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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">April 8, 2013</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Registration No.
333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>

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

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>26-1998619</B></P>

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

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</P>

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

<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</B></FONT></P>

<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 &#8211; B</B></FONT></P>

<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 2006 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman Bold,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>NORTH
JERSEY COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC. 2009 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman Bold,serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>2012
Equity CompenSation Plan</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the plans)</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Frank Sorrentino III</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.</B></P>

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name and address of agent for service)</P>

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Telephone number, including area code
of agent for service)</P>

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

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

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    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; border-top: Black 3px double; border-right: Black 1px solid; border-left: Black 3px double; padding: 2pt">Title of Securities <BR>
to be Registered</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 17%; border-top: Black 3px double; padding: 2pt">Amount to be<BR>
 Registered</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; border-top: Black 3px double; border-left: Black 1px solid; padding: 2pt">Proposed <BR>
Maximum<BR>
 Offering Price <BR>
Per Share (2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; border-top: Black 3px double; border-right: Black 1px solid; border-left: Black 1px solid; padding: 2pt">Proposed Maximum<BR>
 Aggregate Offering <BR>
Price</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 22%; border-top: Black 3px double; border-right: Black 3px double; padding: 2pt">Amount of <BR>
Registration Fee</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-left: Black 3px double; padding: 2pt; border-bottom: Black 3px double; border-right: Black 1px solid; border-top: Black 1px solid">Common Stock, no <BR>
par value per share <BR>
and interests of<BR>
 participation in the<BR>
 Plan</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 3px double; padding: 2pt; border-top: Black 1px solid">551,000 (1)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 3px double; border-left: Black 1px solid; padding: 2pt; border-top: Black 1px solid">$29.80</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 3px double; border-left: Black 1px solid; padding: 2pt; border-right: Black 1px solid; border-top: Black 1px solid">$16,419,800</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-right: Black 3px double; border-bottom: Black 3px double; padding: 2pt; border-top: Black 1px solid">$2,239.66</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">(1) Maximum number of shares authorized for
issuance pursuant to the Registrant&#8217;s 2005 Stock Option Plan &#8211; A, 2005 Stock Option Plan &#8211; B, 2006 Equity Compensation
Plan, 2009 Equity Compensation Plan and 2012 Equity Compensation Plan (collectively, 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.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, 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&#8217;s stock as of April
5, 2013 in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1).</P>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The
Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;)
and, accordingly, files periodic reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;).
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&#8217;s Public Reference Section</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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&#8217;s Website is http://www.sec.gov.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, 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>

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

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 5%; layout-grid-mode: line">(a)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; layout-grid-mode: line">the Registrant&#8217;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on March 27, 2013, which contains audited financial statements for the Registrant&#8217;s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed; and</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; layout-grid-mode: line">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; layout-grid-mode: line">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; layout-grid-mode: line">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 5%; layout-grid-mode: line">(b)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; layout-grid-mode: line">the description of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock contained in the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-35812) filed with the Commission on February 7, 2013 under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, 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>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, 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>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 4. Description of Securities.</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></P>

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



<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Article VI of the Company&#8217;s Certificate
of Incorporation provides as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 40.5pt">Subject to the following, a director or officer of
the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for damages for breach of any duty owed to
the Corporation or its shareholders. The preceding sentence shall not relieve a director or officer from liability for any breach
of duty based upon an act or omission (i) in breach of such person&#8217;s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders,
(ii) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law, or (iii) resulting in receipt by such person of an improper personal
benefit. If the New Jersey Business Corporation Act is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the
personal liability of directors or officers, then the liability of a director or officer or both of the Corporation shall be eliminated
or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act as so amended. Any amendment to this Certificate
of Incorporation, or change in law which authorizes this paragraph, shall not adversely affect any then existing right or protection
of a director or officer of the Corporation.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 40.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Article VII of the Company&#8217;s Certificate
of Incorporation provides as follows:</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36pt">The Corporation shall indemnify its officers, directors,
employees and agents and former officers, directors, employees and agents, and any other persons serving at the request of the
Corporation as an officer, director, employee or agent of another corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, trust,
or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred
in connection with any pending or threatened action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
with respect to which such officer, director, employee, agent or other person is a party, or is threatened to be made a party,
to the fullest extent permitted by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act. The indemnification provided herein (i) shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other right to which any person seeking indemnification may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, or
vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action
in any other capacity, and (ii) shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and the administrators of any such person.
The Corporation shall have the power, but shall not be obligated, to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person or
persons enumerated above against any liability asserted against or incurred by them or any of them arising out of their status
as corporate directors, officers, employees, or agents whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify them against
such liability under the provisions of this article.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36pt">The Corporation shall, from time to time, reimburse
or advance to any person referred to in this article the funds necessary for payment of expenses, including attorneys&#8217; fees,
incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding referred to in this article, upon receipt of a written undertaking by
or on behalf of such person to repay such amount(s) if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer
establishes that the director&#8217;s or officer&#8217;s acts or omissions (i) constitute a breach of the director&#8217;s or officer&#8217;s
duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, (ii) were not in good faith, (iii) involved a knowing violation of law,
(iv) resulted in the director or officer receiving an improper personal benefit, or (v) were otherwise of such a character that
New Jersey law would require that such amount(s) be repaid.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8. Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement.</P>

