BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

14. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

On September 27, 2013, Bridge Bancorp, Inc. (“Bridge Bancorp”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with FNBNY Bancorp, Inc. (“FNBNY”).  Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, FNBNY will merge with and into Bridge Bancorp, with Bridge Bancorp as the surviving entity.  Immediately following the merger of FNBNY with and into Bridge Bancorp, the First National Bank of New York, a national banking association and wholly owned subsidiary of FNBNY (“First National Bank”), will merge with and into The Bridgehampton National Bank, a national banking association and wholly owned subsidiary of Bridge Bancorp, with The Bridgehampton National Bank as the surviving entity. Through the First National Bank, FNBNY currently operates 3 full-service banking centers in Nassau and Suffolk counties in New York, with total assets at June 30, 2013 of $276 million, including $100 million in loans, funded by deposits of $209 million.

Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of FNBNY will receive an aggregate of 244,110 Bridge Bancorp shares in exchange for all the issued and outstanding stock of FNBNY, subject to certain adjustments.  The purchase price will increase to the extent principal is recovered on $6.3 million of certain identified problem loans through closing and over a two-year period after the acquisition.  The purchase price will decrease if recoveries of $0.4 million of certain insurance claims are not received by the closing. Excluding these potential adjustments and based on Bridge Bancorp’s average closing stock price for the three days ended September 10, 2013 of $21.51, the transaction has an aggregate estimated value of $5.3 million.

The transaction has been approved by the Board of Directors of each company and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of required regulatory approvals and the approval of FNBNY’s shareholders.