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): February 25, 2019

BCB BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


New Jersey
 
0-50275
 
26-0065262
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

104-110 Avenue C, Bayonne, New Jersey
 
07002
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 823-0700

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 3.02
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
 
On February 25, 2019, BCB Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) closed a private placement offering of 496,224 shares of its common stock, of which directors and officers of the Company purchased 286,244 shares (the “Offering”).  The Offering resulted in gross proceeds of $6.272 million to the Company. There were no underwriting discounts or commissions. The Offering price was $12.64 per share, which was the closing price for the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on February 22, 2019, the trading day prior to the closing of the Offering. Directors and officers paid the same price as other investors. The Company relied on the exemption from registration provided under Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”). The Offering was made only to accredited investors as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Act.



SIGNATURES

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.


   
BCB BANCORP, INC.
 
 
DATE: February 25, 2019
By:  
 /s/ Thomas P. Keating
   
Thomas P. Keating
   
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer