AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGERMerger Agreement • July 12th, 2018 • ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. • State commercial banks • New Jersey
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the “Agreement”), dated as of July 11, 2018, is by and among ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc., a New Jersey corporation and registered bank holding company (“ConnectOne”), ConnectOne Bank, a New Jersey state chartered commercial bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of ConnectOne (“Bank”), and Greater Hudson Bank, a New York state chartered commercial bank (“Greater Hudson”). ConnectOne, the Bank and Greater Hudson are sometimes collectively referred to as the “Parties” or individually referred to as a “Party.” Defined terms are described in Section 9.11 of this Agreement.
