Current Report Filing (8-k)

U N ITED ST A TES

SECU R ITIES A N D EXCHA N GE COMMISSION

W a s h i n gton, D.C. 2 0 549

FORM 8-K

C U RR E N T R E PO R T

P U RSUA N T T O S E C T IO N 1 3 O R 15(d ) O F T H E

SECUR I TIES EX C H AN G E ACT OF 1934

Date of r e port (Date of e a rliest e v ent r eported): April 25 , 2018

BRIDGE BANCORP, INC.

(E x a c t n a me of the re g istr a nt a s sp e cif i ed i n i t s ch a rter)

New York	0 0 1 -34096	11-2934 1 95
(St a te o r o ther j u r isdiction of	( C om m iss i on F i le Numbe r )	(IRS E mpl oy er
in c o rp o r a t i o n o r o r g a ni z a t ion)		Ident i f i c a t io n No . )

2200 Mo n t a uk Highway
B r i dgehampton, N e w York	11932
( Add r ess of pr i nc i pal e x e c ut iv e o ff i ces)	( Z ip C o de)

(631) 537-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number)

N/A

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

Check the ap p r o priate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intend e d to simultan e ously sati s fy the filing obligation of t h e regi s tra n t under any of the following provisi o ns (See General Instruction A.2. below):

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Indicate b y c h eck mark whether the regi s t rant is an emerging growth compa n y as defin e d in Rule 405 of t h e S e curities Act of 19 3 3 (17 C F R §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Se c uriti e s E xchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR § 240.12b-2). E m erging growth comp a ny ¨

If an emerging growth company, in d i cate by check mark if the reg i strant has elected not to use the extend e d transition peri o d f or complyi n g with any new or revised finan c ial accounting s t an d ar d s provided pursuant to Se c t ion 13(a) o f the E xcha n ge Act. ¨

Item 2.02.

Results of O p erations and Financial Cond i t ion.

On April 25, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing its earnings for the quarter ended March 31 , 2018. A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in this Item 2.02, including the related information set forth in the Press Release attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein, is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Descr i ption

99.1		P ress Release dated April 25 , 2018, an n ouncing the earnings of the Company for t h e quarter ended March 31, 2018.*

* Furnished electronically as an exhibit to this Cur r ent Report on Form 8-K. As further described in Item 2.02, this exhibit is being “furnished” and not “filed” with this Current Report on Form 8-K.

SIGNATURE

P u rsuant to the requiremen t s of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, t h e re g i strant has duly c a used this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.