On March 17, 2017, 1st Constitution Bancorp (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per share on the Company’s common stock, no par value per share. The cash dividend will be paid on April 25, 2017 to all shareholders of record of the Company’s common stock as of the close of business on April 3, 2017.

A copy of the press release is attached and is being furnished as Exhibit 99.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements.

(d) Exhibits.

99 Press Release of 1st Constitution Bancorp, dated March 17, 2017

About 1ST CONSTITUTION BANCORP (NASDAQ:FCCY)

1st Constitution Bancorp is the bank holding company for 1st Constitution Bank (the Bank). The Bank is a commercial bank, which is engaged in the business of commercial and retail banking. The Company operates through the Community Banking segment. The Community Banking segment consists of construction, commercial, retail and mortgage banking operations. As a community bank, the Bank offers a range of services (including demand, savings and time deposits and commercial and consumer/installment loans) to individuals, small businesses and not-for-profit organizations principally in the Fort Lee area of Bergen County and in Middlesex, Mercer, Somerset and Monmouth Counties of New Jersey. The Bank’s Mortgage Warehouse Funding Group offers revolving lines of credit that are available to licensed mortgage banking companies (the Warehouse Line of Credit). The Bank’s investment activities are classified as available for sale and held to maturity securities.

1ST CONSTITUTION BANCORP (NASDAQ:FCCY) Recent Trading Information

1ST CONSTITUTION BANCORP (NASDAQ:FCCY) closed its last trading session down -0.15 at 18.25 with 11,322 shares trading hands.