------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number 3235-0287 Expires: April 30, 1997 Estimated average burden hours per response ..... 0.5 ------------------------------ U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ============================================================================== 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Verneuille, Janet T. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Last) (First) (Middle) 1103 Millstone Road - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Street) Sag Harbor, NY 11963 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (City) (State) (Zip) ============================================================================== 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Bridge Bancorp, Inc. BDGE ============================================================================== 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) ###-##-#### ============================================================================== 4. Statement for Month/Year 02/01 ============================================================================== 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ============================================================================== 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner [ X ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) Sr. Vice President & CFO -------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ============================================================================== 6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 2,007 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock (Restricted*) 01/17/01 A V 540 A $16.50 900 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 02/02/01 P 54 shs. A $16.25 114 I Husband - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 395 D Self & Husband Joint Tenants - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 28 D Self & Son Joint Tenants - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 28 D Self & Daughter Joint Tenants - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 28 D Self & Daughter Joint Tenants - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *540 Shares awarded under the Equity Incentive Plan, of which, 180 vested on January 15, 2001 and 180 vesting on each anniversary thereafter conditioned on continued service at the time of vesting. Of the 180 shares vested on January 15, 2001, 60 shares are included in the directly owned common stock above, and an additional 120 shares are included in the beneficially owned common stock above. 540 Shares awarded under the Equity Incentive Plan, vesting 180 on January 17, 2002 and 180 on each anniversary thereafter conditioned on continued service at the time of vesting. ================================================================================================ Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectlyFORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 9. 10. Number Owner- of ship 2. Deriv- of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature of Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Options 01/17/01 A V 1,500 01/17/01 01/17/11 Common Stock 1,500 $16.50 7,500 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ================================================================================================ Explanation of Responses: /s/ Janet T. Verneuille 03/09/01 - --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedures.