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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;18, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NEWBRIDGE BANCORP</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>NORTH CAROLINA</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>56-1348147</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1501 Highwoods Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;400<BR>
Greensboro, North Carolina 27410</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NewBridge Bank Employees 401(k) Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Pressley A. Ridgill<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer,<BR>
1501 Highwoods Boulevard<BR>
Suite&nbsp;400<BR>
Greensboro, North Carolina 27410</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(336)&nbsp;369-0900</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>With Copies To:</I></B><BR>
Robert A. Singer, Esq.<BR>
Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey &#038; Leonard, L.L.P.<BR>
230 N. Elm Street, Suite&nbsp;2000<BR>
Greensboro, North Carolina 27401</DIV>


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file, a non-accelerated file, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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                    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common stock, par
value $5.00 per
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<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,000,000 <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$2,260,000 <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) covers,
in addition to the number of shares of NewBridge Bancorp (&#147;NewBridge&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;) common
stock, $5.00 par value (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), stated above, an additional indeterminate number of
interests that may be offered or sold pursuant to the NewBridge Bank Employees 401(k) Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement
covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may be issued as a result of one or more
adjustments under the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from one or more stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum
offering price per share has been calculated on the basis of fluctuating market prices, the average
of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on June&nbsp;16, 2009, as reported on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market ($2.26).</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g19493exv4w6.htm">EX-4.6 NEWBRIDGE BANK EMPLOYEES 401(K) PLAN</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g19493exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1 OPINION OF BROOKS, PIERCE, MCLENDON, HUMPHREY & LEONARD, LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g19493exv23w1.htm">EX-23.1 CONSENT OF GRANT THORNTON LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Item&nbsp;1 of Form S-8 and the statement of
availability of information about NewBridge and any other information required by Item&nbsp;2 of Form
S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities
Act. Such documents are not required to be and are not filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form
S-8. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;3. <u>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</u>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The SEC allows NewBridge to incorporate by reference the information that NewBridge discloses
in its filings with the SEC. Incorporation by reference means that NewBridge can disclose important
information by referring to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is
considered to be part of this prospectus, and later information that NewBridge files with the SEC
will automatically update and supersede this information. The following documents previously filed
by NewBridge with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference:
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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2009.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;5, 2009, March&nbsp;6, 2009, March&nbsp;16, 2009,
March&nbsp;25, 2009, March&nbsp;30, 2009, April&nbsp;21, 2009, April&nbsp;28, 2009, May&nbsp;15, 2009 and May&nbsp;22,
2009 (other than the portions of those documents not deemed to be filed).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>The description of NewBridge&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on
Form S-4 filed on April&nbsp;30, 2007 under the heading &#147;Description of LSB Capital Stock&#148;,
including any subsequent amendment or any report filed for the purpose of updating that
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any document filed by NewBridge pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all the securities offered hereby have been sold or
that deregisters all the securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of
such document. Any statement incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The North Carolina Business Corporation Act (&#147;NCBCA&#148;) provides for indemnification by a
corporation of its officers, directors, employees and agents, and any person who is or was serving
at the corporation&#146;s request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity or
enterprise or as a trustee or administrator under an employee benefit plan, against liability and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys&#146; fees, in any proceeding (including without limitation a
proceeding brought by or on behalf of the corporation itself) arising out of their status as such
or their activities in any of the foregoing capacities.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>Permissible indemnification. </I></B>Under the NCBCA, a corporation may, but is not required to,
indemnify any such person against liability and expenses incurred in any such proceeding, provided
such person conducted himself or herself in good faith and (i)&nbsp;in the case of conduct in his or her
official capacity, reasonably believed that his or her conduct was in the corporation&#146;s best
interests, and (ii)&nbsp;in all other cases, reasonably believed that his or her
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">conduct was at least not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests; and, in the case of a
criminal proceeding, where he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful. However, a corporation may not indemnify such person either in connection with a
proceeding by or in the right of the corporation in which such person was adjudged liable to the
corporation, or in connection with any other proceeding charging improper personal benefit to such
person (whether or not involving action in an official capacity) in which such person was adjudged
liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>Mandatory indemnification. </I></B>Unless limited by the corporation&#146;s charter, the NCBCA requires a
corporation to indemnify a director or officer of the corporation who is wholly successful, on the
merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which such person was a party because he
or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred in
connection with the proceeding.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>Advance for expenses</I></B><I>. </I>Expenses incurred by a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation in defending a proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final
disposition of the proceeding as authorized by the board of directors of the specific case, or as
authorized by the charter or bylaws or by any applicable resolution or contract, upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay amounts advanced unless it ultimately is