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

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    <TD STYLE="width: 9%; layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 86%; layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0; border-bottom: Black 1px solid">Number</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">4.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">North Jersey Community Bank 2005 Stock Option Plan &#8211; A (1)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">4.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">North Jersey Community Bank 2005 Stock Option Plan &#8211; B (1)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">4.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">North Jersey Community Bank 2006 Equity Compensation Plan (1)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">4.4</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">North Jersey Community Bancorp, Inc. 2009 Equity Compensation Plan (1)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">4.5</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">2012 Equity Compensation Plan (1)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">5</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Opinion of Windels Marx Lane &amp; Mittendorf, LLP</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">23(a)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">23(b)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Consent of Windels Marx Lane &amp; Mittendorf, LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 65pt">(1) Incorporated by reference from the Registrant&#8217;s
Registration Statement on Form S-1 as amended (File No. 333-185979), as filed with the SEC on January 11, 2013.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 72pt">&nbsp;</P>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9. Undertakings.</B></P>

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(a)(1)  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, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 62pt"> (i) Include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act;</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 62pt"> (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.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 62pt"> (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, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, 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</P>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, 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 Bernardsville, State of New Jersey, on the 8<SUP>th</SUP> day of April, 2013. 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, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">&nbsp;</P>

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

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

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 61%; font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding-left: 10pt">Signature &amp; Title</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 9%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 30%; font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Date</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size: 7pt">
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 7pt; layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; padding-left: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7pt; layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; font-style: italic; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; padding-left: 10pt">/s/ Frank Sorrentino III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">April 8, 2013</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">Frank Sorrentino III <BR>
Chairman &amp; Chief Executive Officer<BR>
 (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7pt">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt; border-bottom: Black 1px solid">William S. Burns</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">April 8, 2013</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">Executive Vice President &amp; Chief Financial Officer <BR>
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7pt">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; font-style: italic; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; padding-left: 10pt">/s/ Frank Baier</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">April 8, 2013</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">Frank Baier <BR>
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7pt">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; font-style: italic; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; padding-left: 10pt">/s/ Stephen Boswell</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">April 8, 2013</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">Stephen Boswell<BR>
 Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7pt">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; font-style: italic; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; padding-left: 10pt">/s/ Frank Cavuoto</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">April 8, 2013</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">Frank Cavuoto<BR>
 Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7pt">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; font-style: italic; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; padding-left: 10pt">/s/ Dale Creamer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">April 8, 2013</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">Dale Creamer<BR>
 Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7pt">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; font-style: italic; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; padding-left: 10pt">/s/ Stephen M. Goldman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">April 8, 2013</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">Stephen M. Goldman<BR>
 Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7pt">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; font-style: italic; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; padding-left: 10pt">/s/ Frank Huttle III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">April 8, 2013</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">Frank Huttle III<BR>
 Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7pt">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; padding-left: 10pt">/s/ Michael Kempner</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">April 8, 2013</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">Michael Kempner<BR>
 Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7pt">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; padding-left: 10pt">/s/ Joseph Parisi Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">April 8, 2013</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; padding-left: 10pt">Joseph Parisi Jr.<BR>
 Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX TO REGISTRATION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</P>

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

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

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    <TD STYLE="width: 9%; layout-grid-mode: line">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 86%; layout-grid-mode: line">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-decoration: underline">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line; text-decoration: underline">Description of Exhibit</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">4.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">North Jersey Community Bank 2005 Stock Option Plan &#8211; A (1)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">4.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">North Jersey Community Bank 2005 Stock Option Plan &#8211; B (1)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">4.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">North Jersey Community Bank 2006 Equity Compensation Plan (1)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">4.4</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">North Jersey Community Bancorp, Inc. 2009 Equity Compensation Plan (1)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">4.5</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">2012 Equity Compensation Plan (1)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">5</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">Opinion of Windels Marx Lane &amp; Mittendorf, LLP</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">23(a)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">23(b)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">Consent of Windels Marx Lane &amp; Mittendorf, LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 52pt">(1) Incorporated by reference from the Registrant&#8217;s
Registration Statement on Form S-1 as amended (File No. 333-185979), as filed with the SEC on January 11, 2013.</P>

