secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. (CNOB)
CIK:        0000712771
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-20T20:00:27+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-017939
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

ConnectOne Bancorp appoints Elizabeth Magennis President; shareholders approve 2026 equity plan
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- Elizabeth Magennis named President of ConnectOne Bancorp, effective May 19, 2026; was EVP and President of ConnectOne Bank.
- Frank Sorrentino continues as Chairman and CEO of both Registrant and the Bank.
- Shareholders re-elected all 15 director nominees; each received over 34.9 million votes For.
- Shareholders approved 2026 Equity Incentive Plan (34.4M For, 1.6M Against, 57K abstentions).
- Advisory say-on-pay passed (34.9M For) and independent auditors ratified (41.9M For).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774926017939/0001437749-26-017939-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774926017939/cnob20260422c_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-017939

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