---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-015839"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNOB"
cik: "0000712771"
company_name: "ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T15:09:04.389634+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ConnectOne Bancorp annual meeting: all proposals pass including equity plan and say-on-pay

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected with majority votes; broker non-votes present.
- Amendment to 2017 Equity Compensation Plan approved (26.9M for, 2.6M against).
- Non-binding say-on-pay resolution adopted (19.3M for, 9.97M against, 5.5M broker non-votes).
- Ratification of Crowe LLP as auditor approved (34.4M for, 537k against, 6.3k abstentions).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-015839
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNOB
- cik: 0000712771
- company_name: ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774923015839/0001437749-23-015839-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774923015839/cnob20230518_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. shareholders approved Non-binding resolution with respect to the compensation of the Company’s executive officers. at the 2023-05-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-23
  source text: Proposal 3: The non-binding resolution with respect to the compensation of the Company’s executive officers was adopted.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774923015839/0001437749-23-015839-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023. at the 2023-05-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-23
  source text: Proposal 4: The ratification of the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774923015839/0001437749-23-015839-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. shareholders approved The amendment to the 2017 Equity Compensation Plan. at the 2023-05-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-23
  source text: Proposal 2: The amendment to the 2017 Equity Compensation Plan was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774923015839/0001437749-23-015839-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. shareholders approved Election of twelve persons to serve as directors for one-year terms. at the 2023-05-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-23
  source text: Proposal 1: The election of twelve persons to serve as directors for one-year terms.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774923015839/0001437749-23-015839-index.htm

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