Michael S Patterson Form 4 NEWBRIDGE BANCORP / Michael S Patterson ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Patterson Michael S

(Last) (First) (Middle)

3328 GRANVILLE DRIVE

(Street)

RALEIGH NC 27609

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NEWBRIDGE BANCORP [ NBBC ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/01/2016

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	03/01/2016		D		431,601	D	(1)	0	D
Class A Common Stock	03/01/2016		D		43.4783	D	(1)	0	I	By Club
Class A Common Stock	03/01/2016		D		54,000	D	(1)	0	I	By Spouse

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$4.08	03/01/2016		D			47,058	(2)	08/01/2016	Class A Common Stock	47,058	(3)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger between Yadkin Financial Corporation ("Yadkin") and issuer, dated October 12, 2015 (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which issuer was merged with and into Yadkin, effective March 1, 2016 (the "Merger"). Pursuant to the Merger, each issued and outstanding share of issuer common stock was exchanged for 0.50 shares of Yadkin common stock. As a result of the Merger, the reporting person no longer beneficially owns directly or indirectly any shares of issuer common stock.

2. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each option to purchase shares of issuer's common stock (whether vested or unvested), which was outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, automatically became fully vested and was assumed by Yadkin and converted into a stock option to purchase shares of Yadkin common stock, with the number of underlying shares and the exercise price determined under the Merger Agreement.

3. This option was replaced with an option to purchase 23,529 shares of Yadkin common stock for $8.16 per share.

	/s/ Richard M. Cobb, attorney-in-fact for Michael S. Patterson	03/01/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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