ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2011

Nov 21, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTER BANCORP INC (CNBC)
CIK: 0000712771
Period of Report: 2011-11-17

Reporting Person: BOL ALEXANDER (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-11-17	Common Stock	M	1737	$7.67	Acquired	113347.6301	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-11-17	Director Stock Option (right to buy)	$7.67	M	1737	Disposed	2019-03-01	Common Stock (1737)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2342	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes shares acquired under the Company's dividend reinvestment plan.

F2: A stock option covering 3,473 shares of the Company's common stock was granted on March 1, 2009. A total of 868 shares vested on March 1, 2010 and 869 shares vested on March 1, 2011. The remaining shares vest as follows: 868 shares on March 1, 2012 and 868 shares on March 1, 2013.