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text: 144
  0001720742
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001476034
  Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp
  001-38282
  99 Park Avenue
  New York
  NY
  10016
  212-659-0600
  Mark R. DeFazio
  President, CEO, Director
  Common Stock
  J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  390 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor
  New York
  NY
  10017
  43631
  2852595
  10660109
  06/10/2025
  NYSE
  Common Stock
  03/01/2024
  RSU Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  12787
  03/01/2024
  Compensation
  Common Stock
  02/28/2024
  RSU Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  10327
  02/28/2024
  Compensation
  Common Stock
  03/13/2023
  RSU Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  20517
  03/13/2023
  Compensation
  N
  Mark R. DeFazio
  C/o Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp
  99 Park Avenue
  New York
  NY
  10016
  Common Stock
  03/17/2025
  15088
  825585
  DeFazio Holdings LLC
  C/o Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp
  99 Park Avenue
  New York
  NY
  10016
  Common Stock
  03/17/2025
  3333
  182375
  Of the shares covered by this filing,  20,517 shares will be sold by the DeFazio Holdings LLC, Mark R. DeFazio as manager.
  06/10/2025
  /s/ J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as agent and attorney-in-fact for Mark R. DeFazio