determined that such person is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation against such expenses.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>Court-ordered indemnification. </I></B>Unless otherwise provided in the corporation&#146;s charter, a
director or officer of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding may apply for indemnification
to the court conducting the proceeding or to another court of competent jurisdiction. On receipt
of an application, the court, after giving any notice the court deems necessary, may order
indemnification if it determines either (i)&nbsp;that the director or officer is entitled to mandatory
indemnification as described above, in which case the court also will order the corporation to pay
the reasonable expenses incurred to obtain the court-ordered indemnification, or (ii)&nbsp;that the
director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the
relevant circumstances, whether or not such person met the requisite standard of conduct or was
adjudged liable to the corporation in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the
corporation or on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received in connection with any
other proceeding so charging (but if adjudged so liable, indemnification is limited to reasonable
expenses incurred).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>Voluntary indemnification. </I></B>In addition to and separate and apart from &#147;permissible&#148; and
&#147;mandatory&#148; indemnification described above, a corporation may, by charter, bylaw, contract, or
resolution, indemnify or agree to indemnify any one or more of its directors, officers, employees
or agents against liability and expenses in any proceeding (including any proceeding brought by or
on behalf of the corporation itself) arising out of their status as such or their activities in any
of the foregoing capacities. However, the corporation may not indemnify or agree to indemnify a
person against liability or expenses he may incur on account of activities which were at the time
taken, known or believed by such person to be clearly in conflict with the best interests of the
corporation. Any provision in a corporation&#146;s charter or bylaws or in a contract or resolution may
include provisions for recovery from the corporation of reasonable costs, expenses and attorney&#146;s
fees in connection with the enforcement of rights to indemnification granted therein and may
further include provisions establishing reasonable procedures for determining and enforcing such
rights.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>Parties entitled to indemnification. </I></B>The NCBCA defines &#147;director&#148; to include ex-directors and
the estate or personal representative of a director. Unless its charter provides otherwise, a
corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee or agent of the corporation
to the same extent as to a director and also may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer,
employee or agent who is not a director to the extent, consistent with public policy, as may be
provided in its charter or bylaws, by general or specific action of its board of directors, or by
contract.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>Indemnification by NewBridge. </I></B>NewBridge&#146;s Articles and Bylaws provide for indemnification of
NewBridge&#146;s directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>Insurance. </I></B>The NCBCA provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of an individual who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent to the corporation
against certain liabilities incurred by such persons, whether or not the corporation is otherwise
authorized under North Carolina law to indemnify such party. NewBridge currently maintains
directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance policies covering its directors and officers.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>Summary Only. </I></B>The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of North Carolina law
dealing with indemnification of directors and officers and does not purport to be complete. It is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the relevant statutes, which contain detailed specific
provisions regarding the circumstances under which, and the person for whose benefit,
indemnification shall or may be made.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed on the Exhibit&nbsp;Index, which appears
elsewhere in this Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post- effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in the 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 a prospectus filed with the
SEC 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;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if 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 SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) If the Registrant is relying on Rule&nbsp;430B:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 8%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A) Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(3) shall be
deemed to be part of the Registration Statement as of the date the filed prospectus
was deemed part of and included in the Registration Statement; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 8%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(2), (b)(5) or
(b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule&nbsp;430B relating to an
offering made pursuant to Rule&nbsp;415(a)(1)(i), (vii)&nbsp;or (x)&nbsp;for the purpose of
providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be
deemed to be part of and included in the Registration Statement as of the earlier of
the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of
the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the
prospectus. As provided in Rule&nbsp;430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any
person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new
effective date of the Registration Statement relating to the securities in the
Registration Statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or
prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement or made in a document
incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or
prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a
time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any
statement that was made in the Registration Statement or prospectus that was part of
the Registration Statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such
effective date; or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) If the Registrant is subject to Rule&nbsp;430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration
statements relying on Rule&nbsp;430B or other than prospectus filed in reliance on Rule&nbsp;430A,
shall be deemed to be part of and included in the Registration Statement as of the date it
is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a
registration statement or prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement or made in a
document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or
prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of
contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in
the Registration Statement or prospectus that was part of the Registration Statement or made
in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this
Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the
purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of
the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided
by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in 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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 City of Greensboro, State of North Carolina, on June&nbsp;17, 2009.
