The
Company&rsquo;s <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000155837025001884/mcb-20241231x10k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;28, 2025</A> (including information specifically incorporated by reference therein from <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000110465925035755/tm2419161-2_def14a.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">the Company&rsquo;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;17, 2025</A>);</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;The
Company&rsquo;s <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000155837025006192/mcb-20250331x10q.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period ended March&nbsp;31, 2025, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;2, 2025</A>;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;The
Company&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000110465925023011/tm259001d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">March&nbsp;12, 2025</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000110465925038050/tm2513008d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">April&nbsp;23, 2025</A>, and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000110465925054895/tm2516257d2_8k.htm">May&nbsp;30, 2025</A> (other than information in such Current Reports deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules&nbsp;of
the Commission); and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(d)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;The
description of the Company&rsquo;s common stock contained in the Registration Statement on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000094337417000470/form8a_metbank-110717.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;7, 2017 (File No.&nbsp;001-38282)</A> as updated by <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000155837020002220/mcb-20191231ex43ea3f1d2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Exhibit&nbsp;4.3</A> to our Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2019, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;9, 2020, including any subsequent amendments or reports filed for the
purpose of updating such description.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">All documents filed by the
Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act subsequent to the effective date
of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been
furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules&nbsp;of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Any statement contained in
any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified
or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%"><A HREF="tm2516257d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">5.1*</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 92%"><A HREF="tm2516257d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Opinion of Duane Morris LLP.</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000110465924049714/tm2326541d2_def14a.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">10.1 </A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000110465924049714/tm2326541d2_def14a.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Amended and Restated Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (File No.&nbsp;001-38282), filed by Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. under the Exchange Act on April&nbsp;22, 2024). </A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000110465925035755/tm2419161-2_def14a.htm#tAPPB" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">10.2</A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000110465925035755/tm2419161-2_def14a.htm#tAPPB" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Amendment to the Amended and Restated Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (File No.&nbsp;0001-38282), filed by Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. under the Exchange Act on April&nbsp;17, 2025).</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="tm2516257d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">23.1*</A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="tm2516257d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent of Duane Morris LLP (contained in opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement).</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="tm2516257d1_ex23-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">23.2*</A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="tm2516257d1_ex23-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent of Crowe LLP, independent accountants.</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="#a_001">24.1*</A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="#a_001">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page&nbsp;to this Registration Statement).</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="tm2516257d1_ex-filingfees.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">107.1*</A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="tm2516257d1_ex-filingfees.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Calculation of Filing Fee Table.</A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><A NAME="a_001"></A><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements
for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on May&nbsp;30, 2025.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 45%"><B>METROPOLITAN BANK HOLDING CORP.</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Mark R. DeFazio</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Mark R. DeFazio</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints Mark. R DeFazio and Frederik F. Erikson
and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 and all amendments (including post- effective amendments)
to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 35%">Signatures</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 48%">Title</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 15%">Date</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Mark R. DeFazio </TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May&nbsp;30, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Mark R. DeFazio</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Daniel F. Dougherty</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May&nbsp;30, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Daniel F. Dougherty</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ G. David Bonnar</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May&nbsp;30, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">G. David Bonnar</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ William Reinhardt</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Chairman of the Board </TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May&nbsp;30, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">William Reinhardt</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Dale C. Fredston</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May&nbsp;30, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Dale C. Fredston</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ David J. Gold</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May&nbsp;30, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">David J. Gold</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Harvey M. Gutman</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May&nbsp;30, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Harvey M. Gutman</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Terence J. Mitchell</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May&nbsp;30, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Terence J. Mitchell</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Robert C. Patent</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May&nbsp;30, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Robert C. Patent</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Maria F. Ramirez</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May&nbsp;30, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Maria F. Ramirez</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Anthony J. Fabiano</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May&nbsp;30, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Anthony J. Fabiano</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ George J. Wolf,&nbsp;Jr.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May&nbsp;30, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">George J. Wolf,&nbsp;Jr.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Chaya Pamula</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May&nbsp;30, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Chaya Pamula</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Katrina Robinson</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May&nbsp;30, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Katrina Robinson</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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Registration No. 333-_________
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on May 30, 2025
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
New York
13-4042724
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
99 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10016
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. Amended and
Restated 2022 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Copy to:
Mark R. DeFazio
Darrick M. Mix
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chad J. Rubin
Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.
Duane Morris LLP
99 Park Avenue
30 South 17
th
Street
New York, New York 10016
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
(212) 659-0600
(215) 979-1000
(Name, Address and Telephone
Number of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company"
and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
x
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller reporting company
¨
Emerging growth company
¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check
mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
¨
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL
SECURITIES
On May 28, 2025, the
stockholders of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (the "Company") approved an amendment to the Amended and Restated Metropolitan
Bank Holding Corp. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated from time to time, the "Plan") that increased the number
of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan. This Registration Statement registers an additional 750,000 shares of the Company's
common stock that may be offered and sold under the Plan. This Registration Statement relates solely to the registration of additional
securities of the same class as other securities for which one or more other registration statements filed on this form relating to the
same employee benefit plan are effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Company's previously
filed registration statement on
Form S-8 relating to the Plan (File No. 333-265345), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on June 1, 2022
, including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein, are hereby incorporated
by reference herein to the extent not otherwise amended or superseded by the contents hereof.
PART II.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The
Company is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and, in accordance therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information
with the Commission. The following documents, which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated into this Registration Statement
by reference:
(a)         The
Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 28, 2025
(including information specifically incorporated by reference therein from
the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on April 17, 2025
);
(b)          The
Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on May 2, 2025
;
(c)         The
Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
March 12, 2025
,
April 23, 2025
, and
May 30, 2025
(other than information in such Current Reports deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of
the Commission); and
(d)          The
description of the Company's common stock contained in the Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed with the Commission on November 7, 2017 (File No. 001-38282)
as updated by
Exhibit 4.3
to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2019, filed with the Commission on March 9, 2020, including any subsequent amendments or reports filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the
Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the effective date
of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been
furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
Any statement contained in
any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified
or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
5.1*
Opinion of Duane Morris LLP.
10.1
Amended and Restated Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (File No. 001-38282), filed by Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. under the Exchange Act on April 22, 2024).
10.2
Amendment to the Amended and Restated Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (File No. 0001-38282), filed by Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. under the Exchange Act on April 17, 2025).
23.1*
Consent of Duane Morris LLP (contained in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
23.2*
Consent of Crowe LLP, independent accountants.
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
107.1*
Calculation of Filing Fee Table.
* Filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on May 30, 2025.
METROPOLITAN BANK HOLDING CORP.
By:
/s/ Mark R. DeFazio
Mark R. DeFazio
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Duly Authorized Representative)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints Mark. R DeFazio and Frederik F. Erikson
and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 and all amendments (including post- effective amendments)
to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Mark R. DeFazio
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
May 30, 2025
Mark R. DeFazio
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Daniel F. Dougherty
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
May 30, 2025
Daniel F. Dougherty
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ G. David Bonnar
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
May 30, 2025
G. David Bonnar
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ William Reinhardt
Chairman of the Board
May 30, 2025
William Reinhardt
/s/ Dale C. Fredston
Director
May 30, 2025
Dale C. Fredston
/s/ David J. Gold
Director
May 30, 2025
David J. Gold
/s/ Harvey M. Gutman
Director
May 30, 2025
Harvey M. Gutman
/s/ Terence J. Mitchell
Director
May 30, 2025
Terence J. Mitchell
/s/ Robert C. Patent
Director
May 30, 2025
Robert C. Patent
/s/ Maria F. Ramirez
Director
May 30, 2025
Maria F. Ramirez
/s/ Anthony J. Fabiano
Director
May 30, 2025
Anthony J. Fabiano
/s/ George J. Wolf, Jr.
Director
May 30, 2025
George J. Wolf, Jr.
/s/ Chaya Pamula
Director
May 30, 2025
Chaya Pamula
/s/ Katrina Robinson
Director
May 30, 2025
Katrina Robinson