As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19,  2018

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,  DC 20549

FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

The First of Long Island Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)





10 Glen Head Road,  Glen Head, New York 11545,  (516) 671-4900

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of registrant’s principal executive office)



Michael N. Vittorio

President and Chief Executive Officer

The First of Long Island Corporation

10 Glen Head Road,  Glen Head, New York 11545

(516) 671-4900

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



Copies of all communications to:

John J. Gorman, Esq. 

Luse Gorman, PC

5335 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 780

Washington,  D.C. 20015



Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ☒



If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. ☐



If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐



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If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐



If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐



If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”  “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,”  and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.





If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐













 

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Prospectus dated March 19, 2018



Registration Statement No. 333-



The First of Long Island Corporation

Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan

Common Stock, Par Value $0.10 Per Share



This prospectus relates to the Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), of The First of Long Island Corporation, a New York corporation. The Plan was originally adopted in 2011. We have registered an additional 2,500,000 shares of our common stock for sale under the Plan pursuant to this prospectus.

The Plan provides participants with a convenient and economical method for investing cash dividends paid on our common stock in additional shares of our company stock. Eligible participants may also be able to buy additional shares with optional cash payments, subject to a quarterly limit established from time to time by our Board of Directors.  The Plan does not represent a statement of dividend policy or a guarantee of future dividends. Dividends will be within the discretion of our Board of Directors and will be dependent upon various factors, including, without limitation, the future earnings and financial condition of the Company.

Shares of common stock issued under the Plan will be (i) purchased on the open market, (ii) purchased directly from The First of Long Island Corporation from authorized but unissued shares, or (iii) purchased directly from The First of Long Island Corporation treasury shares. The price for such shares will be determined pursuant to the terms of the Plan as described herein.

You may enroll in the Plan by completing the enclosed enrollment card and returning it to the plan administrator. We have appointed our stock transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, to serve as the plan administrator.

Shares of our common stock are traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “FLIC.” On March 16, 2018, the closing price of our common stock was $29.00.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The shares offered are our equity securities and are not savings accounts, deposits or other obligations of any bank subsidiary of ours and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

The date of this prospectus is March 19, 2018. This prospectus contains a summary of the material provisions of the Plan and supersedes each previous prospectus and prospectus supplement issued under the Plan. You should keep this prospectus for future reference.

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This prospectus relates to the Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, of The First of Long Island Corporation. You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different from what is contained in this prospectus. The Plan is not available to any person to whom we may not legally offer it. We are not offering the securities in any state or jurisdiction where the offer is prohibited. The date of this prospectus is March 19, 2018. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus is still accurate as of any later date.

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This document is called a prospectus and is part of the registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the offer and sale of shares of our common stock for the accounts of participants in the Plan. This prospectus provides you with the terms of the Plan. The registration statement can be read at the Securities and Exchange Commission Internet site or at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s office mentioned under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.” You should read this prospectus with the additional information described below under the heading “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.”



Unless otherwise mentioned or unless the context requires otherwise, all references in this prospectus to the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” or similar references mean The First of Long Island Corporation and its subsidiary.



The First of Long Island Corporation



The First of Long Island Corporation is the holding company for The First National Bank of Long Island (the “Bank”). Our common stock is quoted on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “FLIC.” The Bank operates under a national bank charter and its customer base is comprised principally of privately owned businesses, professionals, consumers, public bodies and other organizations primarily in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island, New York and the boroughs of New York City.



The Bank’s principal business consists of attracting business and consumer checking deposits, money market deposits, time deposits and savings deposits through its branch network and investing those funds in commercial and residential mortgage loans, commercial loans, home equity loans and investment securities.



Our main office is located at 10 Glen Head Road, Glen Head, New York 11545 and our telephone number is (516) 671-4900.



Risk Factors



There are risks and uncertainties involved with an investment in shares of our common stock. See the “Risk Factors” section of our annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, which we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and incorporate by reference into this prospectus, for a discussion of the factors that should be considered in connection with such an investment.



Description of The Plan



The Plan initially was adopted in 2011 and we registered 1,125,000 shares of common stock for issuance and sale thereunder.  The Plan was amended in 2016 and an additional 1,500,000 shares of common stock were registered for issuance and sale under the Plan, 412,842 which remain available for issuance under the Plan and this prospectus.  On March 19, 2018 we registered an additional 2,500,000 shares for issuance and sale under the Plan. The Plan will be in effect until amended, altered or terminated. The Plan is set forth below as a series of questions and answers explaining its significant aspects.