</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" COLSPAN="3">NEWBRIDGE BANCORP
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ <I>PRESSLEY A. RIDGILL</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" COLSPAN="3">Pressley A. Ridgill</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" COLSPAN="3">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Pressley A. Ridgill and Ramsey K. Hamadi and each of them, with full power to act without
the other, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full powers of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
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
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June&nbsp;17,
2009.
</DIV>

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>Pressley A. Ridgill</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pressley A. Ridgill</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center valign="top">
President, Chief Executive Officer, Director<BR>

(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>Ramsey K. Hamadi</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ramsey K. Hamadi</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Executive Vice President, <BR>

Chief Financial Officer,<BR>

(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>Richard M. Cobb</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard M. Cobb</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting <BR>

Officer, Controller<BR>

(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>Michael S. Albert</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Michael S. Albert</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>Barry Z. Dodson</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Barry Z. Dodson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Vice Chairman of the Board</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>J. David Branch</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;J. David Branch</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s</I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>/ C. Arnold Britt</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C. Arnold Britt</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s</I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>/ Robert C. Clark</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert C. Clark</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>Alex A. Diffey, Jr.</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alex A. Diffey, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>Joseph H. Kinnarney</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Joseph H. Kinnarney</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>Robert F. Lowe</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert F. Lowe</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>Robert V. Perkins, II</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert V. Perkins, II</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>Mary E. Rittling</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mary E. Rittling</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>Burr W. Sullivan</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Burr W. Sullivan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>E. Reid Teague</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E. Reid Teague</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>John W. Thomas, III</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John W. Thomas, III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>Elizabeth S. Ward</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Elizabeth S. Ward</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>John F. Watts</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John F. Watts</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>G. Alfred Webster</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;G. Alfred Webster</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>Kenan C. Wright</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kenan C. Wright</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>/s/ </I><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>Julius S. Young, Jr.</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Julius S. Young, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the sponsor of the NewBridge Bank
Employees 401(k) Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Greensboro, State of North Carolina, on June
17, 2009.
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><I>Ramsey K. Hamadi</I></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ramsey K. Hamadi
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">NewBridge Bank (Plan Sponsor)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles of Incorporation, and amendments thereto, incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;16, 2001 (SEC
File No.&nbsp;333-61046).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles of Merger of FNB Financial Services Corporation with and into LSB Bancshares, Inc.,
including amendments to the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 of the Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
September&nbsp;30, 2007, filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;9, 2007 (SEC File No.&nbsp;000-11448).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen certificate of common stock, $5.00 par value, incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2007,
filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;9, 2007 (SEC File No.&nbsp;000-11448).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles of Amendment, filed with the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State on
December&nbsp;12, 2008, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on December&nbsp;12, 2008 (SEC File No.&nbsp;000-11448).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws adopted by the Board of Directors on August&nbsp;17, 2004 and amended on
July&nbsp;23, 2008 (with identified Bylaw approved by the shareholders) incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 of the Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31,
2009, filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;8, 2009 (SEC File No.&nbsp;000-11448).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">NewBridge Bank Employees 401(k) Plan. *</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey &#038; Leonard, L.L.P. as to the validity of the
shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock.*</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Internal Revenue Service Determination Letter. *</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP. *</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Turlington and Company, LLP. *</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey &#038; Leonard, LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto). *</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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NEWBRIDGE BANCORP
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NEWBRIDGE BANCORP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
NORTH CAROLINA
56-1348147
(State or jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
1501 Highwoods Boulevard, Suite 400
Greensboro, North Carolina 27410
(Address of principal executive offices)
NewBridge Bank Employees 401(k) Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Pressley A. Ridgill
President and Chief Executive Officer,
1501 Highwoods Boulevard
Suite 400
Greensboro, North Carolina 27410
(Name and address of agent for service)
(336) 369-0900
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
With Copies To:
Robert A. Singer, Esq.
Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P.
230 N. Elm Street, Suite 2000
Greensboro, North Carolina 27401
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated file, an accelerated
file, a non-accelerated file, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
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Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
be Registered
Per Share
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common stock, par
value $5.00 per
share
(1)
1,000,000
(2)
$2.26
(3)
$2,260,000
(3)
$127
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") covers,
in addition to the number of shares of NewBridge Bancorp ("NewBridge" or the "Registrant") common
stock, $5.00 par value (the "Common Stock"), stated above, an additional indeterminate number of
interests that may be offered or sold pursuant to the NewBridge Bank Employees 401(k) Plan (the
"Plan").
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement
covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may be issued as a result of one or more
adjustments under the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from one or more stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions.
(3)
Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum
offering price per share has been calculated on the basis of fluctuating market prices, the average
of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on June 16, 2009, as reported on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market ($2.26).
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PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-4.6 NEWBRIDGE BANK EMPLOYEES 401(K) PLAN
EX-5.1 OPINION OF BROOKS, PIERCE, MCLENDON, HUMPHREY & LEONARD, LLP
EX-5.2 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE DETERMINATION LETTER
EX-23.1 CONSENT OF GRANT THORNTON LLP
EX-23.2 CONSENT OF TURLINGTON AND COMPANY, LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information
.
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
.
The documents containing the information specified in Item 1 of Form S-8 and the statement of
availability of information about NewBridge and any other information required by Item 2 of Form
S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428 under the Securities
Act. Such documents are not required to be and are not filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of Form
S-8. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The SEC allows NewBridge to incorporate by reference the information that NewBridge discloses
in its filings with the SEC. Incorporation by reference means that NewBridge can disclose important
information by referring to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is
considered to be part of this prospectus, and later information that NewBridge files with the SEC
will automatically update and supersede this information. The following documents previously filed
by NewBridge with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), are incorporated herein by reference:
•
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
•
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009.
•
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 5, 2009, March 6, 2009, March 16, 2009,
March 25, 2009, March 30, 2009, April 21, 2009, April 28, 2009, May 15, 2009 and May 22,
2009 (other than the portions of those documents not deemed to be filed).
•
The description of NewBridge's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on
Form S-4 filed on April 30, 2007 under the heading "Description of LSB Capital Stock",
including any subsequent amendment or any report filed for the purpose of updating that
description.
Any document filed by NewBridge pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all the securities offered hereby have been sold or
that deregisters all the securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of
such document. Any statement incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
The North Carolina Business Corporation Act ("NCBCA") provides for indemnification by a
corporation of its officers, directors, employees and agents, and any person who is or was serving
at the corporation's request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity or
enterprise or as a trustee or administrator under an employee benefit plan, against liability and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, in any proceeding (including without limitation a
proceeding brought by or on behalf of the corporation itself) arising out of their status as such
or their activities in any of the foregoing capacities.
Permissible indemnification.
