13D Filing: Endicott Management and Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp (MCB)

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Item 1. SECURITY AND ISSUER
This statement on Schedule 13D (the “Schedule 13D”) relates to the shares of voting common stock, par value $0.01 per share, (the “Common Stock”), of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp., a New York corporation (the “Issuer”). The Issuer’s principal executive offices are located at 99 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10016.
Item 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND
(a) This statement is filed by:
(i) Endicott Opportunity Partners IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“EOP IV”), with respect to the shares of Common Stock directly owned by EOP IV;
(ii) Endicott Management Company, a Delaware S-Corporation (“EMC”) and investment manager to EOP IV, with respect to the shares of Common Stock directly owned by EOP IV;
(iii) W.R. Endicott IV, L.L.C. a Delaware limited liability company (“WR IV LLC”) and general partner of EOP IV, with respect to the shares of Common Stock directly owned by EOP IV;
(iv) Wayne K. Goldstein (“Mr. Goldstein”), who serves as a Co-President and a director of EMC and a managing member of WR IV LLC, with respect to the shares of Common Stock directly owned by EOP IV; and
(v) Robert I. Usdan (“Mr. Usdan”), who serves as a Co-President and a director of EMC and a managing member of WR IV LLC, with respect to the shares of Common Stock directly owned by EOP IV.
The foregoing persons are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Reporting Persons.”  Any disclosures herein with respect to persons other than the Reporting Persons are made on information and belief after making inquiry to the appropriate party.
The filing of this statement should not be construed as an admission that any of the Reporting Persons is, for the purposes of Section 13 of the Act, the beneficial owner of the Common Stock reported herein.
(b) The address of the business office of each of the Reporting Persons is 570 Lexington Avenue, 37th Floor, New York, NY 10022.
(c) The principal business of each of the Reporting Persons is investment and/or investment management.
(d) & (e) During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons has been (a) convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (b) party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining further violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

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