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on <BR>
July 2, 2014</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Registration No. 333-_____</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B> <BR>
<B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8 <BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
 THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman Bold,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps"><B>ConnectOne
Bancorp, Inc.</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>NEW JERSEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>52-1273725</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>301 Sylvan Avenue</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman Bold,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>North
Jersey Community Bank 2005 STOCK OPTION PLAN - A<BR>
North Jersey Community Bank 2005 STOCK OPTION PLAN &ndash; B<BR>
<FONT STYLE="color: black">NORTH JERSEY COMMUNITY BANK 2006 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN</FONT><BR>
NORTH JERSEY COMMUNITY BANK 2008 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN<br>
NORTH JERSEY COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC. 2009 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN <BR>
2012
Equity CompenSation Plan</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Frank Sorrentino III <BR>
ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. <BR>
301 Sylvan Avenue <BR>
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(201) 816-8900</B></P>

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for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 3.65pt; font: 10pt Courier New; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Title of Securities<BR>
 to be Registered</font></td>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 3.65pt; font: 10pt Courier New; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; border-left: Black 1px solid; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Amount to be<BR>
 Registered </font></td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; padding-top: 2pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 3.65pt; font: 10pt Courier New; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; border-left: Black 1px solid; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Proposed<BR>
 Maximum <BR>
Offering Price<BR>
 Per Share (2)</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; padding-top: 2pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 3.65pt; font: 10pt Courier New; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; border-left: Black 1px solid; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Proposed Maximum<BR>
 Aggregate Offering <BR>
Price </font></td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; padding-top: 2pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; padding-right: 3.1pt; padding-left: 3pt; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; border-left: Black 1px solid; padding-top: 2pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0">Amount of <BR>
Registration Fee</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New; padding-top: 1.35pt; padding-bottom: 3.65pt; padding-left: 2pt"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Common
    Stock, no par value per share and interests of participation in the Plan</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3.1pt; padding-left: 3.1pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; border-left: Black 1px solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">1,480,783 (1)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3.1pt; padding-left: 3.1pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; border-left: Black 1px solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">$19.06</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3.1pt; padding-left: 3.1pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; border-left: Black 1px solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">$28,216,324</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3.1pt; padding-left: 3.1pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; border-left: Black 1px solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">$3,634.26</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">(1) Maximum number of shares authorized for issuance
pursuant to the Registrant&rsquo;s 2005 Stock Option Plan &ndash; A, 2005 Stock Option Plan &ndash; B, 2006 Equity Compensation
Plan, 2008 Equity Compensation Plan, 2009 Equity Compensation Plan and 2012 Equity Compensation Plan (collectively, the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;). 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.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">(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&rsquo;s stock as of June
26, 2014 in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>PART II</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company is subject to the informational requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;) and, accordingly, files periodic reports and
other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;). 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&rsquo;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&rsquo;s Website is http://www.sec.gov.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents filed with the SEC are hereby
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 20pt; font: 10pt Courier New;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">(a)</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Courier New;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">the Registrant&rsquo;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on March 5, 2014, as amended on Form 10-K/A on April 14, 2014 and April 29, 2014,&nbsp;&nbsp;which contains audited financial statements for the Registrant&rsquo;s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed; </font></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 20pt; font: 10pt Courier New;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">(b)</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Courier New;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">the Registrant&rsquo;s quarterly report for the period ended March 31, 2014 on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 12, 2014; and</font></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New;">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 20pt; font: 10pt Courier New;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">(c)</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Courier New;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">the Registrant&rsquo;s current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC filed on January 21, 2014, on February 24, 2014, April 25, 2014, April 30, 2014, May 1, 2014, May 27, 2014, May 29, 2014 June 2, 2014, June 20, 2014,
    June 24, 2014, July 1, 2014 and July 2, 2014; and</font></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 20pt; font: 10pt Courier New;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">(e)</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Courier New;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">the description
    of the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock contained in the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. <U>000-11486</U>)
    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></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All filings incorporated by reference above
prior to the completion of the merger referenced in the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July
1, 2014 were made pursuant to the Company&rsquo;s former name, &ldquo;Center Bancorp, Inc.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 36pt"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><b>Item 4.</b></font></td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><b>Description of Securities.</b></font></td></tr>
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    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Not applicable.</font></td></tr>
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    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><b>Item 5.</b></font></td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><b>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</b></font></td></tr>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Not applicable.</font></td></tr>
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    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><b>Item 6.</b></font></td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><b>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</b></font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36pt; background-color: white">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&rsquo; 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.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36pt; background-color: white">Subsection (3) of Section 3-5 empowers
a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against reasonable costs (including attorneys&rsquo; 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36pt; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36pt; background-color: white">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&rsquo;
fees) incurred by him in connection therewith.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36pt; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36pt; background-color: white">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36pt; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36pt; background-color: white">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&rsquo;s or officer&rsquo;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.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36pt; background-color: white">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.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36pt; background-color: white">The Registrant&rsquo;s Restated Certificate
of Incorporation contains the following provision regarding indemnification:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36pt; background-color: white">&ldquo;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.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36pt; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 36pt;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><b>Item 7.</b></font></td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><b>Exemption From Registration Claimed.</b></font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Not applicable.</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><b>Item 8.</b></font></td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><b>Exhibits.</b></font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement.</font></td></tr>
</table>
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<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 72pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 56pt"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Exhibit</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom"></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding-bottom: 1px">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding-bottom: 1px"><font style="border-bottom: Black 1px solid">Number</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding-bottom: 1px"><font style="border-bottom: Black 1px solid">Description of Exhibit</font></td></tr>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">4.1</font></td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">North Jersey Community Bank 2005 Stock Option Plan &ndash; A</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">4.2</font></td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">North Jersey Community Bank 2005 Stock Option Plan &ndash; B</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">4.3</font></td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">North Jersey Community Bank 2006 Equity Compensation Plan</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">4.4</font></td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">North Jersey Community Bank 2008 Equity Compensation Plan</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">4.5</font></td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">North Jersey Community Bancorp, Inc. 2009 Equity Compensation Plan</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">4.6</font></td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">2012 Equity Compensation Plan</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">5</font></td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Opinion of Windels Marx Lane &amp; Mittendorf, LLP</font></td></tr>

<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">23(a)</font></td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Consent of BDO USA, LLP, independent registered accounting firm for the
    Registrant (formerly known as Center Bancorp, Inc.) for all periods incorporated by reference herein after July 8, 2013</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
  <TD>&nbsp;</td>
  <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">23(b)</font></td>
  <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Consent of Parente Beard LLP, independent registered accounting firm for the
    Registrant (formerly known as Center Bancorp, Inc.) for all periods incorporated by reference herein prior to July 8, 2013</font></td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">23(c)</font></td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Consent of Windels Marx Lane &amp; Mittendorf, LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)</font></td></tr>
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<TD STYLE="width: 36pt; text-align: left"><B>Item 9.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B> Undertakings.</B></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0">The registrant hereby undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0">(a)(1) &#9;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 72pt">(i) Include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 72pt">(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</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0">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 &ldquo;Calculation of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in the effective registration statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 72pt">(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;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">(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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">(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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0">(b) &#9;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&rsquo;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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0">(c) &#9;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.</P>

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">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 2nd day of July, 2014. 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps"><B>ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps"><B></B></FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 77%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><B>Signature &amp; Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1px solid;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><I>/s/ Frank Sorrentino III</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Frank Sorrentino III</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Chairman &amp; Chief Executive Officer</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">July 2, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1px solid;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">/s/ <I>William S. Burns</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">William S. Burns</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Executive Vice President &amp; Chief Financial Officer</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">July 2, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1px solid;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><I>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Frank Baier</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Frank Baier</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">July 2, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1px solid;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><I>/s/ Stephen Boswell</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Stephen Boswell</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">July 2, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1px solid;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><I>/s/ Frederick Fish </I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Frederick Fish</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">July 2, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1px solid;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><I>/s/ Frank Huttle III</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Frank Huttle III</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">July 2, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1px solid;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">/s/ Michael Kempner </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Michael Kempner</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">July 2, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1px solid;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><I>/s/ Howard Kent</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Howard Kent</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">July 2, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1px solid;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">/s/ <FONT STYLE="color: black">Nicholas Minoia</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; color: black">Nicholas Minoia</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; color: black">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">July 2, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 77%; border-bottom: black 1px solid;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">/s/ Joseph Parisi Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 3%;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Joseph Parisi Jr.</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">July 2, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1px solid;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">/s/ <FONT STYLE="color: black">Harold Schechter</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Harold Schecter</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">July 2, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1px solid;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">/s/<FONT STYLE="color: black"> William Thompson</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; color: black">William Thompson</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; color: black">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">July 2, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1px solid;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">/s/ Raymond Vanaria</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">/s/ Raymond Vanaria</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">July 2, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>OF CONNECTONE BANCORP. INC.</U></B></P>

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<font style="border-bottom: Black 1px solid">Number</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20pt; padding-bottom: 1px"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 1px"><font style="border-bottom: Black 1px solid">Description of Exhibit</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">4.1</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">North Jersey Community Bank 2005 Stock Option Plan &ndash; A</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">4.2</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">North Jersey Community Bank 2005 Stock Option Plan &ndash; B</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">4.3</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">North Jersey Community Bank 2006 Equity Compensation Plan</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">4.4</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">North Jersey Community Bank 2008 Equity Compensation Plan</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">4.5</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">North Jersey Community Bancorp, Inc. 2009 Equity Compensation Plan</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">4.6</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">2012 Equity Compensation Plan</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">5</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Opinion of Windels Marx Lane &amp; Mittendorf, LLP</font></td></tr>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Consent of BDO USA, LLP, independent registered accounting firm for the
    Registrant (formerly known as Center Bancorp, Inc.) for all periods incorporated by reference herein after July 8, 2013</font></td></tr>
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  <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">23(b)</font></td>
  <TD>&nbsp;</td>
  <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Consent of Parente Beard LLP, independent registered accounting firm for the
    Registrant (formerly known as Center Bancorp, Inc.) for all periods incorporated by reference herein prior to July 8, 2013</font></td>
</tr>
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    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">23(c)</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Consent of Windels Marx Lane &amp; Mittendorf, LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)</font></td></tr>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on
July 2, 2014
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 registrant as specified in its charter)
NEW JERSEY
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
52-1273725
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
301 Sylvan Avenue
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
(Address of principal executive offices)
North
Jersey Community Bank 2005 STOCK OPTION PLAN - A
North Jersey Community Bank 2005 STOCK OPTION PLAN – B
NORTH JERSEY COMMUNITY BANK 2006 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
NORTH JERSEY COMMUNITY BANK 2008 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
NORTH JERSEY COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC. 2009 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
2012
Equity CompenSation Plan
(Full title of the plans)
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)
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
1,480,783 (1)
$19.06
$28,216,324
$3,634.26
(1) Maximum number of shares authorized for issuance
pursuant to the Registrant's 2005 Stock Option Plan – A, 2005 Stock Option Plan – B, 2006 Equity Compensation
Plan, 2008 Equity Compensation Plan, 2009 Equity Compensation Plan and 2012 Equity Compensation Plan (collectively, 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 June
26, 2014 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.
