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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-25-002796"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNOB"
cik: "0000712771"
company_name: "ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T15:20:08.401665+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ConnectOne Bancorp and First of Long Island receive FDIC approval for merger, expected close June 1, 2025

## Summary
- FDIC approved the merger of ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB) and First of Long Island (FLIC); closing expected on or about June 1, 2025.
- Combined company to have approximately $14B in assets, $11B in deposits, and $11B in loans.
- Merger will create one of top 5 community banks on Long Island by deposit market share.
- Pending approvals or waivers from NJ Dept. of Banking and Insurance and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
- Both CEOs expressed positive outlook; combined company to operate under ConnectOne brand.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-25-002796
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNOB
- cik: 0000712771
- company_name: ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000117184325002796/0001171843-25-002796-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000117184325002796/f8k_050625.htm

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