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  <P STYLE="text-align: center; margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
  Washington, D.C. 20549</P>
  
  <P STYLE="text-align: center; margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">FORM 144</P>
  
  <P STYLE="text-align: center; margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES<BR>
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 10%; font-weight: bold">ATTENTION:</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 90%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold">Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker</TD></TR>
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      <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-top: black 2px solid; border-left: black 2px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">1<I>(a)</I> NAME OF ISSUER <I>(Please type or print)</I></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-top: black 2px solid; border-left: black 2px solid; font: italic 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(b) IRS IDENT. NO. (entities only)</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-left: black 2px solid; font: italic 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-top: black 2px solid">(c) SEC FILE NO.</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-top: black 2px solid">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;Stewardship Financial Corporation</P></TD>
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          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;22-3351447</P></TD>
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          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;0001022860<BR>
  &#160;</P></TD>
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      <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-left: black 2px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">1<I>(d)</I> ADDRESS OF ISSUER &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;STREET&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; CITY&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; STATE &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ZIP CODE</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#160;&#160;<I>(e)</I> TELEPHONE NO.</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">AREA CODE</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">NUMBER</TD></TR>
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      <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; border-left: black 2px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#160;630 Godwin Avenue&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Midland Park&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; NJ&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;07432<BR>&#160;</TD>
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          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;201<BR>
          &#160;</P>
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          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;444-7100<BR>
          &#160;</P>
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      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-left: black 2px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">2<I>(a)</I> NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE<BR>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; font: italic 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(b) IRS IDENT. NO.</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; font: italic 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; font: italic 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(d) ADDRESS STREET&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;CITY &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;STATE&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ZIP CODE</TD></TR>
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          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;Harold Dyer<BR>
          &#160;</P>
          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;</P></TD>
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          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;Director<BR>
          &#160;</P>
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      <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&#160;C/O
      Stewardship FInancial Corporation<BR>
  630     Godwin Av Midland, Park NJ 07432<BR>&#160;</TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="text-align: center; margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><I>INSTRUCTION:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The person
  filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the SEC File Number.</I></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-left: black 2px solid; border-top: black 2px solid">3<I>(a)</I></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-top: black 2px solid; font-style: italic">(b)</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-top: black 2px solid; border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; font-weight: bold">SEC USE ONLY</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-top: black 2px solid; font-style: italic">(c)</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-top: black 2px solid; font-style: italic">(d)</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-top: black 2px solid; font-style: italic">(e)</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-top: black 2px solid; font-style: italic">(f)</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-top: black 2px solid; font-style: italic">(g)</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; border-left: black 2px solid; font-weight: bold">Title of the<BR>Class of<BR>Securities<BR>to be Sold</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid">&#160;<BR><B>Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whome the<BR>Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker<BR>who is Aquiring the Securities</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid">&#160;<BR><B>Broker-Dealer<BR>File Number</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; font-weight: bold"><B>Number of Shares<BR>or Other Units<BR>To Be Sold</B> <BR><I>(See instr. 3(c))</I></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; font-weight: bold"><B>Aggregate<BR>Market<BR>Value</B> <BR><I>(See instr. 3(d))</I></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; font-weight: bold"><B>Number of Shares<BR>or Other Units<BR>Outstanding<BR></B><I>(See instr. 3(e))</I></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; font-weight: bold"><B>Approximate<BR>Date of Sale</B> <BR><I>(See instr. 3(f))</I> <BR>(MO.&#160;&#160;&#160;DAY&#160;&#160;&#160;YR)</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; font-weight: bold"><B>Name of Each<BR>Securities<BR>Exchange</B> <BR><I>(See instr. 3(f))</I></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-left: black 2px solid">&#160;Common</TD>
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          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;Highlander Capital Group, Inc.<BR>
          &#160;119 Littleton Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054</P>
          <P STYLE="margin: 0"></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">
          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;12,981 (1)</P>
          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&#160;$64,256</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&#160;5,933,253</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">6/13/13 - 6/28/13</TD>
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          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;NASDAQ</P></TD></TR>
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      <TD COLSPAN="9" STYLE="text-align: left">INSTRUCTIONS:</TD></TR>
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      <TD>1.</TD>
      <TD>(a)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Name of issuer</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>3.</TD>
      <TD>(a)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Title of the class of securities to be sold</TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>(b)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>(b)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold</TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>(c)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Issuer'S S.E.C. file number, if any</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>(c)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)</TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>(d)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Issuer's address, including zip code</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>(d)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice</TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>(e)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Issuer's telephone number, including area code</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>(e)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debit securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer</TD></TR>
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      <TD>2.</TD>
      <TD>(a)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>(f)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold</TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>(b)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>(g)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold</TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>(c)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>(d)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Such person's address, including zip code</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  <P STYLE="text-align: center; margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">TABLE I &#8212; SECURITIES TO BE SOLD</P>
  