Purpose and Advantages





The purpose of the Plan is to provide participants with a simple and convenient method of reinvesting cash dividends paid on shares of our common stock and buying additional shares of our common stock without paying brokerage commissions. Also, the Plan provides us with a source of funds and capital when the shares bought by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company for participants are bought directly from us.



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The Plan provides participants with the opportunity to reinvest cash dividends paid on shares of our common stock in additional shares of our common stock (see Question 14). In addition, the Plan provides the following advantages:



Plan Administration





Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, our stock transfer agent (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan Administrator”), administers the Plan for participants by maintaining records, sending account statements to participants and performing other duties relating to the Plan. Shares of common stock purchased under the Plan are registered in the name of the Plan Administrator’s nominee and are credited to the accounts of the participants in the Plan. The Plan Administrator acts in the capacity as agent for participants in the Plan. We may replace the Plan Administrator at any time within our sole discretion.



The Plan Administrator can be contacted at 1 State Street, 30th Floor, New York, New York 10004, online at www.continentalstock.com, or by calling (212) 509-5586.



Participation





All holders of record of common stock of The First of Long Island Corporation are eligible to participate in the Plan. Beneficial owners of shares of common stock whose shares are registered in names other than their own name may participate by requesting their broker or nominee to transfer their shares into their own name or requesting that the broker or nominee enroll in the Plan on their behalf. The right to participate in the Plan is not transferable to another person apart from a transfer of a Participant’s shares of common stock of The First of Long Island Corporation. Shareholders who reside in jurisdictions in which it is unlawful for a shareholder to participate in the Plan are not eligible to participate in the Plan. Beneficial owners whose shares are registered in names other than their own (for example, in the name of a broker, bank or other nominee) and who wish to participate in the optional cash purchase feature of the Plan must become owners of record of at least one (1) share of The First of Long Island Corporation common stock.





To participate in the Plan, a shareholder of record must complete an Enrollment Form and return it to the Plan Administrator. Copies of the Enrollment Form may be obtained at any time by written request to Continental

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Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 1 State Street, 30th Floor, New York, New York 10004, online at www.continentalstock.com, or by calling (212) 509-5586.





An eligible shareholder of record may enroll in the Plan at any time. If the Enrollment Form is received by the Plan Administrator no fewer than five (5) business days before the record date for a dividend payment, and the participant elects to reinvest the dividends in shares of our common stock, such reinvestment of dividends will begin with that dividend payment. Please note that the Plan does not represent any change in our dividend policy or a guarantee of the payment of any future dividends.





The Enrollment Form allows participants to direct the reinvestment of cash dividends on 25%, 50%, 75% or all shares of our common stock then or subsequently owned by participants, and may also permit eligible participants to make optional cash payments for the purchase of additional shares of our common stock in accordance with the Plan.

 

The Enrollment Form permits a shareholder who is reinvesting dividends and wishes to make optional cash purchases to do so by automatic withdrawals from a personal bank account. The Enrollment Form also appoints the Plan Administrator as agent for each participant and directs the Plan Administrator to apply cash dividends and any optional cash payments an eligible participant might make to the purchase of shares of our common stock in accordance with the terms of the Plan.





Yes. Participants may reinvest cash dividends as to 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% of the shares of our common stock registered in that shareholder’s name.



Optional Cash Payments





In order to be eligible to participate in the optional cash purchase feature of the Plan, a shareholder must be an owner of record of at least one (1) share of The First of Long Island Corporation common stock and the shareholder must participate in the dividend reinvestment feature of the Plan. If an eligible shareholder participant chooses to participate by optional cash payments, the Plan Administrator will apply any optional cash payment received by the Plan Administrator from the participant to the purchase of shares of our common stock for the participant’s account. Dividends payable on shares of our common stock purchased with optional cash payments will be automatically reinvested in shares of our common stock.

 

The Plan is designed to preclude any person, organization or other entity from establishing a series of related accounts for the purpose of conducting arbitrage operations and/or exceeding the optional cash payment limit.



We may decide not to allow optional cash purchases in any quarter, and we may adjust from time to time the limits on the amounts that may be purchased with optional cash payments.





