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    <div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-________</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 26, 2019</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</font></font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</font></font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.</font></font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">New York</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">13-4042724</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">(State or Other Jurisdiction of</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Incorporation or Organization)</font></div>
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          font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.</font></font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">2019 Equity Incentive Plan</font></font></div>
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          font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">(Full Title of the Plan)</font></font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Mr. Mark R. DeFazio</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Gary A. Lax, Esquire</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">President and Chief Executive Officer</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Luse Gorman, PC</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">5335 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Suite 780</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">99 Park Avenue</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Washington, DC 20015-2035</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting
        company, or an emerging growth company. See the 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange
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            <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Large accelerated filer <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">&#9744;</font></font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Accelerated filer <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">&#9746;</font></font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Non-accelerated filer&#160; <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">&#9744;</font></font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Smaller reporting company <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">&#9746;</font></font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Emerging growth company <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">&#9746;</font></font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">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. <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">&#9744;</font></font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Title of</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Securities</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">to be</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Amount</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">to be</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Registered<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(1)</sup></font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Proposed</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Maximum</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Offering Price</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Per Share</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Proposed</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Maximum</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Aggregate</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Offering Price</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Amount of</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Registration</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Fee</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Common stock, par value $0.01 per share</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">808,382</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">$37.34<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(2)</sup></font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">$30,184,984</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">_______________________</font></div>
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              <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; align: right;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">(1)</font></td>
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                <div><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the
                    Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2019 Equity Plan&#8221;) as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding common stock of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;)
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                <div><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Determined pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 230.457(c).</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Such documents are not being filed with the Commission, but constitute (along with the documents
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    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Item 3.&#160; Incorporation of Documents by Reference</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The following documents previously or concurrently filed with the Commission are hereby incorporated
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">b) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">c) The description of the Company&#8217;s common stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a),
        13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date hereof, and 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 incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of the filing of such documents.&#160; Any statement contained in the documents incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein
        or therein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement and the prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is, or is
        deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160; Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
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        material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that he or she personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled. Section 402(b) of the NYBCL permits a certificate of incorporation to set
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        served any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise in any capacity at the request of the Corporation, against judgments, fines (including excise tax assessed on such a person in connection
        with service to an employee benefit plan), amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including without limitation, court costs, attorneys&#8217; fees and disbursements and those of accountants and other experts and consultants incurred as a
        result of such action or proceeding or any appeal therein, all of which expenses as incurred shall be advanced by the Corporation pending the final disposition of such action or proceeding.&#160; Such required indemnification shall be subject only to
        the exception that no indemnification may be made to or on behalf of any director or officer in the event and to the extent that a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that his acts were committed in
        bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled (provided,
        however, that indemnification shall be made upon any successful appeal of any such adverse judgment or final adjudication).&#160; For purposes of this article, the Corporation shall be deemed to have requested such present or former officer or director
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Registration No. 333-________
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 26, 2019
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
        in its Charter)
New York
13-4042724
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
99 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10016
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.
2019 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Copies to:
Mr. Mark R. DeFazio
Gary A. Lax, Esquire
President and Chief Executive Officer
Luse Gorman, PC
Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.
5335 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Suite 780
99 Park Avenue
Washington, DC 20015-2035
75 West 125
th
Street
(202) 274-2000
New York, New York 10016
(212) 659-0600
(Name, Address and Telephone
Number of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting
        company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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.
☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities
to be
Registered
Amount
to be
Registered
(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
808,382
$37.34
(2)
$30,184,984
$3,659
_______________________
(1)
Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the
                    Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2019 Equity Plan") as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding common stock of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (the "Company")
                    pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 230.416(a).
(2)
Determined pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 230.457(c).
This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of
        1933 and 17 C.F.R. § 230.462.
2
PART I.
Items 1 and 2.  Plan Information and Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
The documents containing the information specified in Part I and II of Form S-8 have been or will be
        sent or given to participants in the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan ("2019 Equity Plan") as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
        "Securities Act").
Such documents are not being filed with the Commission, but constitute (along with the documents
        incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II.
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents previously or concurrently filed with the Commission are hereby incorporated
        by reference in this Registration Statement:
a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 (File No.
        001-38282), filed with the Commission on March 13, 2019;
b) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
        Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since the financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a) above; and
c) The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A
        filed with the Commission on November 7, 2017 (Commission File No. 001-38282).
All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a),
        13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date hereof, and 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 incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of the filing of such documents.  Any statement contained in the documents incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein
        or therein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement and the prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is, or is
        deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes 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 and the prospectus.
All information appearing in this Registration Statement and the prospectus is qualified in its
        entirety by the detailed information, including financial statements, appearing in the documents incorporated herein or therein by reference.
Item 4.  Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
None.
3
Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Reference is made to Sections 721 to 725 of the New York Business Corporation Law ("NYBCL") which provide for
        indemnification of directors and officers, subject to certain limitations, for liabilities and expenses in connection with actions or proceedings involving them in such capacity. Pursuant to Section 721 of the NYBCL, no indemnification shall be
        made to or on behalf of a director or officer if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that his or her acts were committed in bad faith or were the results of active and deliberate dishonesty and were
        material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that he or she personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled. Section 402(b) of the NYBCL permits a certificate of incorporation to set
        forth a provision limiting or eliminating the personal liability of directors to a corporation or its shareholders for damages for any breach of duty in such capacity, provided that no such provision shall eliminate or limit the liability of a
        director (i) if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to him or her establishes that his or her acts were in bad faith or involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or (ii) that he or she personally gained in fact a
        financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled, or (iii) in certain other cases specified in Section 719 of the NYBCL.