  <P STYLE="text-align: center; margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><I>Furnish the following information with respect
  to the acquisition of the securities to be sold<BR>
  and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:</I></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border: black 2px solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">Title of<BR>the Class</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-top: black 2px solid; border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">Date You<BR>Acquired</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-top: black 2px solid; border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">&#160;<BR>Nature of Acquisition Transaction</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-top: black 2px solid; border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">Name of Person from Whom Acquired<BR><I>(If gift, also give date donor acquired)</I></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-top: black 2px solid; border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">Amount of<BR>Securities Acquired</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-top: black 2px solid; border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">Date of<BR>Payment</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-top: black 2px solid; border-right: black 2px solid; border-bottom: black 2px solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">&#160;<BR>Nature of Payment</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid">
          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;Various <BR>
  &nbsp;Dates between <BR>
  &nbsp;6/1998 and <BR>
  &nbsp;11/2009</P>
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          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;Stock Dividends relating to shares acquired both in the open <BR>
  &nbsp;market and directly from the issuer</P>
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          <P STYLE="margin: 0">Issuer</P>
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      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">
          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;399</P>
          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;</P></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">
          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;N/A</P>
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      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">
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      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid; border-left: black 2px solid">
          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;Common Stock</P>
          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;</P></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-right: black 2px solid">
          <P STYLE="margin: 0">&#160;05/08/06</P>
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      <TD>1.</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  <P STYLE="text-align: left; margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>REMARKS:</B><BR>
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text: UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM 144
  NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ATTENTION:
  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker
  1
  (a)
  NAME OF ISSUER
  (Please type or print)
  (b) IRS IDENT. NO. (entities only)
  (c) SEC FILE NO.
  Stewardship Financial Corporation
  22-3351447
  0001022860
  1
  (d)
  ADDRESS OF ISSUER                                                   STREET                              CITY                                      STATE                   ZIP CODE
  (e)
  TELEPHONE NO.
  AREA CODE
  NUMBER
  630 Godwin Avenue                                                                                        Midland Park                                   NJ                         07432
  201
  444-7100
  2
  (a)
  NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE
  SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  (b) IRS IDENT. NO.
  (c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
  (d) ADDRESS STREET                   CITY                                          STATE                    ZIP CODE
  Harold Dyer
  Director
  C/O
      Stewardship FInancial Corporation
  630     Godwin Av Midland, Park NJ 07432
  INSTRUCTION:    The person
  filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the SEC File Number.
  3
  (a)
  (b)
  SEC USE ONLY
  (c)
  (d)
  (e)
  (f)
  (g)
  Title of the
  Class of
  Securities
  to be Sold
  Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whome the
  Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker
  who is Aquiring the Securities
  Broker-Dealer
  File Number
  Number of Shares
  or Other Units
  To Be Sold
  (See instr. 3(c))
  Aggregate
  Market
  Value
  (See instr. 3(d))
  Number of Shares
  or Other Units
  Outstanding
  (See instr. 3(e))
  Approximate
  Date of Sale
  (See instr. 3(f))
  (MO.   DAY   YR)
  Name of Each
  Securities
  Exchange
  (See instr. 3(f))
  Common
  Highlander Capital Group, Inc.
  119 Littleton Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054
  12,981 (1)
  $64,256
  5,933,253
  6/13/13 - 6/28/13
  NASDAQ
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1.
  (a)
  Name of issuer
  3.
  (a)
  Title of the class of securities to be sold
  (b)
  Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
  (b)
  Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
  (c)
  Issuer'S S.E.C. file number, if any
  (c)
  Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
  (d)
  Issuer's address, including zip code
  (d)
  Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
  (e)
  Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  (e)
  Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debit securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
  2.
  (a)
  Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
  (f)
  Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
  (b)
  Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
  (g)
  Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
  (c)
  Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
  (d)
  Such person's address, including zip code
  TABLE I — SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  Furnish the following information with respect
  to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
  and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  Title of
  the Class
  Date You
  Acquired
  Nature of Acquisition Transaction
  Name of Person from Whom Acquired
  (If gift, also give date donor acquired)
  Amount of
  Securities Acquired
  Date of
  Payment
  Nature of Payment
  Common Stock
  Various
  Dates between
  6/1998 and
  11/2009
  Stock Dividends relating to shares acquired both in the open
  market and directly from the issuer
  Issuer
  399
  N/A
  N/A
  Common Stock
  05/08/06
  Exercise stock options granted under of 2001 Stock Option Plan
  for Non-Employee Directors
          exercised May 8, 2006
  Issuer
  3,601
  5/8/06
  Delivery of shares
  Of common stock owned
  In payment of exercise
  Price of options
  Common Stock
  7/1/05
  Stock Split relating to shares acquired both in the open market and
  directly from the issuer
  Issuer
  8,981
  N/A
  N/A
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1.
  If the securities were purchased and full payment therefore was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
  2.
  If within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person for whose account they are to be sold had any short positions, put or other option to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144, furnish full information with respect thereto.
  TABLE II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE
  PAST 3 MONTHS
  Furnish the following information as to all
  securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
  Name and Address of Seller
  Title of Securities Sold
  Date of Sale
  Amount of
  Securities Sold
  Gross Proceeds
  N/A
  REMARKS:
  (1) Number of shares includes 935 shares which remain unsold under Form 144 filed by Harold Dyer on November 26, 2012.
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  ATTENTION:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the
          person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph
          (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to sold hereby represents by
          signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations
          of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which have not been publicly disclosed.
  06/11/13
  (DATE OF NOTICE)
  /s/ Harold Dyer
  (SIGNATURE)
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
  Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).