If the election to make optional cash payments is available to participants, an initial optional cash payment may be made by eligible participants when enrolling by enclosing a check for not less than $50 nor more than the applicable limit as established from time to time by our Board of Directors, with the Enrollment Form. Optional cash payments may be made by sending a personal check payable to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and drawn on a U.S. bank in U.S. currency. Thereafter, if the election to make optional cash

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payments is available to participants, optional cash payments may be made each quarter by either: (1) sending to the Plan Administrator the participant’s check for not less than $50 nor more than the applicable quarterly limit together with the account identification stub furnished by the Plan Administrator; or (2) automatic withdrawals from a bank account in an amount not less than $50 or not more than the applicable quarterly limit.



Optional cash payments by eligible participants must be at least $50 per calendar quarter and cannot exceed the applicable quarterly limit in effect. The same amount of money need not be sent each quarter and there is no obligation to make an optional cash payment at any time.





Optional cash payments will be invested on the Investment Date as defined in Question 12 below. Since no interest will be paid by us or the Plan Administrator on optional cash payments, participants are urged to make optional cash payments shortly before the Investment Date. Optional cash payments of at least $50 and not more than the applicable quarterly limit must be received at least five (5) business days and not more than thirty (30) calendar days before the Investment Date. It is currently anticipated that automatic withdrawals to make optional cash payments will be made on the 2nd day of January, April, July or October,  or if that day is not a business day, on the next business day.

 

Eligible participants may request in writing that the Plan Administrator return all or a portion of their uninvested optional cash payments at any time up to two (2) business days before the Investment Date. Optional cash payments do not constitute deposits or savings accounts and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Deposit Insurance Fund or any other government agency.



Purchases





Shares of common stock of The First of Long Island Corporation needed to fund the Plan may be:











Open market purchases under the Plan will be made during each calendar quarter on each “Investment Date,” which will be the first business day following a dividend payment date or as soon as practicable thereafter. Purchases of shares of common stock will be made at the direction of the Plan Administrator or its selected broker/dealer. Such purchases will be made in accordance with applicable state and federal securities laws and regulations. No interest or earnings will be paid by the Plan Administrator on dividend payments pending their investment in shares of our common stock.



To the extent we fund the Plan with shares of our common stock issued directly by us from authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares, the dividends payable to participants will be retained by us as a consideration for such shares.

 

In the event applicable law or the closing of securities markets requires temporary curtailment or suspension of open market purchases of the shares of our common stock, the Plan Administrator is not accountable for its inability to make purchases at such time. If shares of our common stock are not available for purchase for a period of longer than 30 days from the prior dividend payment date, the Plan Administrator will promptly mail to each participant a check in the amount of any unapplied funds in the participant’s account.

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The number of shares that will be purchased for each participant on any dividend payment date will depend on the amount of the participant’s cash dividend (and any optional cash payment) and the purchase price of shares of our common stock. Each participant’s account will be credited with that number of shares (including fractional shares computed to four (4) decimal places) equal to the total amount to be invested, divided by the applicable purchase price (also computed to four (4) decimal places).





In making purchases of shares of our common stock for a participant’s account associated with each Investment Date, the Plan Administrator will commingle the participant’s funds with those of other participants under the Plan. With respect to shares purchased on the open market, the price of shares of our common stock purchased for participants under the Plan for each Investment Date will be equal to the average price of all shares of the common stock purchased on the Investment Date by the Plan Administrator on behalf of the Plan. With respect to shares purchased directly from The First of Long Island Corporation, the price of such shares will be the average closing price of shares of our common stock as quoted on the NASDAQ Capital Market for the trailing five (5) trading days immediately preceding the applicable Investment Date. With respect to shares issued directly by The First of Long Island Corporation, we may issue the shares at a discount to the price as so determined from time to time by our Board of Directors. The discount may be up to 5% of the market price. We reserve the right to change or eliminate any discount at any time. The Plan Administrator shall have no responsibility with respect to the market value of the shares of our common stock acquired under the Plan for participant accounts. The First of Long Island Corporation will bear all costs of administering the Plan. However, as described under Questions 16, 20, 21 and 23 below, participants will pay fees for withdrawing from the Plan, having the Plan Administrator sell shares under the Plan and depositing certificates for shares into the Plan.





The purpose of the Plan is to provide participants with a convenient method of purchasing shares of common stock and to have the dividends on those shares reinvested. Accordingly, dividends paid on shares held in the Plan will be automatically reinvested in additional shares of common stock unless and until a participant elects in writing to terminate participation in the Plan.



Cost To Participants





No. Participants will make purchases of shares of common stock under the Plan without the payment of brokerage commissions, and we will pay all fees in connection with purchases of shares of our common stock under the Plan, except for costs associated with the actual purchase price of shares of common stock purchased on the Investment Date. There are no service charges to participants in connection with purchases of shares of common stock under the Plan. All costs of administration of the Plan are paid by us.

 

However, there will be a $10 fee if a participant requests to withdraw from the Plan. A certificate will be issued for all whole shares and a check will be issued for the cash payment to be made for any fraction of a share. In addition, if a participant requests the Plan Administrator to sell his or her shares in the event of his or her withdrawal from the Plan, the participant will pay the applicable brokerage commission associated with the sale of such shares, any required transfer tax and applicable service charges. There is also a $15 fee to sell shares under the Plan (see Question 20).

 

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Reports to Participants





As soon as practicable after each purchase, each participant will receive an account statement from the Plan Administrator. These statements are the participant’s continuing record of the purchase price of the shares of The First of Long Island Corporation common stock acquired and the number of shares acquired, and should be retained for tax purposes. Participants also will receive, from time to time, communications sent to all record holders of shares of The First of Long Island Corporation common stock.



Dividends





Yes. The participant’s account will be credited with dividends paid on whole shares and fractional shares credited to the participant’s account. The Plan Administrator will automatically reinvest the cash dividends received for the purchase of additional shares of our common stock.

Stock Certificates





The Plan Administrator will hold all shares of common stock purchased under the Plan in the name of its nominee. Normally, certificates for shares of our common stock purchased under the Plan will not be issued to participants. The number of shares credited to an account under the Plan will be shown on the participant’s account statement.

 

The participant may receive certificates for whole shares accumulated in his or her account under the Plan by sending a written request to the Plan Administrator. Participants may request periodic issuance of certificates for all full shares in the account. When certificates are issued to the participant, future dividends on such shares may be reinvested in additional shares of common stock. Any undistributed shares will continue to be reflected in the participant’s account. No certificates representing fractional shares will be issued.

 

The participant’s rights under the Plan and shares credited to the account of the participant under the Plan may not be pledged. A participant who wishes to pledge such shares must request that certificates for such shares be issued in his or her name.

 

Accounts under the Plan are maintained in the names in which certificates of participants were registered at the time they entered the Plan. Additional certificates for whole shares will be similarly registered when issued.



Sale of shares from the Plan





A participant may request that any and all of the shares credited to his or her account be sold by the Plan Administrator. If such a sale is requested, the sale will be made for the account of the participant by the Plan Administrator’s broker within ten (10) days after the receipt of the request at the prevailing market price at the time of such sale. Participants cannot set any price limits or other conditions or restrictions on the sale. Within ten (10) business days after the sale, the participant will receive from the Plan Administrator a check for the proceeds of the sale less the $15 fee to sell shares under the Plan, any applicable brokerage commission and any transfer tax. The signature on any request for sales of $10,000 or higher must be guaranteed by a firm that is a bank, broker, dealer, credit union, savings association or other entity which is a member in good standing of the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program.

 

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Because the Plan Administrator will sell the shares on behalf of the Plan, neither The First of Long Island Corporation nor any participant in the Plan has the authority or power to control the timing or pricing of shares sold or the selection of the broker making the sales. Therefore, you will not be able to precisely time your sales through the Plan, and you will bear the market risk associated with fluctuations in the price of our common stock. Accordingly, if you send in a request to sell shares, it is possible that the market price of our common stock could go down or up before the broker sells your shares.



Withdrawals From The Plan





A participant may withdraw from the Plan at any time by sending a written withdrawal notice to the Plan Administrator and including payment of the $10 withdrawal fee (see Question 5 for full name and address of Plan Administrator). Notice received after a particular dividend record date will be effective following the payment date of such dividend. When a participant withdraws from the Plan, certificates for whole shares credited to the participant’s account under the Plan will be issued and a cash payment will be made for any fraction of a share (see Question 19).

