Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

Mark R. DeFazio, President and CEO of Metropolitan Commercial Bank (Photo: Business Wire)

NEW YORK--()--Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (the “Company”), the holding company for Metropolitan Commercial Bank, announced today that it has publicly filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined. The Company has applied to list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “MCB.”

J.P. Morgan and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, A Stifel Company, will act as joint book running managers, and Piper Jaffray will act as co-manager.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the preliminary prospectus related to the offering may be obtained, when available, from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 Attention: Prospectus Department, or by calling 866-803-9204, or from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 787 Seventh Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10019; or by calling Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. toll-free at (800) 966-1559.

About Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. is the holding company for Metropolitan Commercial Bank®, The Entrepreneurial Bank. Headquartered in New York City, the Bank operates full-service banking centers in Manhattan; Boro Park, Brooklyn; and Great Neck, Long Island. Metropolitan Commercial Bank is a New York State chartered commercial bank, an FDIC member and an equal opportunity lender.

Contacts

for Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.
Jake Mendlinger, 516-829-8374
JMendlinger@zimmed.com

Release Summary

Metropolitan Commercial Bank Announces S-1 Filing

Contacts

for Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.
Jake Mendlinger, 516-829-8374
JMendlinger@zimmed.com