Under the NCBCA, a corporation may, but is not required to,
indemnify any such person against liability and expenses incurred in any such proceeding, provided
such person conducted himself or herself in good faith and (i) in the case of conduct in his or her
official capacity, reasonably believed that his or her conduct was in the corporation's best
interests, and (ii) in all other cases, reasonably believed that his or her
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conduct was at least not opposed to the corporation's best interests; and, in the case of a
criminal proceeding, where he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful. However, a corporation may not indemnify such person either in connection with a
proceeding by or in the right of the corporation in which such person was adjudged liable to the
corporation, or in connection with any other proceeding charging improper personal benefit to such
person (whether or not involving action in an official capacity) in which such person was adjudged
liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received.
Mandatory indemnification.
Unless limited by the corporation's charter, the NCBCA requires a
corporation to indemnify a director or officer of the corporation who is wholly successful, on the
merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which such person was a party because he
or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred in
connection with the proceeding.
Advance for expenses
.
Expenses incurred by a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation in defending a proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final
disposition of the proceeding as authorized by the board of directors of the specific case, or as
authorized by the charter or bylaws or by any applicable resolution or contract, upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay amounts advanced unless it ultimately is
determined that such person is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation against such expenses.
Court-ordered indemnification.
Unless otherwise provided in the corporation's charter, a
director or officer of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding may apply for indemnification
to the court conducting the proceeding or to another court of competent jurisdiction. On receipt
of an application, the court, after giving any notice the court deems necessary, may order
indemnification if it determines either (i) that the director or officer is entitled to mandatory
indemnification as described above, in which case the court also will order the corporation to pay
the reasonable expenses incurred to obtain the court-ordered indemnification, or (ii) that the
director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the
relevant circumstances, whether or not such person met the requisite standard of conduct or was
adjudged liable to the corporation in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the
corporation or on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received in connection with any
other proceeding so charging (but if adjudged so liable, indemnification is limited to reasonable
expenses incurred).
Voluntary indemnification.
In addition to and separate and apart from "permissible" and
"mandatory" indemnification described above, a corporation may, by charter, bylaw, contract, or
resolution, indemnify or agree to indemnify any one or more of its directors, officers, employees
or agents against liability and expenses in any proceeding (including any proceeding brought by or
on behalf of the corporation itself) arising out of their status as such or their activities in any
of the foregoing capacities. However, the corporation may not indemnify or agree to indemnify a
person against liability or expenses he may incur on account of activities which were at the time
taken, known or believed by such person to be clearly in conflict with the best interests of the
corporation. Any provision in a corporation's charter or bylaws or in a contract or resolution may
include provisions for recovery from the corporation of reasonable costs, expenses and attorney's
fees in connection with the enforcement of rights to indemnification granted therein and may
further include provisions establishing reasonable procedures for determining and enforcing such
rights.
Parties entitled to indemnification.
The NCBCA defines "director" to include ex-directors and
the estate or personal representative of a director. Unless its charter provides otherwise, a
corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee or agent of the corporation
to the same extent as to a director and also may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer,
employee or agent who is not a director to the extent, consistent with public policy, as may be
provided in its charter or bylaws, by general or specific action of its board of directors, or by
contract.
Indemnification by NewBridge.
NewBridge's Articles and Bylaws provide for indemnification of
NewBridge's directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
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Insurance.
The NCBCA provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of an individual who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent to the corporation
against certain liabilities incurred by such persons, whether or not the corporation is otherwise
authorized under North Carolina law to indemnify such party. NewBridge currently maintains
directors' and officers' insurance policies covering its directors and officers.
Summary Only.
The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of North Carolina law
dealing with indemnification of directors and officers and does not purport to be complete. It is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the relevant statutes, which contain detailed specific
provisions regarding the circumstances under which, and the person for whose benefit,
indemnification shall or may be made.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed on the Exhibit Index, which appears
elsewhere in this Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
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;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in the 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 a prospectus filed with the
SEC 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 information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
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(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
(i) If the Registrant is relying on Rule 430B:
(A) Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be
deemed to be part of the Registration Statement as of the date the filed prospectus
was deemed part of and included in the Registration Statement; and
(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or
(b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an
offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of
providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be
deemed to be part of and included in the Registration Statement as of the earlier of
the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of
the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the
prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any
person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new
effective date of the Registration Statement relating to the securities in the
Registration Statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or
prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement or made in a document
incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or
prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a
time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any
statement that was made in the Registration Statement or prospectus that was part of
the Registration Statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such
effective date; or
(ii) If the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration
statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectus filed in reliance on Rule 430A,
shall be deemed to be part of and included in the Registration Statement as of the date it
is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a
registration statement or prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement or made in a
document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or
prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of
contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in
the Registration Statement or prospectus that was part of the Registration Statement or made
in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this
Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the
purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of
the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided
by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
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(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in 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 City of Greensboro, State of North Carolina, on June 17, 2009.
