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Item 8.01 Other Events
As previously announced, on September 4, 2024, ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) and The First of Long Island Corporation (“FLIC”) entered into an agreement and plan of merger, pursuant to which FLIC will merge with and into the Company, with the Company as the surviving entity in the merger, as described in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on September 5, 2024. The merger is expected to close on or about June 1, 2025.
This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to provide:
| (i) | the historical audited consolidated balance sheets of FLIC as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, the related notes thereto and the report of Crowe LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, dated March 12, 2025, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1; together with |
| (ii) | the interim unaudited balance sheet as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, and interim unaudited income statement, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, of FLIC, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 hereto, |
Each of which is incorporated herein by reference. The Company is filing the historical audited consolidated financial statements of FLIC to incorporate by reference such information into one or more registration statements filed or to be filed by the Company.
In addition, on May 12, 2025, the Registrant received the approval of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance to proceed with the previously announced merger of Registrant and The First of Long Island Corporation, with the Registrant as the surviving entity. Accordingly, all required bank regulatory approvals have been received to complete the merger.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| CONNECTONE BANCORP, INC. | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| Dated: May 15, 2025 | By: | /s/ William S. Burns |
| WILLIAM S. BURNS | ||
| Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||