ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2010

Jan 21, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTER BANCORP INC (CNBC)
CIK: 0000712771
Period of Report: 2010-01-19

Reporting Person: SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B (Director, 10% Owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-01-19	Common Stock	P	2500	$8.75	Acquired	2951655	Indirect
2010-01-20	Common Stock	P	1200	$8.725	Acquired	2952855	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	68439	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Shareholder transfered 53,341 shares from Seidman Investment Partnership II, L.P. to Contrarian and 2,970 to each Reese
Trust, Brody Trust and Jacob Trust from direct holdings.

F2: Seidman & Associates, L.L.C. (562,969), Seidman Investment Partnership, L.P. (571,268), Seidman Investment Partnership II,
L.P. (503,703), LSBK06-08, LLC. (271,783), Broad Park Investors, L.L.C. (438,527), CBPS, (277,582), Chewey Gooey Cookies,
L.P. (243,415), Brent Wolmer (5,856), Melissa Baer IRA (1,756), LBS SEP-IRA (12,545), Contrarian, (53,341), Reese Trust,
(2,970), Brody Trust, (2,970), Jacob Trust, (2,970)

F3: Seidman & Associates, L.L.C. (562,969), Seidman Investment Partnership, L.P. (571,268), Seidman Investment Partnership II,
L.P. (503,703), LSBK06-08, LLC. (271,783), Broad Park Investors, L.L.C. (438,527), CBPS, (278,782), Chewey Gooey Cookies,
L.P. (243,415), Brent Wolmer (5,856), Melissa Baer IRA (1,756), LBS SEP-IRA (12,545), Contrarian, (53,341), Reese Trust,
(2,970), Brody Trust, (2,970), Jacob Trust, (2,970)