 

Upon withdrawal from the Plan, the participant also may request that all of the shares credited to his or her account be sold by the Plan Administrator. If such a sale is requested, the sale will be made for the account of the participant by the Plan Administrator’s broker within ten (10) business days after receipt of the request at the prevailing market price at the time of such sale. Within ten (10) business days after the sale, the participant will receive from the Plan Administrator a check for the proceeds of the sale less the $15 fee to sell shares under the Plan, any applicable brokerage commission and any transfer tax. The signature on any request for sales of $10,000 or higher must be guaranteed by a firm that is a bank, broker, dealer, credit union, savings association or other entity which is a member in good standing of the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program.





When a participant withdraws from the Plan, a cash adjustment representing the value of any fraction of a share then credited to the participant’s account will be mailed by check directly to the participant. The cash adjustment will be based on the closing price of the shares of common stock on the date on which the termination is processed by the Plan Administrator. In no case will certificates representing a fractional share interest be issued.

Additional Services





As an additional service to Plan participants, you may deposit certificates for shares of our common stock held by you with the Plan Administrator for safekeeping. If you wish to use this service, you should send your stock certificates to the Plan Administrator at the address set forth in Question 5. A service fee of $5 is charged by the Plan Administrator for each deposit of one or more certificates.



A personal check for $5, drawn from a U.S. bank in U.S. currency, made payable to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company must accompany the request. Delivery of certificates is at your risk and, for delivery by mail, insured registered mail with return receipt requested is recommended. The receipt of any shares delivered for safekeeping will be shown on your account statement. Participating shareholders may withdraw their shares from the Plan Administrator’s custody at any time by requesting in writing that a certificate be issued for some or all of the full shares held by it.



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Other Information





If a participant ceases to be a registered owner of at least one (1) share of The First of Long Island Corporation common stock (including shares credited to his or her account under the Plan), participation in the Plan terminates and optional cash purchases are not permitted. A cash payment will be made to the participant for any fractional shares and for any uninvested cash balance in the account, and the account will be terminated.





Any shares representing stock dividends or stock splits distributed by The First of Long Island Corporation on shares credited to the account of a participant under the Plan will be added to the participant’s account. Shares representing stock dividends or split shares distributed on shares registered in the name of the participant will be mailed directly to such participant in the same manner as to shareholders who are not participating in the Plan. In the event The First of Long Island Corporation makes a rights offering of any of its securities to holders of common stock, participants in the Plan will be notified by The First of Long Island Corporation in advance of the commencement of the offering. Participants should instruct the Plan Administrator to transfer whole plan shares into their own names prior to the record date for such offering if they wish to exercise such rights. If no such instructions are received by the Plan Administrator prior to such record date, then such rights shall terminate with respect to both the participant and the Plan Administrator.





Shares credited to the account of a participant under the Plan (other than fractional shares) will be automatically added to the shares covered by the proxy sent to the shareholder with respect to his or her other shares in The First of Long Island Corporation and may be voted by such holder pursuant to such proxy. The Plan Administrator will forward any proxy solicitation materials relating to the shares of common stock held by the Plan to the participating shareholder.

 

Where no instructions are received from a participant with respect to a participant’s shares held under the Plan, or otherwise, such shares shall not be voted unless the participant votes such shares in person.





In general, a participant in the Plan has the same federal and state income tax obligations with respect to dividends credited to his or her account under the Plan as other holders of shares of common stock who elect to receive cash dividends directly. A participant is treated for income tax purposes as having received, on the dividend date, a dividend in the amount equal to the fair market value of the shares of common stock credited to his or her account under the Plan, even though that amount was not actually received by the participant in cash, but instead, was applied to the purchase of additional shares for his or her account. In addition, any brokerage commissions and service charges paid by The First of Long Island Corporation on behalf of the participant are deemed to constitute dividend income by the Internal Revenue Service. Such amounts, if any, will be included on any annual information return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, a copy of which will be sent to the participant.

 

The cost basis of each share of common stock credited to a participant’s account pursuant to the dividend reinvestment aspect of the Plan is the fair market value of the shares of our common stock on the Investment Date, and the holding period for such shares begins on the day following the Investment Date. The receipt by a participant of certificates representing whole shares previously credited to his or her account under the Plan upon withdrawal from the Plan or pursuant to the request of the participant will not result in the recognition of taxable income. A participant will recognize a gain or a loss when shares are sold on behalf of the participant

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upon withdrawal from the Plan or when the participant sells shares after the participant’s withdrawal from the Plan.

 

All participants are advised to consult with their own tax advisors to determine the particular tax consequences that may result from their participation in the Plan and the subsequent sale by them of shares purchased pursuant to the Plan.





