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     <TD width="100%" align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Registration No. 333-_____</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD width="100%" align=center><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">WASHINGTON, DC 20549</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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     <TD width="100%" align=center><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">FORM S-8</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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     <TD width="100%" align=center><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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     <TD width="100%" align=center><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><U><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">CONNECTONE BANCORP, INC.<BR></FONT></U></B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>
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     <TD width="50%" noWrap align=center><B><U><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">52-1273725</FONT></U></B></TD></TR>
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     <TD width="50%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="50%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD width="50%" noWrap align=center><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">301 Sylvan Avenue</FONT></B></TD>
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     <TD width="50%" noWrap align=center><B><U><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey</FONT></U></B></TD>
     <TD width="50%" noWrap align=center><B><U><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">07632</FONT></U></B></TD></TR>
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     <TD width="50%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
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  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">2017 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN<BR></FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(Full title of the plan)</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Frank Sorrentino III<BR>ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">301 Sylvan Avenue<BR>Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632<BR></FONT></B><FONT size=2 face=
  "Times New Roman">(Name and address of agent for service)</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(201) 816-8900<BR></FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(Telephone number, including area code of agent for service)</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging grown company. See
  definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</FONT></P>
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     <TD width="68%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Large accelerated filer &#9744;</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Accelerated filer X</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD width="68%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Non-accelerated filer (do not check if a smaller reporting company) &#9744;</FONT></TD>
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     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Smaller reporting company &#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Emerging growth company &#9744;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
  standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9744;</FONT></P>
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  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(1) Maximum number of shares authorized for issuance pursuant to the Registrant&#8217;s 2017 Stock Option Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;). This Registration Statement also relates to such
  indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock of the Registrant as may be issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions, as described in the Plan.</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low prices reported for the Registrant&#8217;s stock as of April 30, 2018
  in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1).</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold to prevent dilution
  resulting from certain capital changes affecting the Registrant.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">2</FONT></P>
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  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><U><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">PART II</FONT></U></B></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><U><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></U></B></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and, accordingly, files periodic reports and other
  information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Reports, proxy statements and other information concerning the Company filed with the SEC may be inspected and copies may be obtained (at prescribed rates) at the SEC's Public Reference
  Section 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580 Washington, DC 20549. The Commission also maintains a Website that contains copies of such material. The address of the Commission's Website is http://www.sec.gov.</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">The following documents filed with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</FONT></P>
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     <P align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">the Registrant&#8217;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on March 6, 2018, which contains audited financial statements for
  the Registrant&#8217;s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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     <P align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">the Registrant&#8217;s current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 11, 2018, January 16, 2018, January 17, 2018, January 25, 2018, March 13, 2018, March 28, 2018, April 13, 2018 and April
  26, 2018; and</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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     <P align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">the description of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock contained in the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-11486) filed with the Commission on June 5, 1996 under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
  description.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Sections 12, 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of this Registration
  Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
  Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the respective date of filing of such documents.</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference 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 incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modified or superseded such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
  not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
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  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Item 4. Description of Securities.</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Not applicable.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Not applicable.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</FONT></B></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Subsection (2) of Section 3-5, Title 14A of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened
  to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that he is or
  was a corporate agent (i.e., a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or a person serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise), against reasonable
  costs (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
  the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Subsection (3) of Section 3-5 empowers a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against reasonable costs (including attorneys' fees) incurred by him in connection with
  any proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor which involves such corporate agent by reason of the fact that he is or was a corporate agent if he acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in
  or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent
  that the Superior Court of New Jersey or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall
  deem proper.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Subsection (4) of Section 3-5 provides that to the extent that a corporate agent has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in
  subsections (2) and (3) or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by him in connection therewith.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Subsection (5) of Section 3-5 provides that a corporation may indemnify a corporate agent in a specific case if it is determined that indemnification is proper because the
  corporate agent met the applicable standard of conduct, and such determination is made by any of the following: (a) the board of directors or a committee thereof, acting by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested directors; (b)
  independent legal counsel, if there is no quorum of disinterested directors or if the disinterested directors empowers counsel to make the determination; or (c) the shareholders.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Subsection (8) of Section 3-5 provides that the indemnification provisions in the law shall not exclude any other rights to indemnification that a director or officer may
  be entitled to under a provision of the certificate of incorporation, a by-law, an agreement, a vote of shareholders, or otherwise. That subsection explicitly permits indemnification for liabilities and expenses incurred in proceedings brought by or in
  the right of the corporation (derivative proceedings). The only limit on indemnification of directors and officers imposed by that subsection is that a corporation may not indemnify a director or officer if a judgment has established that the director's
  or officer's acts or omissions were a breach of his or her duty of loyalty, not in good faith, involved a knowing violation of the law, or resulted in receipt of an improper personal benefit.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">4</FONT></P>
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  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Subsection (9) of Section 3-5 provides that a corporation is empowered to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director or officer against any expenses or
  liabilities incurred in any proceeding by reason of that person being or having been a director or officer, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify that person against expenses and liabilities under other provisions of the
  law.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">The Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains the following provision regarding indemnification:</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&#8220;Every person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or of any corporation which he served as such at the request of the
  corporation, shall be indemnified by the corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law against all expenses and liabilities reasonably incurred by or imposed upon him, in connection with any proceeding to which he may be made, or threatened to be
  made, a party, or in which he may become involved by reason of his being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or of such other corporation, whether or not he is a director, officer, employee or agent of the
  corporation or such other corporation at the time that the expenses or liabilities are incurred.&#8221;</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Not applicable.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Item 8. Exhibits.</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
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     <TD width="97%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-bottom: 1pt">Description of Exhibit</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" width="1%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">4.1</FONT></TD>
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     <TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" width="97%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">2017 Equity Compensation Plan</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">5</FONT></TD>
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     <TD width="97%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Opinion of Windels Marx Lane &amp; Mittendorf, LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" width="1%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">23(a)</FONT></TD>
     <TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" width="1%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" width="97%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">23(b)</FONT></TD>
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     <TD width="97%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Consent of Windels Marx Lane &amp; Mittendorf, LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Item 9. Undertakings.</FONT></B></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">The registrant hereby undertakes:</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to:</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 30pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(i) Include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 30pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(ii) 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 in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
  that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
  price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective registration statement.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">5</FONT></P>
  <HR align=center SIZE=2 width="100%" noShade>
  <DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV>
  
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 30pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(iii) 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 because this Registration Statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
  in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(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.</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to
  Section 13(a) or 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.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to the directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
  foregoing provision, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by
  such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
  the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by final adjudication of such issue.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">6</FONT></P>
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  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">SIGNATURES</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">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 Borough of Englewood Cliffs, State of New Jersey, on the 1st day of May, 2018. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
  Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B><FONT style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps" size=2 face="Times New Roman">ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.</FONT></B></P>
  <TABLE STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH="100%" BORDER=0>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=center><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Signature &amp; Title</FONT></B></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=center>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=center><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Date</FONT></B></TD></TR>
  <TR>
     <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ Frank Sorrentino III</FONT></I></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Frank Sorrentino III</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">May 1, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Chairman &amp; Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR>
  <TR>
     <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ </FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">William S. Burns</FONT></I></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">William S. Burns</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">May 1, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Executive Vice President &amp; Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR>
  <TR>
     <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ Frank Baier</FONT></I></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=center></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Frank Baier</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="30%" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">May 1, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR>
  <TR>
     <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ Stephen Boswell</FONT></I></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Stephen Boswell</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">May 1, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR>
  <TR>
     <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ Frederick Fish</FONT></I></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=center></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Frederick Fish</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="30%" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">May 1, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR>
  <TR>
     <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ Frank Huttle III</FONT></I></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=center></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Frank Huttle III</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="30%" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">May 1, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR>
  <TR>
     <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ </FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Michael Kempner</FONT></I></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=center></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Michael Kempner</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="30%" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">May 1, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR>
  <TR>
     <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ Alexander Bol</FONT></I></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=center></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Alexander Bol</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="30%" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">May 1, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR>
  <TR>
     <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ </FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Nicholas Minoia</FONT></I></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Nicholas Minoia</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="30%" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">May 1, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=center></TD></TR>
  <TR>
     <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ </FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Joseph Parisi Jr.</FONT></I></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=right>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="30%" NOWRAP ALIGN="RIGHT" STYLE="text-align: center"></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Joseph Parisi Jr.</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="30%" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">May 1, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR>
  <TR>
     <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s</FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/ Harold Schechter</FONT></I></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=right><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="30%" NOWRAP ALIGN="RIGHT" STYLE="text-align: center"></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Harold Schecter</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="30%" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">May 1, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR>
  <TR>
     <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ </FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">William Thompson</FONT></I></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=right><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="30%" NOWRAP ALIGN="RIGHT" STYLE="text-align: center"></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">William Thompson</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="30%" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">May 1, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="69%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="30%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">7</FONT></P>
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  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">EXHIBIT INDEX TO REGISTRATION<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">STATEMENT ON FORM S-8<BR></FONT></B><B><U><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">OF CONNECTONE BANCORP.
  INC.</FONT></U></B></P>
  <TABLE STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH="100%" BORDER=0>
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     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Exhibit</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left></TD>
     <TD width="98%" noWrap align=left></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" width="1%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Number</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD width="98%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-bottom: 1pt">Description of Exhibit</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" width="1%" noWrap align=left><A HREF="cob3415381-ex41.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
     <TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" width="1%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" width="98%" noWrap align=left><A HREF="cob3415381-ex41.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">2017 Equity Compensation Plan</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left><A HREF="cob3415381-ex995.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">5</FONT></A></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD width="98%" noWrap align=left><A HREF="cob3415381-ex995.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Opinion of Windels Marx Lane &amp; Mittendorf, LLP</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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     <TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" width="1%" noWrap align=left><A HREF="cob3415381-ex9923a.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">23(a)</FONT></A></TD>
     <TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" width="1%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" width="98%" noWrap align=left><A HREF="cob3415381-ex9923a.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=left><A HREF="cob3415381-ex995.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">23(b)</FONT></A></TD>
     <TD width="1%" align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD width="98%" align=left><A HREF="cob3415381-ex995.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Consent of Windels Marx Lane &amp; Mittendorf, LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)</FONT></A></TD></TR></TABLE>
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text: As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  May 1, 2018
  Registration No. 333-_____
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, DC 20549
  __________________
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  __________________
  CONNECTONE BANCORP, INC.
  (Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)
  New Jersey
  52-1273725
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  301 Sylvan Avenue
  Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
  07632
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip Code)
  2017 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
  (Full title of the plan)
  Frank Sorrentino III
  ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.
  301 Sylvan Avenue
  Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (201) 816-8900
  (Telephone number, including area code of agent for service)
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging grown company. See
  definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer ☐
  Accelerated filer X
  Non-accelerated filer (do not check if a smaller reporting company) ☐
  Smaller reporting company ☐
  Emerging growth company ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
  standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of Securities
  to be Registered
  Amount to be
  Registered
  Proposed
  Maximum
  Offering Price
  Per Share (2)
  Proposed Maximum
  Aggregate Offering
  Price
  Amount of
  Registration Fee
  Common Stock, no par value per share and interests of participation in the Plan
  750,000 (1)
  $26.80
  $20,100,000
  $2,502.45
  (1) Maximum number of shares authorized for issuance pursuant to the Registrant's 2017 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). This Registration Statement also relates to such
  indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock of the Registrant as may be issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions, as described in the Plan.
  (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low prices reported for the Registrant's stock as of April 30, 2018
  in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1).
  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold to prevent dilution
  resulting from certain capital changes affecting the Registrant.
  2
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and, accordingly, files periodic reports and other
  information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Reports, proxy statements and other information concerning the Company filed with the SEC may be inspected and copies may be obtained (at prescribed rates) at the SEC's Public Reference
  Section 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580 Washington, DC 20549. The Commission also maintains a Website that contains copies of such material. The address of the Commission's Website is http://www.sec.gov.
  The following documents filed with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
  (a)
  the Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on March 6, 2018, which contains audited financial statements for
  the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;
  (b)
  the Registrant's current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 11, 2018, January 16, 2018, January 17, 2018, January 25, 2018, March 13, 2018, March 28, 2018, April 13, 2018 and April
  26, 2018; and
  (c)
  the description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-11486) filed with the Commission on June 5, 1996 under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
  description.
  In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Sections 12, 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of this Registration
  Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
  Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the respective date of filing of such documents.
  Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference 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 incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modified or superseded such statement. Any such 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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  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Not applicable.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Subsection (2) of Section 3-5, Title 14A of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened
  to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that he is or
  was a corporate agent (i.e., a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or a person serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise), against reasonable
  costs (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
  the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
  Subsection (3) of Section 3-5 empowers a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against reasonable costs (including attorneys' fees) incurred by him in connection with
  any proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor which involves such corporate agent by reason of the fact that he is or was a corporate agent if he acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in
  or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent
  that the Superior Court of New Jersey or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall
  deem proper.
  Subsection (4) of Section 3-5 provides that to the extent that a corporate agent has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in
  subsections (2) and (3) or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by him in connection therewith.
  Subsection (5) of Section 3-5 provides that a corporation may indemnify a corporate agent in a specific case if it is determined that indemnification is proper because the
  corporate agent met the applicable standard of conduct, and such determination is made by any of the following: (a) the board of directors or a committee thereof, acting by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested directors; (b)
  independent legal counsel, if there is no quorum of disinterested directors or if the disinterested directors empowers counsel to make the determination; or (c) the shareholders.
  Subsection (8) of Section 3-5 provides that the indemnification provisions in the law shall not exclude any other rights to indemnification that a director or officer may
  be entitled to under a provision of the certificate of incorporation, a by-law, an agreement, a vote of shareholders, or otherwise. That subsection explicitly permits indemnification for liabilities and expenses incurred in proceedings brought by or in
  the right of the corporation (derivative proceedings). The only limit on indemnification of directors and officers imposed by that subsection is that a corporation may not indemnify a director or officer if a judgment has established that the director's
  or officer's acts or omissions were a breach of his or her duty of loyalty, not in good faith, involved a knowing violation of the law, or resulted in receipt of an improper personal benefit.
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  Subsection (9) of Section 3-5 provides that a corporation is empowered to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director or officer against any expenses or
  liabilities incurred in any proceeding by reason of that person being or having been a director or officer, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify that person against expenses and liabilities under other provisions of the
  law.
  The Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains the following provision regarding indemnification:
  "Every person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or of any corporation which he served as such at the request of the
  corporation, shall be indemnified by the corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law against all expenses and liabilities reasonably incurred by or imposed upon him, in connection with any proceeding to which he may be made, or threatened to be
  made, a party, or in which he may become involved by reason of his being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or of such other corporation, whether or not he is a director, officer, employee or agent of the
  corporation or such other corporation at the time that the expenses or liabilities are incurred."
  Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement.
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description of Exhibit
  4.1
  2017 Equity Compensation Plan
  5
  Opinion of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP
  23(a)
  Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP
  23(b)
  Consent of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)
  Item 9. Undertakings.
  The registrant hereby undertakes:
  (a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to:
  (i) Include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii) 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 in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
  that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
  price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
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  (iii) 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 because this Registration Statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
  in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference to 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.
  (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 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 the directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
  foregoing provision, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by
  such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
  the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by final adjudication of such issue.
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  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 Borough of Englewood Cliffs, State of New Jersey, on the 1st day of May, 2018. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
  Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
  ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.
  Signature & Title
  Date
  /s/ Frank Sorrentino III
  Frank Sorrentino III
  May 1, 2018
  Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/
  William S. Burns
  William S. Burns
  May 1, 2018
  Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
  /s/ Frank Baier
  Frank Baier
  May 1, 2018
  Director
  /s/ Stephen Boswell
  Stephen Boswell
  May 1, 2018
  Director
  /s/ Frederick Fish
  Frederick Fish
  May 1, 2018
  Director
  /s/ Frank Huttle III
  Frank Huttle III
  May 1, 2018
  Director
  /s/
  Michael Kempner
  Michael Kempner
  May 1, 2018
  Director
  /s/ Alexander Bol
  Alexander Bol
  May 1, 2018
  Director
  /s/
  Nicholas Minoia
  Nicholas Minoia
  May 1, 2018
  Director
  /s/
  Joseph Parisi Jr.
  Joseph Parisi Jr.
  May 1, 2018
  Director
  /s
  / Harold Schechter
  Harold Schecter
  May 1, 2018
  Director
  /s/
  William Thompson
  William Thompson
  May 1, 2018
  Director
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  EXHIBIT INDEX TO REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
  OF CONNECTONE BANCORP.
  INC.
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description of Exhibit
  4.1
  2017 Equity Compensation Plan
  5
  Opinion of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP
  23(a)
  Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP
  23(b)
  Consent of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)
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