UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  October 4, 2013

 

 

BRIDGE BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

(631) 537-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4c)

 

 

Item 8.01        Other Events

 

On October 8, 2013, Bridge Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of Bridgehampton National Bank, issued a press release announcing that it has completed its previously announced public offering of common stock.  The Company sold 1,926,250 shares of common stock at a price of $20.75 per share, for gross proceeds of approximately $40.0 million, which include 251,250 shares sold pursuant to the option granted to the underwriters which the underwriters exercised in full on October 4, 2013. The net proceeds of the offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, were approximately $37.5 million. A copy of the Company’s press release dated October 8, 2013 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01        Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are being filed herewith:

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated October 8, 2013

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	Bridge Bancorp, Inc.
	(Registrant)
	/s/ Howard H. Nolan
	Howard H. Nolan
	Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative & Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

 

 

Dated:  October 8, 2013