CONNECTONE BANCORP, INC. (a New Jersey corporation) 2,365,000 Shares of Common Stock (No Par Value) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • July 8th, 2014 • ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. • State commercial banks • New York
ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc., New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), and the persons listed in Schedule B hereto (the “Selling Shareholders”), confirm their respective agreements with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (“Keefe Bruyette”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”, which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Keefe Bruyette is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), with respect to the sale by the Selling Shareholders and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of shares of Common Stock, no par value, of the Company (“Common Stock”) set forth in Schedules A and B hereto. For purposes of clarity, unless the context otherwise requires, the references to the Company in this Agreement refer to both ConnectOne Bancorp Inc. (formerly, Center Bancorp, Inc.) (“ConnectOne”) and ConnectOn