Articles Sixth and Seven of the Certificate of Incorporation of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (the "Corporation") set forth
        circumstances under which directors, officers, employees and agents of the Corporation may be insured or indemnified against liability which they incur in their capacities as such:
SIXTH:  No director of the Corporation shall have any personal liability to the Corporation or its
        shareholders for damage resulting from any breach of such director's duties as a director of the Corporation, provided that this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of any director if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse
        to him establishes that his acts or omissions were in bad faith or involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or that he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled or that
        his acts violated Section 719 of the NYBCL.
SEVENTH:  The Corporation shall indemnify any present or former officer or director of the
        Corporation or the personal representatives thereof, made or threatened to be made a party in any civil or criminal action or proceeding by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or
        served any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise in any capacity at the request of the Corporation, against judgments, fines (including excise tax assessed on such a person in connection
        with service to an employee benefit plan), amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including without limitation, court costs, attorneys' fees and disbursements and those of accountants and other experts and consultants incurred as a
        result of such action or proceeding or any appeal therein, all of which expenses as incurred shall be advanced by the Corporation pending the final disposition of such action or proceeding.  Such required indemnification shall be subject only to
        the exception that no indemnification may be made to or on behalf of any director or officer in the event and to the extent that a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that his acts were committed in
        bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled (provided,
        however, that indemnification shall be made upon any successful appeal of any such adverse judgment or final adjudication).  For purposes of this article, the Corporation shall be deemed to have requested such present or former officer or director
        to serve an employee benefit plan where the performance by such person of his duties to the Corporation also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, such person to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan.  The foregoing
        right of indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any and other rights to which any such person, his testator or intestate, may be entitled apart from this provision.
Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
4
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Regulation S-K
Exhibit Number
Document
Reference to Prior Filing or
Exhibit No. Attached Hereto
4
Form of Common Stock Certificate
*
5
Opinion of
                  Luse Gorman, PC
Attached as Exhibit 5
10.1
Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. 2019
                  Equity Incentive Plan
**
10.2
Form of
                  Performance-Based Restricted Stock Award Agreement
Attached as Exhibit 10.2
10.3
Form of
                  Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
Attached as Exhibit 10.3
10.4
Form of
                  Time-Based Restricted Stock Award Agreement
Attached as Exhibit 10.4
10.5
Form of
                  Incentive Stock Option Agreement
Attached as Exhibit 10.5
10.6
Form
                  of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
Attached as Exhibit 10.6
23.1
Consent of
                  Luse Gorman, PC
Contained in Exhibit 5
23.2
Consent
                  of Crowe LLP
Attached as Exhibit 23.2
24
Power of Attorney
Contained on Signature Page
*
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-220805) filed by the Company under the Securities Act of
                    1933, with the Commission on October 4, 2017, and all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
**
Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (File No. 001-38282), filed by
                  the Company on April 17, 2019.
Item 9.  Undertakings
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
1.
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
to include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
        post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in 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) (section 230.424(b)) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fees" table in the
        effective registration statement;
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(iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
        material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however
,
        that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by these paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to
        Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statemen
2.
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Plan;
4.
That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
        Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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; and
5.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
        persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The
          Registrant.
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 on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on this 26th day of August, 2019.
METROPOLITAN BANK HOLDING CORP.
By:
/s/ Mark R. DeFazio
Mark R. DeFazio
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Duly Authorized Representative)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors and officers of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (the "Company") hereby
        severally constitute and appoint Mark R. DeFazio, as our true and lawful attorney and agent, to do any and all things in our names in the capacities indicated below which said Mark R. DeFazio may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to
        comply with the Securities Act of 1933, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with the registration of shares of common stock to be granted and shares of common stock to be issued upon
        the exercise of stock options to be granted under the Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, including specifically, but not limited to, power and authority to sign for us in our names in the capacities indicated below the
        registration statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto; and we hereby approve, ratify and confirm all that said Mark R. DeFazio shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form S-8
        has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Mark R. DeFazio
Mark R. DeFazio
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
August 26, 2019
/s/ Anthony J. Fabiano
Anthony J. Fabiano
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
August 26, 2019
/s/ Dale C. Fredston
Dale C. Fredston
Director
August 26, 2019
/s/ David M. Gavrin
David M. Gavrin
Director
August 26, 2019
/s/ David J. Gold
David J. Gold
Director
August 26, 2019
/s/ Harvey M. Gutman
Harvey M. Gutman
Director
August 26, 2019
/s/ Terence J. Mitchell
Terence J. Mitchell
Director
August 26, 2019
/s/ Robert C. Patent
Robert C. Patent
Director
August 26, 2019
/s/ Maria F. Ramirez
Maria F. Ramirez
Director
August 26, 2019
/s/ William Reinhardt
William Reinhardt
Chairman of the Board
August 26, 2019
/s/ Robert Usdan
Robert Usdan
Director
August 26, 2019
/s/ George J. Wolf, Jr.
George J. Wolf, Jr.
Director
August 26, 2019