---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-019064"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNOB"
cik: "0000712771"
company_name: "ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T03:34:26.025341+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ConnectOne completes acquisition of First of Long Island, creating $14B asset bank

## Summary
- FLIC shareholders received 0.5175 shares of CNOB per share; cash in lieu of fractional shares.
- Combined company has ~$14B total assets, $11B deposits, $11B loans, 60+ branches.
- Board expanded to 15 members; former FLIC CEO Christopher Becker named Vice Chairman.
- Former FLIC directors Peter Quick and Ed Haye appointed to ConnectOne board.
- Bank operations consolidated under ConnectOne brand across NY, NJ, and Southeast Florida.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-019064
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNOB
- cik: 0000712771
- company_name: ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774925019064/0001437749-25-019064-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774925019064/cnob20250528_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-019064
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-019064.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-019064.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher Becker was appointed as Vice Chairman at ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice Chairman
  source text: In connection with his appointment to the Board of Directors and his resignation from FLIC, Mr. Becker entered into that certain Vice Chairman and Separation Agreement with the Registrant (the “VCSA”), pursuant to which Mr. Becker will become Vice Chairman of ConnectOne and the Bank.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774925019064/0001437749-25-019064-index.htm
- Executive change
  Peter Quick was appointed as Director at ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: At the Effective Time, Mr. Christopher Becker, the former President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of FLIC, and Messrs. Edward J. Haye and Peter Quick, former Directors of FLIC, were appointed to the Board of Directors of the Registrant and the Board of Directors of the Bank, both of which have been expanded to include fifteen members.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774925019064/0001437749-25-019064-index.htm
- Executive change
  Edward J. Haye was appointed as Director at ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: At the Effective Time, Mr. Christopher Becker, the former President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of FLIC, and Messrs. Edward J. Haye and Peter Quick, former Directors of FLIC, were appointed to the Board of Directors of the Registrant and the Board of Directors of the Bank, both of which have been expanded to include fifteen members.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774925019064/0001437749-25-019064-index.htm
- M&A Transactions
  ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. completed an acquisition involving The First of Long Island Corporation (closed 2025-06-01).
  - Action: acquisition
  - Counterparty: The First of Long Island Corporation
  - Closing: 2025-06-01
  source text: On June 1, 2025 at 12:01 a.m., (the “Effective Time”), the Registrant (the “Company” or “ConnectOne”), completed its previously announced merger (the “Merger”) with The First of Long Island Corporation, a New York corporation (“FLIC”), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of September 4, 2024, by and between the Company and FLIC.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774925019064/0001437749-25-019064-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.