---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-004020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNOB"
cik: "0000712771"
company_name: "ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T21:46:28.002190+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ConnectOne and First of Long Island shareholders approve merger; close expected Q2 2025

## Summary
- ConnectOne shareholders voted 29.6M for, 22.7K against, 150.4K abstentions; FLIC shareholders also approved.
- Combined company will have ~$14B assets, $11B deposits, $11B loans, becoming top-5 bank on Long Island.
- Closing expected in Q2 2025, subject to regulatory approvals and customary conditions.
- FLIC CEO Chris Becker to become Vice Chairman of ConnectOne following transaction close.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-004020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNOB
- cik: 0000712771
- company_name: ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774925004020/0001437749-25-004020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774925004020/cnob20250212_8k.htm

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