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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>UNITED STATES</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>FORM S-8</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b><u>CONNECTONE BANCORP, INC.</u></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">(Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>301 Sylvan Avenue</b></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>AMENDED AND RESTATED 2017 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Frank Sorrentino III</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. </b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>301 Sylvan Avenue</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>(201) 816-8900</b></p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging grown company. See definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</p>

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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;">Large accelerated filer &#9746;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Smaller reporting company &#9744;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Emerging growth company &#9744;</p>
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<div style="font-size: 10pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</div>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">CONNECTONE BANCORP, INC.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E</p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify;">This Registration Statement registers additional common shares of ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) to be issued pursuant to the Registrant&#8217;s Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Compensation Plan.</p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify;">The board of directors of the Registrant approved&nbsp;an amendment, subject to shareholder approval, to the Registrant&#8217;s 2017 Equity Compensation Plan&nbsp;and such amendment was approved by the Registrant&#8217;s shareholders on May 23, 2023. Accordingly, the contents of the previous Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on May 1, 2018 (File No. 333-224575); (the &#8220;Previous Forms S-8&#8221;), including periodic reports filed after the Previous Forms S-8 to maintain current information about the Registrant, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b><u>PART II</u></b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b><u>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</u></b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">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.</p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">The following documents filed with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">the Registrant&#8217;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774923004537/cnob20221231b_10k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">February 24, 2023</a>, which contains audited financial statements for the Registrant&#8217;s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">the Registrant&#8217;s quarterly report for the period ended March 31, 2023 on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774923012798/cnob20230331_10q.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">May 5, 2023</a>;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">the Registrant&#8217;s current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774923000924/cnob20221027_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">January 12, 2023</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774923001834/cnob20221109_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">January 26, 2023</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774923002202/cnob20230130_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">February 1, 2023</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774923003567/cnob20230127b_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">February 16, 2023</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774923010123/cnob20230302e_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">April 13, 2023</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774923011242/cnob20230417_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">April 27, 2023</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774923013791/cnob20230511_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">May 11, 2023</a>; and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774923015839/cnob20230518_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">May 25, 2023</a>.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">the description of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock contained in the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No.&nbsp;<u>000-11486</u>) filed with the Commission on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/0000905718-96-000147.txt" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">June 5, 1996</a> under Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</p>
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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">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-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">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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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">Under no circumstances will any information furnished under current items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Item 8. Exhibits.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement.</p>

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			<td style="width: 10%; padding-left: 63pt;">4.1</td>
			<td style="width: 90%; padding-left: 36pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="ex_526747.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Compensation Plan</a></td>
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			<td style="width: 90%; padding-left: 36pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="ex_526759.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Opinion of Windels Marx Lane &amp; Mittendorf, LLP</a></td>
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			<td style="width: 10%; padding-left: 63pt;">23(a)</td>
			<td style="width: 90%; padding-left: 36pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="ex_526760.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of Crowe LLP</a></td>
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			<td style="width: 10%; padding-left: 63pt;">23(b)</td>
			<td style="width: 90%; padding-left: 36pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="ex_526759.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of Windels Marx Lane &amp; Mittendorf, LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)</a></td>
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			<td style="width: 10%; padding-left: 63pt;">107</td>
			<td style="width: 90%; padding-left: 36pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="ex_526761.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Calculation of Filing Fee Table</a></td>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>SIGNATURES</b></p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; 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 26th day of May, 2023. 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>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:small-caps;margin:0pt;"><b>ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. </b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><i>/s/ Frank Sorrentino III</i></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 26,&nbsp;2023</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Frank Sorrentino III</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Chairman &amp; Chief Executive Officer</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">(Principal Executive Officer)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/ <i>William S. Burns</i></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 26,&nbsp;2023</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">William S. Burns</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Senior Executive Vice President &amp; Chief Financial Officer</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><i>/s/ Frank Baier</i></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 26, 2023</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Frank Baier</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><i>/s/ Stephen Boswell</i></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 26, 2023</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Stephen Boswell</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><i>/s/ Frank Huttle III</i></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 26, 2023</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Frank Huttle III</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/ <i>Michael Kempner</i>&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 26, 2023</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Michael Kempner</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/ <i>Elizabeth Magennis</i></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 26, 2023</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Elizabeth Magennis</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><i>/s/ Nicholas Minoia</i></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 26, 2023</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Nicholas Minoia</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/ <i>Anson M. Moise</i></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 26, 2023</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Anson M. Moise</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/ <i>Katherin Nukk-Freeman</i></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 26, 2023</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Katherin Nukk-Freeman</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/<i>&nbsp;Daniel Rifkin</i></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 26, 2023</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Daniel Rifkin</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/ <i>Mark Sokolich</i></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 26, 2023</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Mark Sokolich</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/ <i>William Thompson</i></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 26, 2023</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">William Thompson</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>EXHIBIT INDEX TO REGISTRATION</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 </b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b><u>OF CONNECTONE BANCORP. INC.</u></b></p>

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			<td style="width: 10%;">5</td>
			<td style="width: 90%;">Opinion of Windels Marx Lane &amp; Mittendorf, LLP</td>
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			<td style="width: 10%;">23(a)</td>
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			<td style="width: 10%;">23(b)</td>
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			<td style="width: 10%;">107</td>
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cnob20230518_s8.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May 26, 2023
Registration No. 333-_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CONNECTONE BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)
New Jersey
52-1273725
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
301 Sylvan Avenue
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
07632
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2017 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Frank Sorrentino III
ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.
301 Sylvan Avenue
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
(Name and address of agent for service)
(201) 816-8900
(Telephone number, including area code of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging grown company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☒
Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer  ☐
Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.                  ☐
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CONNECTONE BANCORP, INC.
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
This Registration Statement registers additional common shares of ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. (the "Registrant") to be issued pursuant to the Registrant's Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Compensation Plan.
The board of directors of the Registrant approved an amendment, subject to shareholder approval, to the Registrant's 2017 Equity Compensation Plan and such amendment was approved by the Registrant's shareholders on May 23, 2023. Accordingly, the contents of the previous Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on May 1, 2018 (File No. 333-224575); (the "Previous Forms S-8"), including periodic reports filed after the Previous Forms S-8 to maintain current information about the Registrant, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.
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, 2022 filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on
February 24, 2023
, 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, 2023 on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on
May 5, 2023
;
(c)
the Registrant's current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
January 12, 2023
,
January 26, 2023
,
February 1, 2023
,
February 16, 2023
,
April 13, 2023
,
April 27, 2023
,
May 11, 2023
; and
May 25, 2023
.
(d)
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.
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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.
Under no circumstances will any information furnished under current items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement.
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Compensation Plan
5
Opinion of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP
23(a)
Consent of Crowe LLP
23(b)
Consent of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)
107
Calculation of Filing Fee Table
3
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 26th day of May, 2023. 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
May 26, 2023
Frank Sorrentino III
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
William S. Burns
May 26, 2023
William S. Burns
Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Frank Baier
May 26, 2023
Frank Baier
Director
/s/ Stephen Boswell
May 26, 2023
Stephen Boswell
Director
/s/ Frank Huttle III
May 26, 2023
Frank Huttle III
Director
/s/
Michael Kempner
May 26, 2023
Michael Kempner
Director
/s/
Elizabeth Magennis
May 26, 2023
Elizabeth Magennis
Director
/s/ Nicholas Minoia
May 26, 2023
Nicholas Minoia
Director
/s/
Anson M. Moise
May 26, 2023
Anson M. Moise
Director
/s/
Katherin Nukk-Freeman
May 26, 2023
Katherin Nukk-Freeman
Director
/s/
Daniel Rifkin
May 26, 2023
Daniel Rifkin
Director
/s/
Mark Sokolich
May 26, 2023
Mark Sokolich
Director
/s/
William Thompson
May 26, 2023
William Thompson
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
Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Compensation Plan
5
Opinion of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP
23(a)
Consent of Crowe LLP
23(b)
Consent of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)
107
Calculation of Filing Fee Table
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