0000930413-14-003192.txt : 20140711 0000930413-14-003192.hdr.sgml : 20140711 20140711085739 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930413-14-003192 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140709 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140711 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140711 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000712771 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 521273725 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 301 SYLVAN AVENUE CITY: ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS STATE: NJ ZIP: 07632 BUSINESS PHONE: 2018168900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 301 SYLVAN AVENUE CITY: ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS STATE: NJ ZIP: 07632 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CENTER BANCORP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001026081 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-11486 FILM NUMBER: 14970772 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: IVY CORPORATE PARK STREET 2: 100 MISTY LANE 1ST FL CITY: PARSIPPANY STATE: NJ ZIP: 07054 4 1 c78097_4.xml X0306 4 2014-07-09 1 0000712771 ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. CNOB 0001026081 SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B C/O CONNECTONE BANCORP, INC. 301 SYLVAN AVENUE ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632 1 0 1 0 Common Stock 2014-07-09 4 S 0 77743 18.5633 D 32718 D Common Stock 2014-07-09 4 S 0 2287257 18.5633 D 1422422 I See Footnote Seidman and Associates, L.L.C. (227,816), Seidman Investment Partnership, L.P. (245,526), Seidman Investment Partnership II, L.P. (255,028), LSBK06-08, L.L.C. (144,861), Broad Park Investors, L.L.C. (194,220), 2514 Multi-Strategy Fund L.P. (51,410), CBPS, LLC (149,107), Chewey Gooey Cookies, L.P. (104,454) (see Exhibit 99.1 for further explanation) /s/ Laura Criscione, POA 2014-07-10 EX-24 2 c78097_ex24.htm

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints WILLIAM S. BURNS, and LAURA CRISCIONE, signing singly, as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned with respect to ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. a Form 4 with respect to transactions occurring on or about July 9, 2014, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute such Form 4 and timely file such form with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which; in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 9th day of July, 2014.

/s/ Lawrence B. Seidman

____________________________________

Name: Lawrence B. Seidman

EX-99.1 3 c78097_ex99-1.htm

Exhibit 99.1

Mr. Seidman, (i) as the managing member of Seidman and Associates, L.L.C., may be deemed the beneficial owner of the shares of the Company’s common stock owned by Seidman and Associates, L.L.C., (ii) as the sole officer of Veteri Place Corporation, the corporate general partner of each of Seidman Investment Partnership, L.P. and Seidman Investment Partnership II, L.P., may be deemed the beneficial owner of the shares of the Company’s common stock owned by Seidman Investment Partnership, L.P. and Seidman Investment Partnership II, L.P., (iii) as the sole officer of Veteri Place Corporation, the trading advisor of each of LSBK06-08, L.L.C. and CBPS, LLC, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the shares of the Company’s common stock owned by LSBK06-08, L.L.C. and CBPS, and (iv) as the investment manager for each of Broad Park Investors, L.L.C., 2514 Multi-Strategy Fund L.P. and Chewy Gooey Cookies, L.P., may be deemed the beneficial owner of the shares of the Company’s common stock owned by Broad Park Investors, L.L.C., 2514 Multi-Strategy Fund L.P. and Chewy Gooey Cookies, L.P.