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on
April 8, 2013
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)
26-1998619
(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 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)
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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
551,000 (1)
$29.80
$16,419,800
$2,239.66
(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, 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 April
5, 2013 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, 2012 filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on March 27, 2013, which contains audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed; and
(b)
the description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-35812) filed with the Commission on February 7, 2013 under Section 12(b) 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.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Article VI of the Company's Certificate
of Incorporation provides as follows:
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Subject to the following, a director or officer of
the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for damages for breach of any duty owed to
the Corporation or its shareholders. The preceding sentence shall not relieve a director or officer from liability for any breach
of duty based upon an act or omission (i) in breach of such person's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders,
(ii) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law, or (iii) resulting in receipt by such person of an improper personal
benefit. If the New Jersey Business Corporation Act is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the
personal liability of directors or officers, then the liability of a director or officer or both of the Corporation shall be eliminated
or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act as so amended. Any amendment to this Certificate
of Incorporation, or change in law which authorizes this paragraph, shall not adversely affect any then existing right or protection
of a director or officer of the Corporation.
Article VII of the Company's Certificate
of Incorporation provides as follows:
The Corporation shall indemnify its officers, directors,
employees and agents and former officers, directors, employees and agents, and any other persons serving at the request of the
Corporation as an officer, director, employee or agent of another corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, trust,
or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred
in connection with any pending or threatened action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
with respect to which such officer, director, employee, agent or other person is a party, or is threatened to be made a party,
to the fullest extent permitted by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act. The indemnification provided herein (i) shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other right to which any person seeking indemnification may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, or
vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action
in any other capacity, and (ii) shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and the administrators of any such person.
The Corporation shall have the power, but shall not be obligated, to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person or
persons enumerated above against any liability asserted against or incurred by them or any of them arising out of their status
as corporate directors, officers, employees, or agents whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify them against
such liability under the provisions of this article.
The Corporation shall, from time to time, reimburse
or advance to any person referred to in this article the funds necessary for payment of expenses, including attorneys' fees,
incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding referred to in this article, upon receipt of a written undertaking by
or on behalf of such person to repay such amount(s) if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer
establishes that the director's or officer's acts or omissions (i) constitute a breach of the director's or officer's
duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, (ii) were not in good faith, (iii) involved a knowing violation of law,
(iv) resulted in the director or officer receiving an improper personal benefit, or (v) were otherwise of such a character that
New Jersey law would require that such amount(s) be repaid.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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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 (1)
4.2
North Jersey Community Bank 2005 Stock Option Plan – B (1)
4.3
North Jersey Community Bank 2006 Equity Compensation Plan (1)
4.4
North Jersey Community Bancorp, Inc. 2009 Equity Compensation Plan (1)
4.5
2012 Equity Compensation Plan (1)
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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)
(1) Incorporated by reference from the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 as amended (File No. 333-185979), as filed with the SEC on January 11, 2013.
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.
(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
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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 Bernardsville, State of New Jersey, on the 8
th
day of April, 2013. 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
April 8, 2013
Frank Sorrentino III
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
William S. Burns
April 8, 2013
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Frank Baier
April 8, 2013
Frank Baier
Director
/s/ Stephen Boswell
April 8, 2013
Stephen Boswell
Director
/s/ Frank Cavuoto
April 8, 2013
Frank Cavuoto
Director
/s/ Dale Creamer
April 8, 2013
Dale Creamer
Director
/s/ Stephen M. Goldman
April 8, 2013
Stephen M. Goldman
Director
/s/ Frank Huttle III
April 8, 2013
Frank Huttle III
Director
/s/ Michael Kempner
April 8, 2013
Michael Kempner
Director
/s/ Joseph Parisi Jr.
April 8, 2013
Joseph Parisi Jr.
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
North Jersey Community Bank 2005 Stock Option Plan – A (1)
4.2
North Jersey Community Bank 2005 Stock Option Plan – B (1)
4.3
North Jersey Community Bank 2006 Equity Compensation Plan (1)
4.4
North Jersey Community Bancorp, Inc. 2009 Equity Compensation Plan (1)
4.5
2012 Equity Compensation Plan (1)
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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)
(1) Incorporated by reference from the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 as amended (File No. 333-185979), as filed with the SEC on January 11, 2013.
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