CONNECTONE BANCORP, INC. Shares of Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • December 14th, 2016 • ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. • State commercial banks • New York
ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with each of the underwriters listed on Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”), for whom Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), with respect to (i) the sale by the Company of 1,443,299 shares (the “Initial Shares”) of Common Stock, no par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, in the respective number of Initial Shares set forth opposite the names of each of the Underwriters in Schedule I hereto, and (ii) the grant of the option described in Section 1(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of 216,495 additional shares of Common Stock to cover over-allotments (the “Option Shares”), if any, from the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, in the respective numbers of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite the names