NEWBRIDGE BANCORP
By:
/s/
PRESSLEY A. RIDGILL
Pressley A. Ridgill
President and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Pressley A. Ridgill and Ramsey K. Hamadi and each of them, with full power to act without
the other, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full powers of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
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
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 17,
2009.
Signatures
Title
/s/
Pressley A. Ridgill
Pressley A. Ridgill
President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
Ramsey K. Hamadi
Ramsey K. Hamadi
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer,
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/
Richard M. Cobb
Richard M. Cobb
Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting
Officer, Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/
Michael S. Albert
Michael S. Albert
Chairman of the Board
/s/
Barry Z. Dodson
Barry Z. Dodson
Vice Chairman of the Board
/s/
J. David Branch
J. David Branch
Director
/s
/ C. Arnold Britt
C. Arnold Britt
Director
/s
/ Robert C. Clark
Robert C. Clark
Director
/s/
Alex A. Diffey, Jr.
Alex A. Diffey, Jr.
Director
/s/
Joseph H. Kinnarney
Joseph H. Kinnarney
Director
/s/
Robert F. Lowe
Robert F. Lowe
Director
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Signatures
Title
/s/
Robert V. Perkins, II
Robert V. Perkins, II
Director
/s/
Mary E. Rittling
Mary E. Rittling
Director
/s/
Burr W. Sullivan
Burr W. Sullivan
Director
/s/
E. Reid Teague
E. Reid Teague
Director
/s/
John W. Thomas, III
John W. Thomas, III
Director
/s/
Elizabeth S. Ward
Elizabeth S. Ward
Director
/s/
John F. Watts
John F. Watts
Director
/s/
G. Alfred Webster
G. Alfred Webster
Director
/s/
Kenan C. Wright
Kenan C. Wright
Director
/s/
Julius S. Young, Jr.
Julius S. Young, Jr.
Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the sponsor of the NewBridge Bank
Employees 401(k) Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Greensboro, State of North Carolina, on June
17, 2009.
NEWBRIDGE BANK EMPLOYEES 401(k) PLAN
By:
/s/
Ramsey K. Hamadi
Ramsey K. Hamadi
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
NewBridge Bank (Plan Sponsor)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Articles of Incorporation, and amendments thereto, incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 of the Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed with the SEC on May 16, 2001 (SEC
File No. 333-61046).
4.2
Articles of Merger of FNB Financial Services Corporation with and into LSB Bancshares, Inc.,
including amendments to the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2007, filed with the SEC on November 9, 2007 (SEC File No. 000-11448).
4.3
Specimen certificate of common stock, $5.00 par value, incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007,
filed with the SEC on November 9, 2007 (SEC File No. 000-11448).
4.4
Articles of Amendment, filed with the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State on
December 12, 2008, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 12, 2008 (SEC File No. 000-11448).
4.5
Amended and Restated Bylaws adopted by the Board of Directors on August 17, 2004 and amended on
July 23, 2008 (with identified Bylaw approved by the shareholders) incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2009, filed with the SEC on May 8, 2009 (SEC File No. 000-11448).
4.6
NewBridge Bank Employees 401(k) Plan. *
5.1
Opinion of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P. as to the validity of the
shares of the Registrant's common stock.*
5.2
Internal Revenue Service Determination Letter. *
23.1
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP. *
23.2
Consent of Turlington and Company, LLP. *
23.3
Consent of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto). *
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page hereof). *
*
Filed herewith