SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HUGHES JAMES A (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O UNITYBANK CORP 64 OLD HWY 22 (Street) CLINTON NJ 08809 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol UNITY BANCORP INC /NJ/ [ unty ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President/CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/02/2008
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	04/02/2008		A		1,000(1)	A	$7.85	34,732	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options	$7.85	04/02/2008		A		3,000(2)		04/02/2009(3)	04/02/2018	Common Stock	3,000	$7.85	72,921	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. 1,000 restricted shares were granted effective 4/2/2008 and issued from the 2004 Stock Bonus Plan; vesting commences with -0- shares on 4/2/2008; 250 shares on 4/2/2009; 250 shares on 4/2/20010; 250 shares on 4/2/2011; and 250 shares on 4/2/2012.

2. 3,000 non-qualified stock options were granted on 4/2/2008 from the 2006 Stock Option Plan; vesting over a three-year period; on each of the first three anniversary dates, one-third of the option shall vest; i.e., 1,000 on 4/2/2009; 1,000 on 4/2/2010 and 1,000 on 4/2/2011.

3. See Footnote 2.

	James A. Hughes by POA, Linda McDermott	04/02/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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