The First of Long Island Corporation, and the Plan Administrator in administering the Plan, will not be liable for any act done in good faith or for the good faith omission to act, including, without limitation, any claim of liability arising out of failure to terminate a participant’s account upon such participant’s death or judicially declared incompetence or with respect to the prices at which shares are purchased for the participant’s account, and the times that such purchases are made, with respect to any loss or fluctuation in the market value after purchase of shares, or with respect to any sales of shares of common stock made under the Plan on behalf of the participant.





A participant’s investment in shares acquired under the Plan is no different from direct investment in shares of our common stock. The participant bears the risk of loss and realizes the benefits of any gain from market price changes with respect to all such shares held in the Plan, or otherwise. Neither The First of Long Island Corporation nor the Plan Administrator makes any representations with respect to the future value of the shares of our common stock purchased under the Plan. The participant should recognize that The First of Long Island Corporation, the Plan Administrator and related parties cannot assure the participant of realizing any profits or protect the participant against a loss related to investment in the shares of our common stock purchased or sold under the Plan. The shares of common stock purchased in accordance with the Plan do not constitute savings accounts or deposits issued by a savings institution or bank and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Deposit Insurance Fund or any other governmental agency.





The Plan may be amended, suspended, modified or terminated at any time by our Board of Directors without the approval of the participants. Thirty (30) calendar days’ notice of any suspension, termination, amendment or modification that would have a material adverse effect on the participants’ rights under the Plan will be sent to all participants, who shall at all times have the right to withdraw from the Plan. In addition, the administrative fees referenced in this prospectus are based on fees charged to The First of Long Island Corporation and are therefore subject to change from time to time upon reasonable notice.

 

The First of Long Island Corporation or the Plan Administrator may terminate a shareholder’s individual participation in the Plan at any time by written notice to the shareholder. In such event, the Plan Administrator will request instructions from the participant for disposition of the shares in the account. If the Plan Administrator does not receive instructions from the participant, it will send the participant a certificate for the number of whole shares held for the participant under the Plan and a check for any fractional share.



USE OF PROCEEDS



The net proceeds to us from the sale of newly issued shares of common stock (or from treasury shares) under the Plan will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, investments at the holding company level, investments in or extensions of credit to our banking subsidiary and possible acquisitions. The precise amounts and timing of the application of net proceeds will depend upon our funding requirements and availability of other funds. To the extent shares of common stock used to fund the Plan are purchased on the open market, there will be no proceeds to us from the purchase of shares.



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LEGAL MATTERS



The legality of issuance of the shares of common stock offered hereby has been passed upon for The First of Long Island Corporation by Luse Gorman, PC, Washington, D.C.



EXPERTS



The consolidated financial statements of The First of Long Island Corporation as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2017, and the effectiveness of The First of Long Island Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, have been audited by Crowe Horwath LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in its report, which is incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS



We make statements in this prospectus and the documents incorporated into it by reference that are considered “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “PSLRA”). These forward-looking statements include statements of goals; intentions and expectations; estimates of risks and of future costs and benefits; assessments of probable loan losses; assessments of market risk; and statements of the ability to achieve financial and other goals. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “would,” “should,” “could,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “outlook,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project” and other similar words and expressions. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties which may change over time. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. We do not assume any duty and do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements. Because forward-looking statements are subject to assumptions and uncertainties, actual results or future events could differ, possibly materially, from those that we anticipated in our forward-looking statements and future results could differ materially from historical performance.

Our forward-looking statements are subject to the following principal risks and uncertainties: general economic conditions and trends, either nationally or locally; conditions in the securities markets; fluctuations in the market price of our common stock; changes in interest rates; changes in deposit flows and in the demand for deposit and loan products and other financial services; changes in real estate values; changes in the quality or composition of our loan or investment portfolios; changes in competitive pressures among financial institutions or from non-financial institutions; our ability to retain key members of management; changes in legislation, regulation and policies; and a variety of other matters which, by their nature, are subject to significant uncertainties. We provide greater detail regarding some of these factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, including the section captioned “Risk Factors” of those reports. Our forward-looking statements may also be subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those that we may discuss elsewhere in other documents we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) from time to time.



You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect our expectations only as of the date of this prospectus supplement. We do not assume any obligation to revise forward-looking statements except as may be required by law.



INDEMNIFICATION



Our directors and executive officers are entitled to indemnification as expressly permitted by the provisions of the New York Business Corporation Law, as amended, and our Certificate of Incorporation. We also have directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, which provides, in general, insurance to our directors and officers against any loss by reason of any of their wrongful acts, subject to the terms and conditions of the policy. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1993, as amended, may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is therefore unenforceable.



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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION



We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may read and copy any reports, proxy statements or other information that we file with the SEC at its Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. Our public filings are also available on the Internet site maintained by the SEC (www.sec.gov).



We have filed with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-3 that registers the shares of our common stock being offered pursuant to this prospectus. This prospectus is part of that Registration Statement. The Registration Statement, including the exhibits, contains additional relevant information about us and our common stock. The rules and regulations of the SEC allow us to omit certain information included in the Registration Statement from this prospectus.



INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE



The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information into this prospectus. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this document, except for any information superseded by information contained directly in this document.



The following documents, which we filed with the SEC (File No. 001-32964), are incorporated by reference in this prospectus:



We also incorporate by reference additional documents that we file with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this prospectus and before the termination of the Plan; provided, however, that we are not incorporating any information deemed furnished and not filed in any Current Report on Form 8-K. Any statement in this prospectus or in a document incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that the statement is modified or superseded by any other subsequently filed document which is incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

We will provide without charge to each person to whom this prospectus has been delivered, upon written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference herein (other than exhibits to the documents unless the exhibits are specifically incorporated in this prospectus by reference). Your request should be directed to the Corporate Secretary, The First of Long Island Corporation, 10 Glen Head Road, Glen Head, New York, 11545; telephone number (516) 671-4900.

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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

Set forth below is an estimate of the approximate amount of fees and expenses which may be incurred by the Company in connection with the issuance and distribution of shares of common stock pursuant to the Prospectus contained in this Registration Statement and which will be paid by the Company.



Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Article VIII of the Company’s bylaws provides as follows:

 

Section 1. Indemnification. Any person who at any time shall serve or shall have served as a director or officer of the Corporation, including any such director or officer who, at the request of the Corporation, shall serve or shall have served any other Corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise as a director, trustee, officer, employee or in any other capacity, and the heirs, executors and administrators of such person, shall be indemnified by the Corporation in accordance with and to the fullest extent permitted by New York law, including the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. This right of indemnification shall include the right of a director or officer to receive payment from the Corporation for expenses incurred in defending or appealing any such action or proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided that the payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of an action or proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay all amounts so advanced if it should be determined ultimately that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified. The foregoing rights of indemnification, reimbursement and advancement shall not be exclusive of other rights to which such person may be entitled.

 

Section 2. Contract with the Corporation. The provisions of this Article VIII shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each director and officer of the Corporation who serves in any such capacity at any time while this Article VIII and the relevant provisions of New York law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, may be in existence; and any amendment of any such law or of this Article VIII shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to any state of facts then or theretofore existing or any action, suit or proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts.

 

Section 3. Liability Insurance. The Corporation shall have the power, to the fullest extent permitted by New York law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against any such liability under the provisions of this Article VIII.



Article Sixth, Section 6 of the Company’s certificate of incorporation provides as follows:



Section 6. No director of the corporation shall be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the New York Business Corporation Law as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provision by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

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Item 16. Exhibits.

The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of the Registration Statement:



Item 17. Undertakings.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:



(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:



(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;



(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and



(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;



Provided, however, that paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.



(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.



(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.



(4) That, for purposes of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:



(i) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and



(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

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Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.



(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:



(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;



(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the registrant or used or referred to by the registrant;



(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the registrant; and



(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the registrant to the purchaser.



The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.



Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.



The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Glen Head, County of Nassau, State of New York, on March 19,  2018.







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POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned directors and officers of The First of Long Island Corporation (the “Company”), hereby severally constitute and appoint Michael N. Vittorio and Mark D. Curtis as our true and lawful attorney and agent, to do any and all things in our names in the capacities indicated below which said Michael N. Vittorio and Mark D. Curtis may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with this Registration Statement on Form S-3 relating to the offering of the Company’s common stock, including specifically, but not limited to, power and authority to sign for us in our names in the capacities indicated below the Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto; and we hereby approve, ratify and confirm all that said Michael N. Vittorio and Mark D. Curtis shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Michael N. Vittorio

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