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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, 2013 filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on March 5, 2014, as amended on Form 10-K/A on April 14, 2014 and April 29, 2014,  which contains audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;
(b)
the Registrant's quarterly report for the period ended March 31, 2014 on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 12, 2014; and
(c)
the Registrant's current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC filed on January 21, 2014, on February 24, 2014, April 25, 2014, April 30, 2014, May 1, 2014, May 27, 2014, May 29, 2014 June 2, 2014, June 20, 2014,
    June 24, 2014, July 1, 2014 and July 2, 2014; and
(e)
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.
All filings incorporated by reference above
prior to the completion of the merger referenced in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July
1, 2014 were made pursuant to the Company's former name, "Center Bancorp, Inc."
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
North Jersey Community Bank 2005 Stock Option Plan – A
4.2
North Jersey Community Bank 2005 Stock Option Plan – B
4.3
North Jersey Community Bank 2006 Equity Compensation Plan
4.4
North Jersey Community Bank 2008 Equity Compensation Plan
4.5
North Jersey Community Bancorp, Inc. 2009 Equity Compensation Plan
4.6
2012 Equity Compensation Plan
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Opinion of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP
23(a)
Consent of BDO USA, LLP, independent registered accounting firm for the
    Registrant (formerly known as Center Bancorp, Inc.) for all periods incorporated by reference herein after July 8, 2013
23(b)
Consent of Parente Beard LLP, independent registered accounting firm for the
    Registrant (formerly known as Center Bancorp, Inc.) for all periods incorporated by reference herein prior to July 8, 2013
23(c)
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
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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.
(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 2nd day of July, 2014. 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
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 2, 2014
/s/
William S. Burns
William S. Burns
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
July 2, 2014
/s/  Frank Baier
Frank Baier
Director
July 2, 2014
/s/ Stephen Boswell
Stephen Boswell
Director
July 2, 2014
/s/ Frederick Fish
Frederick Fish
Director
July 2, 2014
/s/ Frank Huttle III
Frank Huttle III
Director
July 2, 2014
/s/ Michael Kempner
Michael Kempner
Director
July 2, 2014
/s/ Howard Kent
Howard Kent
Director
July 2, 2014
/s/
Nicholas Minoia
Nicholas Minoia
Director
July 2, 2014
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/s/ Joseph Parisi Jr.
Joseph Parisi Jr.
Director
July 2, 2014
/s/
Harold Schechter
Harold Schecter
Director
July 2, 2014
/s/
William Thompson
William Thompson
Director
July 2, 2014
/s/ Raymond Vanaria
/s/ Raymond Vanaria
Director
July 2, 2014
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EXHIBIT INDEX TO REGISTRATION
STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
OF CONNECTONE BANCORP. INC.
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
North Jersey Community Bank 2005 Stock Option Plan – A
4.2
North Jersey Community Bank 2005 Stock Option Plan – B
4.3
North Jersey Community Bank 2006 Equity Compensation Plan
4.4
North Jersey Community Bank 2008 Equity Compensation Plan
4.5
North Jersey Community Bancorp, Inc. 2009 Equity Compensation Plan
4.6
2012 Equity Compensation Plan
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Opinion of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP
23(a)
Consent of BDO USA, LLP, independent registered accounting firm for the
    Registrant (formerly known as Center Bancorp, Inc.) for all periods incorporated by reference herein after July 8, 2013
23(b)
Consent of Parente Beard LLP, independent registered accounting firm for the
    Registrant (formerly known as Center Bancorp, Inc.) for all periods incorporated by reference herein prior to July 8, 2013
23(c)
Consent of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)
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